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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1917)
10 THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY. AUGUST 18. 1917. Vegetables Better and Cheaper Than Ever Here A graud variety of delicious vege tables and fruits at prices lower than they have been heretofore this season, that is the market story in Omaha at present. Tomatoes have reached tltefull tide of their plentifulness. They are of delicious quality and selling around 35 cents for a large market basket. Smaller quantities cost most in pro portion and it is by far the cheapest to buy them by the market basket. Apples are getting plentiful. It is IWe are HELPFUL HINTS To the Housewife on What to Buy for Saturday and Sunday RICE A VERY HEALTHFUL FOOD. Alto Tery economical. We offer un usually high grades at very low prices s Fancy Carolina Head, long grains, well screened, good color, per lb., 10c; per 100-lb. sack $9.80 Fancy Japan style, whole, short, round grains, lb., 8c; 100 lbs., for $7.80 SUGAR Pure Granulated means either beet or cane; our price on 10. lbs. of genuine CANE SUGAR. . . .89e FLOUR Made from old wheat, makes bet ter bread than flour from new wheat. We guarantee all or flour. ECONOMY BRAND, 48-lb. sack, for ..... $3.39 GOLD MEDAL BRAND, 48-lb. sack ....,...$3.59 OUR TIP BRAND, 48-lb. sack, for $3.59 Nothing finer milled than our TIP brand. VINEGAR , Best quality Cider, bottle, 9c; gal lon 21e White Vinegar, gallon 19c WATERMELONS : rind and sweet as dripping 7 bare Diamond C Soap 25c 6 bars Pearl White Soap.... 25c No. 2 can Tomatoes, solid pack, 15c No. 2 can Tender Peas. ..... 13c 36 Clothes Pins ....5e Macaroni, Spaghetti, Noodles, pkg. 8c Salmon, tall 1 -lb. cans, 17c, 19c and '. 25c Best Grade Black Pepper, lb., 34c Clark's Thread, 5c spool; 3 for 13c Shoe Polishes, can 8c; 3 for.. 22c Rax Lye, cart 8c Toileteer, use instead of Sanif lush, can ,.......,,... 17c Matches, box, 5c; 3 for...... 13c Telephone your order, early to insure prompt delivery.. $5.00 orders delivered free within reasonable distance. Eight cents is charged pn delivery of orders amounting to less than $5.00. ' ' " Phone TYLER 440 for location of store nearest you. 40 STORES 5H o 'to IT is not so many years since the thrifty housewife went to market xvtth her basket on her am. Indeed, there are many places where she jtill does. The pity is that the custom has been permitted to die out anyxohert. For, whether she realized it or not, her basket was a factor id helping maintain the low prices which formerly prevailed. She (host what she wanted paid for her purchases carried them home with ner. That all helped keep down the merchants cost of doing business and they could afford to sea fir less. Today, with so many values un certain and prices up,mry woman should get out her market basket and use it. She should go to market regularly. By doing so, she will accomplish two thingsshe will help her aealer and she will help herself. Every time she saves the dealer a delivery expense she is making it cost him less to run his business -aiding him to sell at lower prices. And if she kpav$ cashf she is helping herself still more. But, quite as import ant, she is exercising her right to pick and choose. She can select exactly what she wants. And she is broad' . ening her buying horizon. ROBT. rather early yet, but the apples are al ready good to eat even "raw." Some crabapples are on the market too, at little prices. Now is the time to make that old-fashioned crabapple jelly and jam that "go" so well with bread and butter in the winter. Peaches of the dandy freestone va riety have made their appearance in large quantities on the local markets and the prices are reasonable. Tears are even more plentiful and of fine flavor. always at your service Thank you.: Shredded Wheat Biscuits, pkg. 13c Oatmeal, nice and fresh, bulk, 4 lbs. for 25c Small pkg., 9c; large pkg.. .. ,22c Large Quaker Oats, pkg.. . . . ,24c FARINA, like Cream of Wheat, same sise pkg 15c V1TOS, pkg 16c LEMONS The Tery best, bright, juicy ones. Dozen 25c and 30c APPLES We have only a few boxes of fancy Gano Apples left in storage. They are nice and sound. Box $1.65, $1.70, $1.75 FRUIT-JARS Buy all you will need NOW. Mason, with sine lids: Pints Quarts H -Gallon Doi. 60c Dox. 70c Dot. 95c Jar Rubbers, best heavy quality, doxen 7e Zinc Lids fo Mason Jars, dox. 29c H-Pint Jelly Glasses, dox 30c We sold a full car last Saturday and have bought two (2) more cars this week. They are red to the honey, pound. Instant Postum, large six... 45c Bulk Cocoa, fine quality, lb...22e 16-ox, cans Condensed Milk,.13e Olive Oil, Pompeian brand, pint, 23c; pint, 45c; quart, 85c; M- g.llon $1.58 Grape Nuts, pkg. ,13c Soda, 10c pkg. for. ........ ,7s Ctsup, large sixe Armour's .. 22c Mustard, large tumbler, . .8a, Sunbrite Cleanser, 4c; 3 for.. 10c (Works same as the kinds that sell for 10c can.) SAL SODA 11 H lbs. for... 25c Marlseti: F Put Thb Saolffii nrfi fin 0MidHA' yUO iUI UIUIUO UUi In Your Purse U$t It a a Shopping Guida Armour's Oral Label Stadia Sur Hui Star Emm issxarvieUUim UdUi ClararbUe. Bitiw xtxsrttf SuW Ckara OUr Crip Jak JBSOCTraakftrt . Jum mi JtlliM AR MOUR w CO Ml PANY BUDATZ. Mgr, 13th and Son Sta. Omaha. lit. Doug. 1055. Canteloupes and watermelons arc here in great quantity. The former ! sen irom o 10 iu cents eacn anu mc watermelons from 2 to 3 cents a pound. Both are of the finest pos sible flavor. Potatoes are a shade cheaper than they were last week, some stores of fering them as low as 40 cents a peck. Sweet corn is aho very plentiful and good as well as cheap. .String beans and green peas, carrots, tur nips, green peppers, celery and beets are suggestions from the crowded vegetable market. Plums, blueberries, California cher ries of the sweet, "ox-heart" variety are delicious fruits now on hand. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. A TREAT IN MEATS We buy nothing but the best quality. POT ROASTS 12 Kc, 15c Boil Meat . . 11c, 15c Round Steak 23c, 25c Sirloin Steak 23c, 25c Porterhouse 25c, 28c VEAL, VEAL, VEAL. Very best Veal Stew, lb. .14c, 16c Very best Veal Roast, lb., 18c, 20c Very best Veal Steak, lb., 25c,' 30c Very best Veal Chops, lb., 20c, 22c Very best Veal Cutlets, lb 30c First grade Skinned Hams, lb., at 26&C Sugar Cured Bacon, lb., 27 c, 30c, 33c 35c Best Butterine, white. .29c Cash Habit .....27c Magnolia, 2-lb. roll 45c CRISCO. . . .38c, 74c, $1.48, $2.27 SAWTAY 28c, 56c, $1.12 Thanhouser, the best, nobody doubts it, 9c; 3 for 25c Applju, large, 19c; small 9c Loju 23c Pop, 4c; 3 for 10c 1Ar orfJ 1 1 r a HQ 1 2S CEDAR OIL POLISH For furni ture and automobiles, American Lady brand, $1.00sixe, 7 2c )v 50c sixe, 36c; 25e sixe 19c Calumet, 1 lb I QQ K. C, 25 ounces ( Rumford, 1 lb I"WV Our TIP brand, 1 lb ...15c (Use the baking powder, burn the paper for kindling, drink out of the tin, then if you think it is not as good as any you ever used, bring the lid back and get your money.) LINCOLN Not only will she have a better jdea of her dealer's facilitiei. out she will also appreciate more fully his skill in selecting foods for her choice and his care in keeping them in the best condition for her table. For instance, there are housewives many of them who would not think of using any but Star Ham, . "Simon Pure" Leaf Lard, Sliced Bacon and other Oval Label staples. They know the Armour Oval- know it means top quality of its kind no matter on what it may be. List 1 But they may not know the wide variety of foods on which it is to be found. Our Package Food line includes meats, fish, vegetables, soups, con diments, butter, eggs, etc., ALL UNDER THE OVAL LABEL. What buying difficulties many . women fina solved for them when they go into their dealer's store and look over his Oval Label Department! ' Remember, this year market baskets are distinctly in style. Take your basket and go to market. - Package Foods j3GFackif F.dlMta. Mutt, FUk v Sas, Frail YsntabU - ' Park a4 Besai Kttchaa Caill Sam Ojtt Ctck tdSnc Pttast Battar Rica SaraBM TMFuk,Ete.i 'T.i-r- V W. L. WILKINSON, 39th and Q Sts.. South 1740. II HERE ARE SOME OF UNCLE SAM'S Agricultural Department Urges Omaha Housewives to Fill Larders for Winter y RECIPES FOR DRYING FRUITS In these days of intensive conserva tion Omaha housewives are urged to take every precaution to have their larders well filled for winter. The United States Department of Agriculture has prepared complete instructions for drjing and preserving fruits and vegetables, which have been placed at the disposal of The Bee for the information jjl its readers. Here aresome of the recipes tested by experts in the employ of the gov ernment. Another installment will be published Tuesday. How to1 Dry Tomatoes Wash and slice into pieces one-quarter or three eighths inch thick. Place on trays in one layer. Dry in sun, in oven, over kitehen stove, or 'before electric fan untif leathery. Don't miss any step. Potatoes Wash, peel and trim po tatoes. Expose to the air as little as possible. Cut in slices from one eighth to three-eighths inch thick, or into thin strips, or dice. Place in cheesecloth square or wire basket. Plunge into boiling water for from three t$ five minutes. Dip for a mo ment in cold water. Spread thinly in trayi.. Dry in oven, over kitchen stove 0r before an electric fan until brittle. Beets Select young, quickly grown, tender beets. Peel and slice in one eighth or one-quarter inch slices. Spread thinly on trays or earthen ware plates. Dry in sun, in oven, over kitchen stove, o before the electric fan until leathery. Stir from time to time. Beans Select only beans in fit con dition for use as snap or string beans. Wash and remove strings. Dry small beans -whole. Cue large and more ma ture beans in one-inch lengths with vegetable slicer or sharp knife. Place in cheesecloth square or wire basket. Plunge into boiling water for one and a half to three minutes. Dip for a moment in cold water. Remove sur face moisture by placing between two towels, or by exposing to the sun and air for a short time. Spread thinly on trays or earthenware plates. Dry in sun, in oven, over the kitchen Btove or before the electric fan until tough and leathery. Stir from time to time. PeachesPeel, cut in halves, and pit. Spread thinly on trays or earth enware plates. Dry in sun, in oven, Infants Llothors Thousands testify Moiiiclk's .The Original Malted Milk Upbuilds and sustains the body No Cooking or Milk required Used for of a Century Substitutes Cost YOU Same Price, ' m "A A" Night and Pay 1605 Leavenworth Street Douglas 9513 FR1ESLAND FARM CERTIFIED MILK Tha Perfect Summer Food-Drink. Atk your g rocer or 'phone Douglas 409. Council Bluff 20S. . ALAMITO DAIRY CO. ft over the kitchen stove, or before the electric fan, until fruit is tough and somewhat leathery. Stir from time to time. The finished product will not look like the fresh truit, but it s good to eat. Pears Pare, core and cut into eights. Or core and slice in rings, using fruit or vegetable slicer. Do not let stand long before drying. To pre vent discoloration, dip fruit, as it is prepared, for one minute in a cold salt bath (one ounce of sale to one gallon of water). Place in colander and set in container ' of hot water. Place cover on container and steam for ten minutes. Remove surplus moisture by placing fruit between towels, or by exposing to the sun and air. Spread thinly on trays or earth enware plates. Dry in, sun, in oven, over the kitchen stove, or before an electric fan until the pears are tough and somewhat leathery. Stir from time to time. The. finished product will not look like fresh fruit, but it's good to eat. Corn Select only young, tender corn suitable for eating from the cob. Prepare immediately after gathering. Place corn on cob in vessel ot water. Add a teaspoonful of salt to each gal lon of water. Boil or stew for from eight to ten minutes until milk is set. Remove from kettle and drain well. Cut kernels from .the cobs with sharp knife. Take care not to cut off pieces of the cob. Spread thinly on trays or earthenware plates. Dry in sun, in oven, over the stove or before the electric fan, until the corn is so dry it rattles. Stir the corn from time to time during the process. Onions Select well matured onions. Wash, peel and slice onions into one eighth to one-fourth inch slices. Peel and slice under water. Place in cheese cloth square or wire basket. Plunge for 5 minutes in bolmg water. Dip for a moment into cold water. Re move surface moisture by placing be tween towels, or by exposing to the sun and air for a short time. Spread thinly on trays or earthenware plates. Dry in sun, in oven, over kitchen stove, or before the electric fan, until tough and leathery. Stir from time to time. To Store Dried Fruits and Vegeta blesPlace in boxes. Pour from one box to another once a day for three or four days. If too moist, dry again. Place in cloth or paper containers, as pasteboard boxes with tight covers, stout paper bags, salt sacks, or pat ented paraffin cartons. Small con tainers are best. To seal paper bag: Twist upper part into a neck, bend over, and tie tight with a string. Label all bags. Store in dark, cool, well ventilated, dry place. Eauioment for Drying Fruits and Vegetfblcs Tray Make a frame work from strips ot lumber tnree "5 Life's Little Ironies Mother signaling "family hold back" so that the unexpected guest can get a full measure of our Sunday Special Dessert. For this -week its Mandarin 1917 MILK FED SPRING PIG PORK ROAST, lb Steer Pot Roast, lb , 13',c Steer Shoulder Steak, lb. .14 Vic Pig Pork Butts, lb 23c Young Veal RoaBt, lb 12V2c Youdb Veal Stew, lb 10',c Young Veal Chops, lb ,.13Vic Choice Mutton Lege, lb 17y,e Steer Rolled Rib Roast, lb. 17Vac Choice Mutton Chops, lb 16V,c Choice Mutton Roast, lb 14Vc Steer Porterhouse Steak, lb 19l,c DELIVERIES MADE TO MAIL ORDERS FILLED PUBLIC 1810 HARNEY 1917 CHOICE FORE QUARTER LAMBS, lb. .1478c 1917 MILK FED SPRING CHICKENS, lb 28c Young Veal Roast, lb ...12,c Young Veal Chops, lb 14V,c Young Veal Stew, lb ..I0V,e Pig Pork Roast, lb ,'..197,c Pig Pork Butts, lb ....23e Steer Pot Roast, lb...,- "Vie Sterc Shoulder Steak, lb 15V,c Spareribs. lb 143c Steer Porterhouse Mean, id ivvic Steer Rolled Rib Roast, lb 17Vic DELIVERIES MADE TO MAIL ORDERS FILLED A r 1HESE rKHU EMPRESS 113 South 16th Street. Why Pay Such Ridiculous Prices for Steaks When You Can . .i r i m-i.-. "! ci c:ui: uuy at tne rvasningion marsei wnoi iecr muwui Round Steak Every Day at 20c Per Pound? MEATS Home-Dressed Spring Chickens, lb.29'tc Roasting Chickens, lb ..186 Choice Steer Rump Roast, lb. . . .. .17Vjc Choice Steer Shoulder Roast, lb, 15e-17c Choice Steer Sirloin or Round Steak, per lb. 20c Choice Steer Shoulder Steak, lb ISc Extra Fancy Veal Roast, lb. ... . .17Vie Lean Boiling Beef, lb 12Vic Rib Boiling Beef, lb 10c GROCERIES Best Gran. Sugar. 10 Vs lbs for. .$1.00 All Brands of Creamery Butter, lb. ,41c 7 bars DiamondNC Soap for ....25c Tall eana Salmon, per can 18e Guaranteed Country Eggs, dox.... 38c Good fresh Eggs, doxen 35c FRUITS AND Fanc AoHcota. crate $1.98 FancT Alberta Peaches, crate $1.18 Fancy Alberta Peaches, basket 25c Cooking Apples,, peck. . . .,, 25c Cantaloupes, each ....8c Home-picked Ripe Tomatoes, basket. .10c Faner Egg Plant, each 15c T . K V x inn t, mu ..i - - " , . Visit our Ice Cream Parlor and Lunch Room. Ica Cream Sodas, alwaya Be e-Kftrv orders oromnty attended to. Larreat mull ord-r r-oa t i A" e-i If 140T DOTJGIjJLS ,ne most of-m-Dtrm AND tVT 4Krr fourths inch thick and two inches wide. To this nail laths 1-8 inch apart to form bottom. Galvanized wire screen, one-eighth or one-fourth inch mesh, may be substituted for the laths. If laths are used, tray should be four feet long, if screening, length depends on width of screening. Four-Tray Drier Stiffen four trays wilh screening bottoms bv nailing i two laths across center. Attach, an uorieht. one-half inch thick, two inches wide, and eighteen inches high, to each' corner of the trays placed one above the other. This may be sus pended above the kitchen stove. Trays to be Used With Electric Fan Make a framework, 4x1 V feet, from strips of lumber three-fourths inch thick and three inches wide. Across the bottom tack strips of half-round or dressed laths, one-eighth inch apart. These trays may be filled about one inch deep with the fruit or vegetable to be dried, and stacked four or five high before an electric fan. Bottom of lower tray should be on a level with lower rim of fan. - It is, of course, perfectly possible to dry vegetables on earthenware plates When drying take advantage of the fire on baking day after the bread and cake have been taken from the oven. , Home Canned Lima Beans Wash your jars; wash rubbers; test rubbers for quality. Set empty jars ana ruooers in pan of water to heat and keep hot. Fill wash boiler to cover jars two inches with water.. Heat water in wash boiler. Use only young, freshly picked beans. Place beans in colander; steam by setting over vessel of boiling water, covered tight, for five to ten minutes. Dip quickly in cold water. v Pack immediately in hot glass jars. Add boiling water to fill the jars. Add level teaspoonful salt per quart. Place rubbers and tops of jars in position,1 not tight. Place jars on false bottom of waSh boiler. Submerge jars two inches. Let the water boil 180 minutes. , Start counting after water begins to boil. Remove jars. Tighten covers. Invert to cool and examine for l6iks. If leaks are found change rubbers and boil again for ten minutes. Wrap in paper. Store in cool, dry place. Fruit and Water Supply Most fruits contain from 75 to 95 per cent water, and a balance of woody fiber, or cellulose, fruit sugar and minerals. Thus the free use of fruit daily insures a greater supply of water to the body. The cellulose of the fruit supplies bulk and a mechanical stimulation which promotes waste elimination. Acid fruits, such as oranges, lemons, limes, and most berries, contain a certain chemical compound called "vitamines," in a very stable form. These vitamines are believed to pur ify the blood and to prevent scurvy and various skin diseases Popular Science Monthly. Orange lee Cream -with fresh Orange pieces. You can readily procure it from any dealer' who serves CHICKENS, lb 28c 1878c Spareribs, lb ....14sie Extra Lean Rff. Hams, lb 23" jc Skinned Hams, lb 24' ic Sugar Cured Hams, lb 197c Sugar Cured Bacon, lb 2978c No. 1 Lean Bacon, lb 344c - SPECIAL From 8 to 9 P. M., Pork, Chops, lb.. 18c From 9 to 10 P. M., Compound Lard, per lb. 15c ALL PARTS OF THE CITY AT THESE PRICES MARKET DOUGLAS 2793. Extra Lean Rg. Hams, lb 23 Vie Skinned Hams, lb 24V.C Sugar Cured Hams, lb 19'ic No. 1 Lean Bacon, lb 34c Sugar Cured Bacon, lb 29 c SPECIAL From 8 to 9 P. M., Country Sausage. per lb. , 10c From 9 to 10 P. M., Pork Chops, lb.. 18c ALL PARTS OF THE CITY MARKET Douglas 2307. Young Veal Chops, lb zoe Young Veal Breast or Stew, Ib..,.15e Young Veal Loin Chops, lb 25c Extra Lean Skinned Sugar Cured Hams, per lb. 74 Extra Lean Sugar Cured Pienle Hams, per lb ... I'Vse Extra Lean Sugar Cured Breakfast Bacon, per lb. 37V,c Sugar Cured Breakfast Bacon, lb..29c Regular 85o Coffee, lb ...28c Regular 40e Coffee, lb 33c UncoloreoS Japan Tea. reg. , 60e value, per lb 5 Gunpowder Tea, regular 60e vaL, lb. 30c Breakfast Cocoa, lb VEGETABLES Celery, per stalk c Bartlett Pears, basket .25c Large Lemons, doxen. 30c Large Head of Cabbage, each 5c Extra Fancy Italian Plums or large Bine Plums, per basket "c MARKEi T J TEL.TYlWi 4TO II 4voavrmy 0OCMV COAL SHORTAGE SERIOUS IN WET Utah Fuel Concern Head Pre dicts That Conditions in Coal , Industry Are Worst in . History. Salt' Lake City, Utah, Aug. 17. A. P. Apperson, vice president and general manager of the United States Fuel company, returned from an in vestigation trip throughout the east and the middle west and announced that there will be a '.eater shortage of coal throughout the western states this year than wa ever experienced before. The failure ' of the railroads to have sufficient power and equip ment to move the coal, together with the heavy demand for additional fuel from all sources, are responsible for the situation. Mr. Apperson says that the esti mates which have been made show that the Utah mines will be called upon to produce 1,000,000 tons more coal during the coming year than was ever before produced in the history of the mining industry in this state. Basinger Finds Lakes Where Gamey Trout Abound General Passenger Agent Basinger of the Union Pacific is back from a trip that took him into the heart of the Saw Tooth and Medicine Bow ranges of the mountains of Wyo ming. By automobile he drove 100 miles north from Rock Springs and fished trout out of lakes 1,000 feet deep lying the valleys between snow capped peaks. .According to Mr. Basinger, there are 1,500 lakes in the Saw Tooth mountains that are alive with trout. -most of them weighing from one up to six and eight pounds. They have never been fished and are ravenous. On the trip Mr. Basinger met many automobile parties and is of the opin ion that this section of county will soon become a great resort for sports men. The mountains, Mr. Basinger says, are filled with big game, such as grizzly bear, mountain lion, elk, deer a-1 a few moose. Prominent Omaha Musician To Become American Citizen Thomas J. Kelly, prominent musi cian of Omaha and Chicago, musical editor and conductor of the Omaha Mendelssohn choir, applied for his second naturalization papers in the office of the clerk of the district court Friday morning;. Mr. Kelly believed he had become a full-fledged American citizen years ago, but recently discovered a legal ' error -which left him with the status of having taken out only his first pa pers. He was born in Ireland forty-seven years ago and came to the United States in 1889. He gave his address ras the Blackstone hotel. Woman Who Married for Children Asks Divorce A tale of a marriage made by a woman "for the sake of the children" is contained in a divorce suit filed in district court by Bessie C. Enders against Arthur E. Enders. Mrs. Enders says when she mar ried him at Sioux City, April 20 of this year, he told her "she- wouldn't have to work any more to -upport herself and her three small children. She alleges, however, that notwith standing the fact he was a drug sales man earning $150 a month, he failed to contribute to the family exchequer. She says he also soon developed a quarrelsome and indifferent disposi tiqn. All Ready to Inspect the Omaha School Kiddies Charlotte Townsend, supervisor of the medical inspection department of the public schools, has returned from her vacation spent in Colorado and is preparing for the opening of schools two weeks from next Monday morn ing. "I had an enjoyable outing," re marked Miss Townsend. "I arrived home at 6:55 a. m., tipped a red cap at the depot 10 cents and rode home in a taxi, reaching my bed and board in time for breakfast," were some of the exciting details she related of her excursion. Flags for School Board Rooms fjeady to Float C. O. Talmage, member of the Board of Education, is a happy man. Two months ago he enlisted sup port of the board members in an ex penditure for flags for the rooms of the school headquarters on the fifth floor of the city hall. The flags have arrived and Robert Gait, of the Fort School for Boys, is placing the banners of liberty in ap propriate positions in the various school offices. Fruit Punch For twenty persons, take one fresh pineapple of medium size, "or a pint can of preserved pineapple, cut into small pieces. To one and one-half pounds of sugar, add two cupfuls of cold water and put on stove. Boil from ten to fifteen minutes (after boiling begins). Pour the hot syrup over the pineapple and let stand at least twelve hours (twenty-four is not too long). An hour before serving add the juice of six oranges and tour lemons. If not acid enough, add another lemon and two quarts of water. Flavor with crushed straw berries, candied cherries or grape fruit as preferred. Stir well to thor oughly mix, and, lastly, add ice and let stand to cool. If not quite right, add sugar or water to taste. Before add ing water, remember that the melt ing ice will make some difference. Th secret of a delicious punch is to make a syrup of the sugar. MCAnom