Show hints f for or the home USE UP THE TOMATOES by betty barclay use up the tomatoes in your own garden or in a nearby store this may be turned into delicious bites for the days to come the sugar used in the following recipes turns these delicious bites into real fuel as well for sugar Is one ot of our best quick energy foods tomato chutney a 2 dozen ripe tomatoes medium size elze chopped 6 onions medium size chopped 3 red peppers seeded and chopped I 1 dozen tart apples peeled and aad chopped salt 1 pound impound seedless raisins scup 1 cup celery cut fine i 2 quarts vinegar 3 cups sugar I 1 teaspoon each cla cinnamon namon nutmeg and cloves combine the ingredients and cook in a preserving kettle until the chutney Is thick and clear stir frequently to prevent burning pour four into hot h at st sterilized aruiz ed jars and seal 40 w 40 tomato preserves 4 pounds small tomatoes yellow green or red tomatoes fruit must be firm 6 pounds sugar 1 quart water 4 ounce ginger 32 a lemon 12 2 ounce cinnamon make barup of the sugar and water add the lemon sliced and the spices boll ten minutes add tomatoes gradually cook until the tomatoes become bright and clear stir occasionally from bottom ot at pan to keep from burning remove from fire let stand several hours belore before packing drain and cook cooka syrup longer if proper density has not been reached PICKLES SWEET AND SOUR by betty barclay be sure to have enough pickles on your emergency shelf these appetizing little relishes always appeal and the th sugar used in their makeup make up Is a real quick auids energy fuel cucumber sweet pickles 7 pounds cucumbers i I 1 ounce cinnamon 3 2 ounces cloves 1 tablespoon allspice I 1 quart vinegar 3 ponds sugar pare quarter and seed large cucumbers wash thoroughly then soak tor for four days in salt and water two tablespoons salt to one quart water changing the brine every day put the spleen in a bag boll the cucumbers with the vinegar sugar and spice eplee until tile the cucumbers are clear it Is best to watal carefully and remove each piece when it Is clear pack fack in clean hot jars and seal 40 0 ar cucumber sour pickles loo cucumbers vinegar 1 ounce mustard seed 1 ounce cloves 2 teaspoons salt 1 cup sugar 2 red peppers use the smallest cucumbers you can procure making two and one half inches inches the limit cf length put the spices in ic thin In liblin bags using at least two bags place the cucumbers in a kettle with enough good vinegar of medium strength to cover them place the bags of spices in n the vinegar together with wit the balt bait and sugar and the peppers cut in rings heat the vinegar as slowly as possible when it is scalding hot but no boiling tile the pickles are ready to set sei away it if this recipe Is carefully followed satisfactory results will be obtained if vinegar bolls boils the pickles will soften |