| Show CANDIED BERRIES ARE IDEAL GIFTS Homemade Confections Are Excellent Remembrances I Ifor for C Christmas J. J Prepared by tho United States State Department of at Agriculture Unusual homemade confections are always an l Ideal eal Christmas remembrance remembrance remembrance brance when one does not wish to spend very much money The little Jars with screwed-on screwed lids In which salad dressing Is often sold make admirable admirable admirable ad ad- mirable containers for gifts of this r 9 J Attractive Packing Gives Small Homemade Homemade Home Home- made Gift Distinction kind If It they are decorated with bright bright- colored splashes of enamel paint or simple designs In black Can Candled led cranberries are easily made The United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Agri Agri- culture recommends the following way of prepa preparing ring them Candied Cranberries I b of large laree 2 cupfuls water cranberries 2 cupfuls sugar Select large firm cranberries Make three small slits silts each one-eighth one Inch long lu In each ellch berry with berry with a point of a penknife Boll Boil the time sugar and water together until clear Allow this to cool add the berries and bring very vely slowly to the boiling point The saucepan saucepan saucepan sauce sauce- pan should be large enough to permit penult all the berries to float at the lop fop of the during cooking cookin If the berries are heated too quickly the skins will burst before the soaks Into the pulp As soon as the suup bolls take tulee the dish ot ofT off the stove au and aid let it stand overnight t. t Next day ay drain the from the thc berries and reduce it to about half Its original volume b by boiling Cool the place the berries In It heat hea gently for again slowly boil boll vel very three or four minutes and allow to tol l stand for two hours or nr more mare Then I boll boil gently a n third time for five alma alma- Allow the berries to stun stand In the thick overnight warm once more so that the will be thin enough to pour easily and drain the berries from the sl Spread them on a clean cl cloth th or oiled paper to dry ry When dry the thet berries should be bright fin firm Una plump t and Jellied peel Is another delicious con confection which can be he made from mai mn available practically every where Either grapefruit orange oo ot 01 lemon peel may be use used Jellied Peel N f 5 ti ounces peel cut In r f for o 0 r r rolling o n nit g thin J U 14 Inch strips wide wido 3 2 3 cupful water orange orange iemon for 1 cupful SU sugar clr for tor fori i o 0 o 0 n f t u 1 salt U cupful sugar Use strips of thick soft peel veel free tree from blemishes from colored bright heavy smooth-skinned smooth grapefruit lemons lemons lemons lem lem- ons or oranges Add one quart of cold coldwater coldwater coldwater water Moil boll for one-half one hour Repeat Repent this process until the strips have been parboiled three times three times discarding the water after each ench cooking The Tile strips strip's should then be tender Dissolve the sugar In the water for tor forthe forthe the In a small saucepan add the strips of grapefruit or orange peel and cook rapidly for about 20 minutes then place an asbestos mat under the pan and continue the boiling about 20 minutes minutes min utes longer or until the Is all absorbed by the peel Great care cure must be taken at this point that the does not scorch and the strips of peel must be turned frequently Use a fork in turning the strips and In removing removing ren re re- re- re n moving them from front the pan Place the peel on waxed paper until cool and using the fiat flat side of a knife roll the strips In granulated sugar Let the strips dr dry out for an nn I hour or two then wrap In waxed paper paper paper pa pa- per and ke keep kep p In tightly-covered tightly tin containers until use used This confection should keep in good condition for fa 1 two or three weeks If It stored In a mod mod- cool place Candled cranberries and Jellied peel may both be used effectively for decorating dec dec- decorating orating Christmas cakes cales and cookies Y f P place of cherries citron angelica et Those who have preserved watermelon rind on hand may like Ille to tint It green with harmless vegetable coloring flavor fla fia- vor vor It with a few drops of peppermint and use It In combination with the Uie red of the cranberries and the yellow jell jellied jel jel- jellied jel- jel l lied ed peel Or the jellied peel may be cob colored s-ed s with harmless vegetable colorIng colorIng coloring color- color Ing by adding a small quantity of coloring coloring col col- oring to the last water In which the peel Is parboiled Dates stuffed with strips of grapefruit grapefruit grapefruit grape grape- fruit peel instead of with peanuts or almonds are Interesting and new When the date pit has been replaced b by a n strip of the peel the date Is closed and rolled In granulated sugar |
