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Show Tips on Canning Peaches Given By Economist Can plenty of peaches, but make sure you can them the most economical way to save your allotment of sugar, Miss Etna Miller, nutriKonsit for the Utah Agricultural Extension Service Ser-vice advises Utah housewives. "Prospects for canning peaches peach-es are very good this season and housewives should take advantage advant-age of the abundance of the fruit by canning a large supply for next winter. The canning though should be done in the most economical way to save on the sugar supply," the economist econo-mist said. According to Miss Miller the most economical way to use the sugar is to slice the raw peaches, peach-es, heat them, then pack them hot in their own juice and process pro-cess them. The sugar should be put directly on the peaches before be-fore they are heated to draw out the juice. Slicing peaches to can them is recommended over halving because it alows for extracting more juice for canning and also for getting more fruit in each jar . . . which is important in view of the shortage of containers con-tainers and rubber for canning purposes, the extensionist said. "However, if you do want your peaches canned in halves, make a syrup to pour over the peaches peach-es in the jars. Process in the same manner as sliced peaches canned in their own juice. Use the proportion of five cups of sugar to a. gallon of water. This makes a light syrup, in accordance accord-ance with your sugar ration," Miss Miller stated. Use of honey or corn syrup as a substitute was also advised by the nutritionist. Equal parts of honey and sugar should be used, or two-thirds of the five-cup proportion in sugar and one-third in corn syrup. |