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Canning
Title
Canning
Subject
World War II
Excerpt
It won't he long now -- until we'll he right in the middle of one of the "busiest seasons of the year" -- the summer canning season. And there isn't any too much time left to he getting all your canning equipment in good shape.
For one of the first rules of canning success is this -- "work as fast as you can." And you're going to he slowed down considerably if you find your steam pressure canner is out-of-order the day the string "beans in the garden are just right to put up. Or if you have to make an extra trip into town on canning day to get some jar rubbers.
These little delays not only upset your schedule of work, hut they may even result in poorer canned fruits or vegetables.
Fruits and vegetables need to he canned as soon as possible after they are gathered, say the canning experts. There are two "big reasons for this. In the first place, there are enzymes in the fruits and vegetables that cause them to go on ripening even after they are gathered. If they are allowed to go on unchecked, these enzymes will cause fruits and vegetables to "become overripe and hasten their decay. And in the second place, you preserve a lot more of the vitamins in the canned food if you carry every step of the canning process through as rapidly as possible.
For one of the first rules of canning success is this -- "work as fast as you can." And you're going to he slowed down considerably if you find your steam pressure canner is out-of-order the day the string "beans in the garden are just right to put up. Or if you have to make an extra trip into town on canning day to get some jar rubbers.
These little delays not only upset your schedule of work, hut they may even result in poorer canned fruits or vegetables.
Fruits and vegetables need to he canned as soon as possible after they are gathered, say the canning experts. There are two "big reasons for this. In the first place, there are enzymes in the fruits and vegetables that cause them to go on ripening even after they are gathered. If they are allowed to go on unchecked, these enzymes will cause fruits and vegetables to "become overripe and hasten their decay. And in the second place, you preserve a lot more of the vitamins in the canned food if you carry every step of the canning process through as rapidly as possible.
Creator
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Radio Service
Date
1941
Relation
Homemakers' Chat