. Home canning & drying of vegetables & fruits . e and commission merchantscharges and profits. Summer is the time oflowest prices. Summer, therefore, is the timeto buy for winter use. Every pound of food products grownthis year will be needed to combat FoodFamine. The loss that canbe prevented, the moneysaving that can be effectedand the transportation reliefthat can be brought aboutmake it essential that everyAmerican household shouldmake vegetable and fruitDrying a part of its programof Food Thrift. The results can be gainedin no other way. Vegetable and fruit Drying have beenlittle practic
. Home canning & drying of vegetables & fruits . e and commission merchantscharges and profits. Summer is the time oflowest prices. Summer, therefore, is the timeto buy for winter use. Every pound of food products grownthis year will be needed to combat FoodFamine. The loss that canbe prevented, the moneysaving that can be effectedand the transportation reliefthat can be brought aboutmake it essential that everyAmerican household shouldmake vegetable and fruitDrying a part of its programof Food Thrift. The results can be gainedin no other way. Vegetable and fruit Drying have beenlittle practiced for a generation or revival on a general scale is the pur-pose of this Manual. There is no desireto detract from the importance of canningoperations. Drying must not be regardedas taking the place of the preservation ofvegetables and fruits in tins and glass must be viewed as an important adjunctthereto. Drying is important and economicalin every home, whether on the farm, in thevillage, in the town, or in the city. For city. Fig. 1. Carrots cut lengthwise dwellers it has the special advantage thatlittle storage space is required for the driedproduct. One hundred pounds of some freshvegetables will reduce to 10 pounds in dry-ing without loss of food value or much ofthe flavor. This years need for vegetable and fruitDrying is given added emphasis by theshortage of tin for the man-ufacture of cans. This con-dition has created an un-usual demand for glass this year, therefore, Dry-ing is of more than normalimportance. Dried productscan be stored in receptaclesthat could not be used forThis is excellent conservation. canning. DRYING IS SIMPLE A strong point in connection with vege-table and fruit Drying is the ease withwhich it may be done. The process is cost is slight. In every home the neces-sary outfit, in its simplest form, is already athand. Effective Drying may be done onplates or dishes placed in the oven, with theoven door partially
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