| Show I IF YOU HAVE NO CANNER MAKE ONE J I II II I ro r D I I I 1 t I L Photo Courtesy Ball Bros Co All authorities on home canning advise that non-acid non vegetables ba bet canned by processing cooking in jars in a steam pressure cooker be be- because because because cause a pressure cooker is the only household utensil that can retain a much hotter than boiling temperature High temperatures are desirable when canning beans peas corn greens etc because they insure more certain destruction of and because the canning can be done more quickly But says Gladys Kimbrough Home Service Director of Ball Brothers Company who heartily approves using a pressure cooker whenever possible the time is at hand when we must be cal Dont Don't worry if you cant can't buy a pressure cooker for surely you can find a wash boiler lard can baby bath tub or some Jeep deep container con tamer in which water can be boiled Tack a afew afew few strips of wood together to make a n rack or platform to hold the jars about one-half one inch from the bottom of the container Find something even if it it has to be a board to use as a lid Then you will have a water- water bath canner for those Victory gar gar- garden garden garden den vegetables You are afraid to eat vegetables canned that way A lot lotof lotof lotof of folks who say a water bath cant can't I be used were raised on vegetables canned by that method But lets let's get three things clear before we go any further first there have been a afew afew afew few instances of poisoning from eat eat- eating eating eating ing canned vegetables second all such danger can be avoided by boil boiling boil boil- boiling oil oil- oiling ing the canned vegetables 15 minutes min min- minutes minutes utes before tasting or serving they serving they should be re-boiled re before serving if left from one meal to the next third a pressure cooker is not a guarantee against a spoilage There will be spoilage if ie the pressure gauge registers too low or if poor judgment is used in the selection preparation and packing of food into the jars And dont don't let anybody a body tell you otherwise Now back to the water bath The water should be steaming but not boiling when the jars are low low- lowered lowered lowered ered into it and deep enough to cover the tops of the jars two or more inches No water wont won't get into the jars if directions are fol fol- lowed The water should be brought to boiling as quickly as possible and kept boiling steadily throughout the fue canning period f c Any jar suitable for use in home canning and only those with names names' lettered on them are arc suitable may maybe maybe maybe be used for water-bath water processing Mason jars may be sealed with one- one piece zinc cap and rubber rubber-ii rubber if you youcan youcan youcan can find the caps with caps with glass top seal or with two-piece two vacuum seal caps Glass top seal closures and vacuum caps seal on the top edge of the jar therefore it is necessary to make sure the top edges of the jars ars are even smooth and perfect I Im in m every respect The bands are screwed down tight on the vacuum seals as as soon as the jars are filled tilled to tOI within from one to one-half one inch of the top and should not be tightened again Zinc caps are screwed down on the rubber and then loosened slightly Bands for glass top seals are screwed down and then loos loos- ened This tightening and loosening is called partly sealing and should always be done before jars are arc placed in a canner Seals are com com- completed completed completed by tightening caps or bands immediately after processing Then there is the jar with ai a ai glass lid and rubber ring held in fn place with wires wires wires-it it is ideal for can can- canning canning canning ning especially when fitted with high tension stretch proof steel wire It is partly sealed before and completely sealed after processing Those who select vegetables that are young tender and right out of i ithe i ithe the garden arden and waste no time in I washing them clean cooking cookin them five to ten minutes and pouring into clean hot jars and processing Im im- Immediately immediately Im- Im Immediately mediately will live to laugh at those who say it cant can't be done It is the Cans not the Cants who are going to win wm the war on both oth home and battle front J I |
