Show homemaking TID BITS fay 0 spreads canning is probably the one task we do about the home vae the results of which we can see weeks and months later what a thrill to step into a neat room turn on the light bottled foods retain their color much better if stored in the dark and see rows of fruit arranged on shelves and yet how many of us dread to think of spending a day putting fruit up fresh or making lams jams and jellies standing over a hot stove stirring the jam and watching the jelly makes most of us wonder whether it is worth the effort here probably more than ever we can enjoy t the he coolness cleanliness and convenience of electric cookery with the controlled heat of an electric range we need have no no fear of the preserve sticking or th the jelly boiling over if you are one of those persons who own a range with a thrift cooker try cooking jellies and jams in it start on high until it bolls boils then turn to low but you may want to turn it to high again for a minute or two at intervals during the cooking with an electric roaster set the temperature for about degrees and put the cover on when the fruit toils boils set the lid slightly ajar and you need have no fear of it ever boiling over or burning here are some some recipes for spreads apricot and pineapple conserve 8 lbs ibs apricots 8 lbs ibs sugar I 1 large can sliced pineapple peel apricots and cut in halves add sugar and pineapple juice let stand over night next morning bring to boll boil slowly cook 15 minutes skim out the fruit add blanched d kernels of apricots not too many to juice boil slowly half hour add apricots and pineapple which have been cut into medium sized pieces boil 10 minutes skim bottle and seal reach peach and cantaloupe conserve I 1 qt diced dicea peaches 1 qt diced dicea cantaloupe 6 cups sugar 4 lemons clemons juice and grated rind combine ingredients cook mixture until it is thick and clear and pour into clean hot BALL jars seal at once plum jam 3 pints plums damson plums best 4 cups sugar wash plums and remove pits if desired the flavor of the pits is sometimes preferred add sugar cook until mixture is thick and c clear about degrees F pack immediately into hot clean BALL lars jars and seal at once harriet pearson 4 i |