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Show How to Make TomaioPulp Useful In Utah wo grow tons of tomatoes. Not only for tho canning factory, but ' nearly every one has n tomato patch How many aro making the most out of their tomatoes Tomato pulp U I ono form in which tomatoes may be used with which tho average houso-wlfo houso-wlfo is not as familiar as with tho others, it Is, however, a convenient nnd cheap product for uso ns soup stock, seasoning, nnd In sauces for meat and fish. Tho fact that in the pftst much tomato pulp has been mado from Inferior material and un-dor un-dor unsatisfactory conditions need not now deter tho purchaser, for n llttlo care in the Inspection of the label on the container nnd of the product pro-duct itself will enablo anyone with a reasonable degree of certainty to select se-lect a wholesomo nnd sound brand, although with tomato pulp as with a number of other food products tho purity of the nrtlclo In certain cases can bo determined conclusively only by a chemical or microscopic examination. exam-ination. Toronto pulp is mado by removing tho skins and seeds from tho vegetable vege-table by putting it through a machine mach-ine called a cyclono. Tbo resulting pulp Is then boiled down to the desired de-sired consistency. In common prac-tlco prac-tlco the volume of tho tomatoes is reduced In the process about ono half. Ordinarily, the pulp Is packed for household uso In number 1 cans, which hold approximately ten ounces net. Although tomato pulp prepared In this way has been on tho market for somo tlmo it has not been used In this country ns extensively as In Italy nnd elscwhoro In Europo. Many housewives apparently believe that It Is of no use except as a foundation for tomato soup. It can, however, bo utilized in many other ways which will readily suggest themselves to any experienced cook. In tho past, howovc, the product has been found to bo so varied that a recipo which gives good results nt ono time may prove most unsatisfactory nt another, oven though the same brand of pulp is used. This Is easily understood when ono remembers that beforo the passage of tho Federal Food and Drugs Act thcro was nothing to pre vent the introduction Into the product of what is known ns canners waste, tho refuse from tho tomato peeling tnbles In tomato canning establishments. establish-ments. Much of this material was most unsatisfactory from a sanitary stnndpolnt nnd at best its composition could not bo definitely known In advance ad-vance Under tho Federal Food and Drugs Act. however, much of what wns known as skin nnd cor0 pulp has been eliminated from Interstate com-morco com-morco nnd has thus left nn opening for high grado wholo tomato pulp. I Under former condltlono tho manufacturer manu-facturer of this high grado produce could not compcto with Inferior branda because- of tlio low prlco nt which tlio latter could bo nold. Although Al-though tho consumer usually pays ! about ! cents n. (on for high r.nd low' grndo pulp nliko, thero b n groat dit-1 forenco In tho most of manufacture. I Skin and coro pulp sold at whole-salo whole-salo for ns llttlo ns 1C cents a dozen cam, whllo good sound pulp from who'o tomatoes can scarcely bo put out for less than 3.ri or 40 cents. Although, ns ban boon said, much of tho objecllnnablo pulp Is no longer long-er on tho market. It Is woll for tho customer to bear in mind two points: Pulp that Is mado not from whole 1 tomatoes but from trimmings, nnd passes through Interstato commerce, must boar upon tho lnbol somo such 1 oxprosslon as Mado from smntl to-mntoes to-mntoes and trimmings; Mado from tomatoes to-matoes nnd parts thereof; Mndo from pieces of tomatoes and trimmings; Mndo from tomato clippings nnd Wholo tomatoes, etc. Tomato pulp of this character is frequently n sound nnd wholesomo product, but when trimmings and clippings arn ' used It Is moro difficult to put It up ! In n satisfactory manner than when ' only wholo tomntoos nro utilized. Tho Federal Food and Drugs Act, of courso, does not apply to food mudo nnd sold wholly within tho boundaries ' of a stato. Such products aro under tho control only .of stato laws and municipal regulations as administered administer-ed by food officials. After nil, howover, tho appoaranco of tho pulp Itself Is tho real test. If n can of good pulp Is oxamlned, It will show a smooth, oven toxturo, and bo practically free from llttlo black spots, many of which como from decayed de-cayed portions, Indicating that tomatoes to-matoes with black or dry rot had been usod. In very low grndo products, pro-ducts, a peculiar, finely curdled appearance ap-pearance Is somotlmes found. Thoro aro forms of deterioration In tomato pulp, ns well as In othor food products, pro-ducts, which cannot bo dotectcd ex cept by a chemical or microscopical examination, but for nil practical purposes a careful scrutiny of tho label la-bel nnd the pulp will enablo one to Judge correctly tho product. Under present conditions, however, the housewife who bears theso suggestions sugges-tions in mind may effect n considerable considera-ble RnWug by a moro extensive use of tomato pulp. Sho will obtain n wholesomo product which makes an excellent adjunct In many ways for the table Utah Farmer. |