| Show SURPLUS FRUITS AND vegetables much canning done by volunteer women workers of the department part ment of agriculture CREDIT GIVEN MRS HOUSTON wife of secretary ahm planned that product it S be utilized in an new and it p patriotic manner Manne donated asted to walter waits reed read hopta Hw pita twenty I 1 two a hundred and fifty arty quarts a of f canned tied Te vegetables gambles preserves preserve and ad coill jellies to tempt the app appetites edles of our w wounded boys ID the ft alter reed hos pital 1 in washington as well as ham freds red of r bushels of 0 fresh fruit and 4 vegetables vegetable s Is the result remit ot of a summer bummer ot of maces BO Ceasing slig activity bj bi women tit of the department of agriculture interested in this work at the arlington farm where Is car ried led ag on governmental 1 expert p a menta men catl 1 on ta il with fruits and vegetables g bl e there has been necessarily much waste product brodu ct in previous years year in tied order I 1 that acau in d rate fr observations a during ring their entire season might be e made by the plant specialists a large share ot of the fruits and nd vegetables vegetable grown there them had bad to be allotted 11 d to I 1 come to full fall maturity on an th the plants thus to a large extent the farm fam a products were wen too ripe to be marketed when thir value to the scientist was at an end how project started to WI sirs DO darld P F if to wife of if the secretary of agriculture to ie due the credit for or these thes products being utilized in a new and patriotic say ay this year the ft alter lter reed hospital filled with our wann wounded aled from overs overseas cas was to be if it could be managed the recipient ot of nil all the surplus amplas fault and vegetables vegetable ot of the arlington form farm mrs houston planned that all of the products which j were in prime prim condition and which be mcd at once by the commus commis sury sary department delm mient ol of the lim hospital should be seat there them directly the surplus was to be made by aunts volunteers lunts lun ts I 1 into i home deludes dainties tor for the boys athen it Is realized d that the beuten 1 it it in charge of the coded commissary ry must provide food for each soldier wounded or mck nt at a maximum cost of 50 cents I 1 a day the exceeding va value ue of these thee fir preserves sets and ad jellies to the diet of th the invalids there then may Is be better up ap pre elmod perhaps no other one me thing which has been done for the hospital ib ins bet n so much appreciated cpr anted by the hole bos themselves a as this food which as they said tasted like home and mother sent seat through the untiring work of these women connected with the department of agriculture girl picked ripe rip products all ali the work was time dose through da in 1 tent clent I committees one of these com composed posed of girl workers from the d de P apartment part rement ment who went out after work to tu the a faros and 4 did the picking when ez ever ri thair chat was vas notified noticed that the bt b arvest t we was ready dy A As is q quite alt main usual I 1 with crops those grown grew by the nver government am a did not at accommodate data film ca to a regular schedule b but at in amate d from none on some ame days to an amon amount at that taxed every recruit to the utmost at other times time the war relief felt of the dep department amount of agriculture supplied help 1 in the be kitchen and ad tor far cans or amp tilles 11 however se a large fas part n of f the cans and ad apice were ers d donated led by those bia Inlet sated anted in th the a work the recipes ud were all aa home onist conw although the work especially the lat at ter part of the summer had to be do done on an z commercial scale because bar a of the 1 I quantity mantley mantl ty of fruit bad aad vegetables avail 11 able lifts mm houston and alae florence E ward of the states rates relations relation wen ben tee ice of the committee attle dreamed when the work was first planned of the scope it would assume a before autumn the a Is not at B tell 1 in the union nion U which Is not net represented at the walter waite reed by at least one son whose hearth orth he heart has ber been ad glad by the delicacies provided by the forethought and im hard work it of these women th ilie A ar iian lington gfa t farm to he hits b been owned many illy yr years ars by the PC people I 1 Is of or the united united red st states C and ad much valuable he know Is ledge dge been bee given to them from the experiments peri ments carried on there but this is 1 the first dial alnie I 1 that a direct return of its products has been made to the P people caple no ho better or more fitting ue it if Is ie belleI believed ed could have been made of these tam arm products than to give them the to our boa be who have fought and fee been wounded united over there green tomato jelly by addla adding g lemon lemom or orange or both hii cau can he be made from grem toma tose oes which Is or of a an attractive tt merile col color nd ad of 0 pleasant plea tant though unusual flavor flar fla r the he pectin enlists substances raw and acids of lemon a won and 0 range orange which confer fee jelly in making kin g Pro properties pertle a a upon P on the tomato jae nice a ere found I 1 la h both th jet juice and ad white peet but y in the latter the bitter taste at of 1 the an uncooked looked white peel iel is of will 11 not interfere with the flavor of if the uncooked product 2 pounds green tos cupfuls 1 sugar maifea about at I 1 it ounces us 2 nim water 3 2 cupfuls strap imp va 1 1 lemona 7 nearly 1 pounds ounces 2 orangel 15 ounces cut to tomato agoes ea into small pieces cook in one a p pint I 1 of of water star tor for halt half an hour at the same time cook the orange rind cut cm up small or put ahr through u 1 a treat meat chopper 1 in a plot pint of 1 oica wafer slight 1 ig it i ly ay baited d bo as a to keep keen the peel tender 1 in case it la is to be used later in ia making a relish combine these two mixtures I 1 and drain through a jelly bag I 1 in the u usual out way squeeze the bag gen gentl t 3 in order not to waste the juice you w will III find that in this case aque squeezing does not greatly street affect ever even t th h appearance ippe arance of the jo jelly ay there them should be ie a quart of juice him more a or fr less ac carding to the rate at on which ii the water may have boiled down had boil the juice nice for ten in minutes to reduce I 1 it tin in bulk and concentrate its solids at the end of the boiling period measure the juiced for foe each cupful of juice add one halt balf cupful of sugar gar and er on one b half I if cupful f of dp boll if until nob a good jelly debt li Is secured that I 1 Is un til it begins to jelly as the last drip pings come from the a spoon p or r when be a drop blands tend on an a cold pare plate the he amount of jelly secured will be at least three glasses or somewhat more mom than one pint fact it may be almost twice that under order I 1 favorable r his circumstances it if the juice joice when poured into glass glasses e shows signs igus of jellying but does not apt at once place pin it away lightly covered with cloth tor for several i days you may secure a tire fine firm jell jelly y at the end cad of a week seek it should then the n be covered with hot paraffin e us usual itil the jell jellies made with a large ergo pro portion of at corn kimp will he be sat satisfactory lefft to U if served with within an hour or two me after affair turning out of the gin glaba but they do not hold up perfectly it left to stand for a day or two even though quite bulte firm in the beginning ifft if oranges are h aleh agh in p price rim a 0 larger am amount of lemon may be used two lemons beems ordinarily way may be substituted b i for far one orange but the flavor will be a decidedly different one cooking time T table Is 16 to re 30 aim minute beam uma green to 1 hour abtam ito 1 to a 8 hours 0 beet old 8 to N 4 hour beef 1 youn youns to 1 hour or cabbage 20 to 30 80 carrota sa 30 to to 60 mum cami cauliflower or 20 to se 10 amat corn ereen 10 to 16 ne a onions onion sa 20 to 80 ou minutes laute parsnip I 1 to 30 to U alnuten 1 1 leae green m 20 to do a amna potatoes 30 to Z spinach um b i n 15 to M X alua minute h 20 to 30 minute 0 o to tc 0 minute I 1 excellent could cookley I 1 are mado made with peanut butter better |
