. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. PRESERVING AND CANNING 167 New rubber rings should be provided each year, though a few of those left over may be usable. Sometimes two rings should be used, they are so thin. Wide-mouthed bottles may be tightly corked and covered v/ith a cement of rosin and beeswax. Bottles are suitable for the fruit syrups, but the self-sealing ones are best. For all purpo-sies, even for jellies, air-tight jars with glass covers have many advantages. Sterilization is as necessary for jelly tumblers as for jars. After jars are filled properly, they should
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. PRESERVING AND CANNING 167 New rubber rings should be provided each year, though a few of those left over may be usable. Sometimes two rings should be used, they are so thin. Wide-mouthed bottles may be tightly corked and covered v/ith a cement of rosin and beeswax. Bottles are suitable for the fruit syrups, but the self-sealing ones are best. For all purpo-sies, even for jellies, air-tight jars with glass covers have many advantages. Sterilization is as necessary for jelly tumblers as for jars. After jars are filled properly, they should be labeled and dated. Printed labels already gummed may be bought at low rates, so there is noe.\cuse for indistinct or untidy labels. The closet where filled jars are kept should be light, dry and easy to keep clean. For the first. Fig. 245. Amanita muscaria. A poisonous white-spored agaric. month, watch all jars, and, if there is any indica- tion of fermentation, open, scald, and use at once. Summary. This is no place for detailed recipes, since those may be found in cook-books and bulletins. The essential points in all canning, jelly-making, pre- serving and pickling may be given in few words : The article to be preserved and everything to come in contact with it must be sterilized, and then the air must be kept from it. Constant watchfulness and absolute cleanliness are the only magic arts employed. The housekeeper of today must not for- get the traditions and experience of past genera- tions, but even in these every-day processes she must apply also the results of the experiments of modern scientists. Though many of these processes have passed out from the home, there is still a place for the homemade preserves which have a distinct quality and with which no factory goods can compete. Preserving and preparing mushrooms. (By B. M. Duggar.) In the preservation of mushrooms the may be either by drying or canning. By both processes some of the flavor of the mushroom
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