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'Vm WPpPf!llll"Pl'l,T,wlwl.'illl,, w r fe'i "t- 4'f If TWjr r lfT The Commoner. AUGUST 23, 191 9 pickles. The vinegar must cover every particle of the cauliflower. Canned Lima Beans A reader asks for directions to can lima beans. If gathored when ready for canning or cooking and dried without shell ing then shelled and put away in paper bags they will be "just as good" and a little better than if can ned. Try this way. Apples are canned as any other hard fruit, by boiling until tender, but not mushy, and packing in glass jars, pouring in the jar all the water in which they were boiled until the air-spaces are filled, then sealing. Sugar may be added to the fruit when being boiled, but it is not necessary. Apples that are spoiling should have all defective places re moved, and will be very nice for win ter days. Contributed Recipes Canning Plums with Syrup Put one cup of soft A sugar in a pre serving kettle with three-fourths of a quart of boiling water, and bring to a boil; remove stems from the plums and wash carefully so as not to break the skin. Lift the kettle from the fire after skimming well, and let the syrup cool so it is not scalding hot, as putting the plums right into the boiling water will tend to break the skins. After putting in the plums let the syrup cook slowly until the plums are barely tender enough so a knitting needle can pierce them and be readily with drawn, they are then ready to fill into the cans. Have the cans heated with dry heat setting them on the back of the range, or the warming closet on top, but do not pour water Into them. When the plums are ready to put into the can, tip the hot can sideways and -slide the first few plums carefully Into them with a spoon, having the plums boiling hot; fill the can full, shake or jar the can to settle, then put the syrup into the "can until all air-spaces are full and the plums covered oven to the brim. Uso new rubbers; screw tho topB on tightly, test tho covor by standing the can on tho top to see If thore is any loak; if perfectly sealed, lot get cool, then set away In a dark place. Be sure the top is perfectly sealed. Mrs. C. L., Iowa. Damson Jam Fill a stone jar with fine, ripo damson plum3, cover and set in a kettle of water having a wooden slat in the bottom; tho water must bo boiling hot. Cook gently until tho stones separate from the pulp; pour into a wide bowl or pan, cool, pick out the stones and mash tho pulp to a smooth consistency. Allow ono and one-half pounds of good brown sugar to ono quart of pulp, return to kettlo and boil slowly for an hour or more, swimming well and stirring. When quite thick, fill small, wide-mouthed stono or glass jars and keep uncovered in a cool, dark place two days; then cover with melted paraffin and a paper cap fitted on with white of egg. After a while it should be firm enough to cut like cheese. Nothing makes a finer con serve than damson plums. C. A. D., Missouri. WELL PEOPLE TOO Wise Doctor Gives Postum to Con valescents. A wise doctor tries to give nature its best chance by saving the little strength of the already exhausted patient, and building up wasted energy with simple but powerful nourishment. "Five years ago," writes a doctor, "I commenced to use Postum in my own family instead of coffee." (It's a well-known fact that tea is just as injurious as coffee because it con tains caffeine, the same drug found in coffee.) "I was so well pleased with the results that I had two grocers place it in stock, guarantee ing Its sale. "I then commenced to recommend it to my patients in place of coffee, as a nutritious beverage. Tho con sequence is, every store in town is now selling it, as it has become a household necessity in many homes. "I'm sure I prescribe Postum as often as any ono remedy in the Ma teria Medica in almost every case of indigestion and nervousness I treat, and with the best results. "When I once Introduce it into a family, it is quite sure to remain. I shall continue to use it and pre scribe it in families where I prac tice. "In convalescence from pneu monia, typhoid fever and other cases I give it as a liquid, easily absorbed diet. You may use my letter as a reference any way you see fit." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek Afich Rca'd "The Road to Wellville" In pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever read the above letter? A new ono appears from time to time. They arc genuine, true, and full of human interest Canning Timo Canning Sweet Potatoes Select small potatoes of uniform size, wash and scrape, but do not peel; cook until tender In salted water, but do not break or mash; they should be firm, while they are tender. Have ready a syrup made of sugar and water so thick that when allowed to cool in a cup for a few minutes It will crystallize. Fill tho jar with the potatoes, keeping them as whole as possible, then hold a fork or sieve across tho mouth of the Jar and drain out every bit of the waber while still very hot, then pour tho boiling hot syrup over the potatoes and seal as other canned things. Both syrup and potatoes must be very hot. When wanted for uso, turn into a pan, add a little butter and bake as you would fresh pota toes. Small potatoes that would otherwise bo wasted are just the size for canning. They must bo fully matured. Here is a way to can string beans that has the merit of being but little trouble: Prepare the beans just as you would for the table, and cook them the same, only cooking enough for several jars when cooking for dinner. When they are perfectly done, fill one or more jars full, shaking well to settle them, then put into each jar three or four table spoonfuls of vinegar, boiling hot, and seal at once. The water tho beans are boiled in may be used to fill the can, if any is needed, but It must be boiling hot. In this way, the housewife can put up small quan tities, a jar or two at a time, while she is getting dinner. Seal as other vegetables. Canned Pineapple Make a syrup in proportions of two and one-half pounds of sugar to three pints of water for six pounds of prepared fruit; boll for five minutes, skim ming well, then add tho pineapple, which should be peeled and sliced, and let boll a few minutes until thoroughly hot through, then pack in well scalded cans and seal, boil ing hot. Good Recipes The small seckle pear makes the nicest spiced relish, if properly pre pared. Cut out the blossom end with a sharp knife, but leave the stem and peel on, wiping tho pear with a damp cloth. Prepare a syrup, allowing five pounds of sugar and one pint of vinegar to nine pounds of the fruit; when tho syrup is ready, boiling hot, after skimming well, put in the pears a few at a time, and cook until tender; drain as soon as they are done, and put into jars, and when the jars are full, shako gently to settle, and pour over tho fruit tho prepared syrup For spicing, an ounce each of stick cinna mon, mace, and green ginger, tied in a cloth, should bo added to the vine gar in making tho syrup, and should bo put into tho jar with tho pears. It is bettor to buy good, puro spices wholo and grind as wanted. For crystallizing fruit, have the best of sugar; weigh two pounds and put into a new, or thoroughly good, preserving kottlo with barely enough water to dissolve tho sugar, begin ning with half a cupful at first, stir ring tho sugar slowly, and if inoro is wanted, add a very llttlo more a tablcspoonful at a time until the sugar Is thoroughly dissolved, but not liquid; then set the kettle on the stove and bring to a boil. Havo tho fruit ready prepared, peeled cored and sliced, and in a suitable dish or pan, and pour tho boiling syrup over, turning so that every side may re ceive its coating; set aside to cool, then pour off tho syrup and set the pan as upright as possible so that tho remaining particles may drain off. It is better to have tho syrup boiling hot when poured over tho fruit, for, though it may soften It somowhat, when cold It will bo all right, and the crystals will be more brilliant. Tho fruit, when thorough ly drained and dried, should be packed in boxes in sugar, with paraffin paper between tho layers. Peaches, pineapple, oranges, lemon, apricots, pears, limes, are all flno put up this way. Tho main thing is to do tho work carefully and proper ly, and it is much cheaper than tho "storo" article, and bettor. DRINK BARRED BY RAILROADS Special dispatch to Chicago Tri bune: Now York, July 29. An a result of an investigation conducted by tho management of tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad following tho recent disastrous wreck at Corning, N. Y., an order was Is sued today to the employes of tho transportation service forbidding tho use of intoxicants, either while off or on duty. All classes of employes directly connected with tho movomont of trains aro prohibited from using their time whllo Off duty In any manner that may unfit thorn for tho safe, prompt, and efficient perfor mance of their duties. 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