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Home IIome Dehydrators Dchydrators Can Prevent Spoilage SpoilageWith SpoilageWith SpoilageWith With Good Storage and Careful Packing Home dehydration of ot this sum summer summet summer mer met s fruits truits and vegetables may be beof beof beof of little help to next winter wmter s t'1ble t1ble t-ible t ible t'1bleunless tibleunless tibleunless ' - unless care is exercised in proper properpackaging properpackaging properpackaging packaging and storingAdequate storing stormg storingAdequate Adequate protection against mols mots molsture motshire moisture ture hire is an essential consideration for forthese forthese forthese these products particularly In hu humId humid humid mId climatesEvery climates climatesEvery Every housewife knows that a aleaky aleaky aleaky leaky seal will rum ruin a jar of ot canned cannedtomatoes cannedtomatoes cannedtomatoes tomatoes or string beans She should shouldbe shouldbe shouldbe be equally aware that a poor con contamer contamer contamer tamer WIllsImilarly will similarly cause sioilageof s1011ageof s1011age si oilage oilageof of many home dried fads f odsNot ods odsNot Not all vegetables vegetdbles can be dehy dehydrated dehydrated dehydratcd drated dratedsuccessfully successfully Sweet corn ap- ap apples apples ap apples - - ples and parsley and celery tor torsoup ( ( for forsoup forsoup soup lav flav flay ( ring nng ) can be dehydrated dehydratedand dehydratedand dehydratedand and packaged without much d m mcuHy mculty fnculty cuHy culty if they ' ire 'Ire tre properly proc processed processed processed essed according accordmg to instructions is issued issued issued sued by the U S depal depai depaitment tmRnt tment of 01 . ag agrIculture agricullure agriculture rIculture ricullure The amateur dehydrator dehydratoris IS confronted with real problems problemswhen problemswhen problemswhen when she tackles the more hygro hygroscopic hygroscopic hygroscopic scopic foods ( those witch wl wI ich absorb absorbmoisture absorbmoisture absorbmoisture moisture easily ) Even the indus industrIal industrial Industrial trIal dehydrators whose bus ness nesshas nesshas nesshas has undergone tremendous expan expansion expansion expansion sion during the war have had to toovercome toovercome toovercome overcome many difficulties in pre prepanng preparing preparing panng paring and packaging these products productsfor productsfor productsfor for the army and for tor lend lease shipments ship ship- shipmen shipments - - men ments ts In If Iii ! all cases the packaging of ot de dehydrated dehydrated dehydratcd hydrated foods should be done donepromptly donepromptly donepromptly promptly under sanitary conditions conditionsand conditionsand conditionsand and out of ot contact with dust Con Containers Containers Contalners tainers should be filled to the top topin topin topin in order to displace as much air airas airas airas as possible-to possible to possible - - to keep down oxidation oxidationExtreme oxidationExtreme oxidationExtreme Extreme cold will not Injure de- de dehydrated dehydrated de dehydrated - - hydrated foods toods since they contam contain containso contamso so little water But prolonged stor storage storage storage age in a very warm place will wlU ad adversely adversely versely affect them and light affects affectssome affectssome some products Storage In a cool cooldark cooldark cooldark dark dry place is bestHome bestHome best bestHome Home dehydrators should also alsomake alsomake alsomake make suro sure that the interiors of larg larger larger larger er pieces of fruit or vegetable are arethoroughly arethoroughly arethoroughly thoroughly dried Too often otten one as assumes assumes assumes sumes that because the small pieces piecesfeel piecesfeel piecesfeel feel dry the whole batch is sum sumclently sumciently sufncicntly clently ciently dehydrated whereas the thelarger thelarger thelarger larger pieces may be still mo st at on onthe onthe onthe the inside mSlde Then when all are pack packaged packaged packaged aged together the moisture in the thelarge thelarge thelarge large pieces may be given of off ofT ? and andcause andcause andcause cause the whole batch to become becomemoldy becomemoldy becomemoldy becomemoldyFor moldy moldyFor For the safe storing of at most fruIts fruItsand fruitsand fruitsand and vegetables vegetahles dehydrated In the thehome thehome thehome home a container coutalner must be used usedWhICh usedwhich usedwhich WhICh has the greatest resistance to topassage topassage topassage passage of ot moisture vaporCellophane vaporCellophane vapor vaporCellophane Cellophane of the moisture proof prooftype prooftype prooftype type provides an excellent excel1ent protectIve protectIvepackage protectivepackage protectivepackage package for tor dehydrated foods toods H it w wever wever wever ever It Is not always easy for the theconsumer theconsumer theconsumer consumer to obtain this type of filmat film filmat dimat at present due t ti i ) its great demand demandfor demandfor demandfor for war p pickag p\ckag p ckag ' \ ickag ng It is there therefore therefore therefore fore important for the housewIte housewife housewifeto housewIteto to know the d difference l.lTerence llTerence dtiterence . housewIteI between betweenmOIsture betweenmoisture betweenmoisture I mOIsture proof cellophane and U tl ti e etype etype ctype type known to the trade as pli ph p1-i p1 i - n ntransparent ntransparent ntransparent transparent wl wI ch is grease proof proofbut proofbut proofbut but not mo sturc ture sture proof The mOlS moss mOlSture mossture moisture ture proof cell r i flane I ane used for this thispurpose thispurpose thispurpose purpose seals t i ) } itself upon appll appli appllcation application application cation of ot a hot Iron and this is isa isa isa a simple simplp test nlS fl ri is varlr varit'y varity varih'y varihy . ' ' + y may maybe maybe maybe be purchased ai i L SN'e SNe snr'e snre * " ' r > r-'e r 'e e - ' ' of the stores storeswhIch storeswhich storeswhich whIch sell horne home freczinc freezmg freezing suppi suppl cs es as asIt asit asit It is cxtens extens vcly vely used in m packag ng ngfrozen ngfrozen ngfrozen frozen foods The plaID-or plaID or plain-or plain plain - or n n nmOIsture nmoisture nmoisture mOIsture proof film , should not be beused beused beused beusedWhere used usedWhere Where cellopi cellopl me 'lne lne nne ' Is used It is a agood agood agood good idea to plicc phcc in one bag the theamount theamount theamount amount of ot delyJrated del y Irated crated food needed neededfor neededfor neededfor for one family n en cal eal ! A number of ofthese ofthese ofthese these bags may be placed in a crock crockjar crockjar crockjar jar or box with a tight fitting filtIng lId lIdThe lidThe lidThe The food then can be used one bag bagat bagat bagat at a time with ut exposing the re remainder remainder remalnder mainder to mo shire sture ture absorption absorptionIn In the event th that t the home de dehydrator dehydrator dehydrator hydrator cannot obtain mOIsture mOIstureproof moistureproof moistureproof proof cellophane 6r or r other satisfac satisfactory satisfactory satlsfactory tory moisture resistant paper type typecontainers typecontainers typecontainers containers she may turn to the tra traditional traditional traditional ditional home-preserring home preserring home-preserving preserving - - receptacle receptaclethe the glass jar one of the safest satest and andmost andmost andmost most available containers contalners under underpresent underpresent underpresent present conditions |
