THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
TUESDAY
Freezing Is Best Way
To Preserve Fruits
By MART MARGARET SMITH
County Hem Agent
Fruits, when quick f.-ozen, retain
more of the color, fla tar, texture
and nutritive value o ' the fresh
produee than when pi. -essed by
any other method of food preser
vation. For this reason it is de
sirable to use the freezer locker
to the fullest extent possible for
the preservation of certain of these
products.
Freezer-locker space is valuable.
Therefore, only those fruits which
fall into the following classes
should be placed in the locker:
those which are available for only
a short season but desired for use
throughout the year; those whose
quality and flavor are injured by
other methods of preservation; and
those which are not bulky.
Kquipment most of the equip
ment needed for preparing fruits
for freezing is found in the aver
age kitchen. This includes tables,
pans, dippers, sharp knives, meas
uring cups, household scales, cut
ling board and a wide-mouthed
funnel and a sink with running
told water.
Containers Containers for use
in freezer lockers should be liquid
tihl, moisture-vapor proof and in
many cases air tight. If the con
tainer is not moisture-vapor proof
the contents will dry out during
storage. Types of containers which
are commonly used in freezer
lockers include the following
cardboard boxes fitted with mois-
;ure-vapor proof, heat-sealing cel
lophane or paper liners; heavily
vaxed cylindrical and tub-shaped
i ardboard containers; tin cans; and
j lass fruit jars. Fruit jars are not
: atisfactory containers. They are
t asily broken especially when cold.
I urthermore, because of their
iiape they are wasteful of space
;. id they make it necessary to
i haw food before removing it from
l ie jar. Most freezer-locker plants
. 11 containers made especially for
l cker use. Tub-shaped and cylin
(I ical containers and tin cans are
Particularly suitable for use with
1. iuid packed products such as
f : uit in syrup.
Bags of heat-sealing cellophane
ii' paper, supplied with cartons for
1 1 .?ezer locker use are sealed by
ii .ans of moderately hot curling
iron or flat iron. Tin cans are
scaled with the sealer as in home
canning. Paraffined tubs and cy
lindrical cardboard containers are
M.pplied with lids which do not re
(i.ire sealing.
Precautions In preparing fruits
fur freezing observe the following
i ecautions: Select only product of
!n?hest quality. Select fruits when
Miitable for fresh use. Prepare
li nits for freezing immediately aft
er harvesting. Fruits should be
Prepared ready for cooking or
serving. Freeze prepared food
v. ithout delay.
Processing Fruits Choose the
varieties recommended for freezing
and those of high dessert quality.
Avoid undue handling and bruising
VICTIM OF CHICAGO CRIME WAVE
and prepare as for table use. Pack
age the fruits and freeze them
promptly. Fruit undergoes rapid
changes in flavor, color and in the
content of certain vitamins upon
exposure to air after preparation
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iur treezuig. 10 reauce tnese
cnanges ana certain texture
changes caused by the freezing
process, most fruit is packed either
in syrup or mixed with dry sugar.
The sugar withdraws water from
the fruit and forms a syrup.
If the fruit is to be used as an
uncooked dessert, the syrup pack
is superior to a dry-sugar pack.
Generally, the packing of fruit
without either syrup or sugar is
not recommended. Corn syrup
may be substituted for a part of
the sugar syrup but. not to exceed
one quarter of the total.
Sugar Syrups Make sugar syrup
by dissolving granulated sugar in
hot water in the desired propor
tions. The quantity of sugar and
water required to make the various
syrups commonly used in freezing
is given herewith. Syrup should
be made up a day before use and
held in the refrigerator until need
ed. This assures the availability
of cold syrup at the time the fruit
is to be packed.
Sugar Syrups
50 per cent syrup 4 cups sugar
plus 4 cups water.
60 per cent syrup 6 cups sugar
plus 4 cups water.
65 per cent sprup 7' i cups su-1
gar, plus 4 cups water. j
Strawberries Blakemore, Klon-;
dike, Massey, Premier, Fairfax, I
and Dorsett are recommended va-!
rieties. Wash berries in ice water
and cap with a minimum of delay.
Highest flavor is preserved by mix
ing crushed or sliced berries with
sugar in the proportion of 1 pound
sugar to 4 or 5 pounds of fruit.
The product formed is excellent
for sauce. Berries to be served
whole for dessert purposes should
be covered with cold 50 per cent
sugar-syrup. The packing of straw
berries without the addition of
either syrup or sugar is not rec
ommended.
blackberries Select only fully
ripened berries. Immature berries
acquire an unattractive reddish
brown color when frozen. Wash
and sort and pack with as little
handling as possible. For dessert,
pack in a cold 50 per cent sugar
syrup. For Jam or pie, use dry
sugar in proportion of 1 pound of
sugar to 4 pounds of fruit by
weight.
Cherries, Sour Select only fully
ripe cherries. Immature fruit pales
and overmature fruit darkens when
frozen. Wash, chill, and pit cher
ries. For dessert, use cold sugar
syrup, from 60 to 65 per cent. For
pies or preserves, mix 1 pound of
sugar to 3 or 4 pounds of cherries. I
Cherries, Sweet
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BYINO Of GUNSHOT WOUNDS, Bn Eisenstein, 30, m municipal eourt
bailiff, lies on the floor of luxurious apartment in Chicago's notorkui
ruimore District whera three gunmen attempted a holdup during a card
Mrty. The host, Albert Feinberg, 38, a feather merchant, and George
atanislawski, 24, on of the bandits, were also killed. Despite special
squads of police awlgnrt to the district, 33 women have been reported
assaulted, and a mother of five lias been murdered. (International!
Elberta, J. H. Hale, Golden Jubi
lee. Hale Haven and Georgia Belle.
Select uniformly ripe, sound fruit.
Scald in boiling water long enough
to loosen the skins. With ripe
fruit, scalding from 30 to 60 sec
onds is adequate, if water is boil
ing. Cold-dip in water to cool.
Remove skins and slice or halve
immediately into cold sugar-syrup
containing ascorbic acid to help
prevent discoloration of fruit while
it is in storage and also upon thaw
ing. To 2 cups of water add 1
level teaspoonful of powdered as
corbic acid, or 2Vi grams. Stir
and then add 3 cups of sugar. Stir
until sugar is dissolved and chill.
This will make about I quart of
syrup for 12 pints of peaches. Pow
dered ascorbic acid can be ordered
through the druggist or freezer
locker operator.
Ascorbic acid tablets can also be
used but the cost is much more.
Add 24 tablets containing 100 milli
grams of ascorbic acid each, or 48
tablets of 50 milligrams to 2 cups
of water. After the tablets have
softened, add 3 cups of sugar and
stir until the sugar is dissolved.
Select large j The syrup is cloudy but the sedi-
iruu ot good llavor and uniform men! will settle overnight. If as
maturity. Stem and wash. Pit or corbie acid is not available, use a
not as desired. Cover with cold 50 plain 60 per cent syrup. However,
per cent sugar-syrup. jthe appearance and flavor of the
leacnes i ne Dest varieties arc ! fruit treated with the
syrup con-
Small or large,
will be Welcome, and
our treatment of you
will prove this.
Come in
YOUR FINANCIAL FRIEND
THE
First National Bank
ORGANIZED 1902
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Member Federal Reserve System
Female's Pre-Man
Age Skull Found
In South Africa
AP Newsfeatures
PRETORIA, South Africa Dr.
Rbbert Broom, anthropologist and
palaentologist, of the Transvaal
Museum, Phretoria, believes a skull
he found at Sterkfontein will show
more definitely than ever than man
is closely related to the ape. He
says it is the best-preserved skull
of the pre-man period ever found.
Dr. Broom has removed from the
skull part of the rock in which it
was imbedded. He says it is that
of a female and is about the same
age as the skull of the Sterkfon
tein Man.
The new skull, says Dr. Broom,
is much more valuable than the
original since it is all in one
piece. The skull of the Sterkfon
tein Man had to be pieced together.
Unfortunately, the bone is very
rotten and the stone in which it
is embedded is very hard.
"Enough of the face has been
cleared," he said, "to show that
It is remarkably human, apart
from the small brain. The eyes are
large and rounded and the eye
brows wide and overhanging. The
cheeks are wide and the front of
the jaw projects, but not more
than in some human beings.
"The brain is small and will
probably not be bigger than 40
cubic centimeters. In structure
there are a number of typically
human and non-anthropoid characteristics.
"Though the teeth are lost, the
sockets, by human standards, show,
with hardly a doubt, that it is the
skull of a woman perhaps 50 or
60 years of age."
British Tobacco
Purchases Appear
Headed For Cut
WASHINGTON The British
Ambassador to the United States
hns submitted to his government a
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that the United Kingdom buy more
tobacco this year than is planned
in its present budget and that, if
necessary, the tobacco be held for
use in 11)48. '
But the ambassador, Lord Inver
chapel, "was not at all optimistic
about the possibility of such a
course being adopted," according
to North Carolina Representatives
C. Bayard Clark and Harold D.
Coeiey, who consulted him.
Clark and Cooley reported on
Thursday to a group of Congress
men on their investigation of the
possibilities of maintaining the U.
S. export market at close to its
last year's high level.
The British said Representative
Clark, "must choose between buy
ing tobacco and bread." He added
they wouldn't be buying any Amer
ican tobacco if the United States
hadn't lent Great Britain $3,750,-
000,000."
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Expert Advice On
Farm Problems
(Compiled by Extension Service
at State College)
Question: How can I control
weevil infestation in stored grain?
Answer: E. R. Collins, in charge
of Agronomy Extension at State
College says the grain should be
placed in a fairly air-tight bin for
fumigation. For best results the
grain should be confined to a small
space and piled from 4 to 6 feet
deep. Apply carbon bisulphide di
rectly to the top surface of the
grain, using 3 gallons per 1000
bushels of grain when the temper
ature of the grain is 60 degrees F.
or above. Close the storage space
immediately after applying the
fumlgant and leave closed for 24
to 48 hours. After this period of
time the storage space can be
opened for airing.
Caution: Carbon bisulphide is
explosive and inflammable. Keep
matches and fire away from these
fumes during the fumigation process.
taining ascorbic acid is decidedly
superior to that frozen in plain
syrup. Fill packages with fijuit
aim syrujj, seal or close pacKage,
and freeze without delay. The most
satisfactory produce is obtained
when only a few peaches are scald
ed at a time. Fruit should be cut
and syrup-covered immediately to
prevent darkening.
Raspberries, Red Wash with
care to avoid injury. Drain. Cover
with a cold, 50 to 65 per cent syrup
depending upon the sweetness de
sired. Excellent for dessert pur
poses. Serving In the use of frozen
fruits, care must be exercised if
highest quality is to be maintained..
Fruits for dessert purposes are
considered best when served Just
before the last bit of ice cream has
thawed.
Question: At what age should
heifers be bred?
Answer: According to J. A. Arey,
Extension Dairy specialist at State
College, no arbitrary age can be
set for breeding heifers. This
should be determined by the ma
turity of each animal. Jersey and
Guernsey heifers, if properly grown
out, should be bred to freshen at
from 24 to 30 months of age. Ayr
shire and Holstein heifers should
be bred to freshen from 27 to 32
months of age.
Question: How can I prevent
hens from eating eggs?
Answer: Thin shelled eggs that
get broken easily usually start an
outbreak of egg eating in a flock,
according to C. J. Maupin, Exten
sion Poultry specialist at State Col
lege. The hens should have access
to plenty of clean oyster shells or
limestone grit, and direct sunshine
or an adequate supply of cod liver
oil or other sources of Vitamin D.
These help to make thick, strong
shelled eggs.
Other means of preventing egg
eating are to provide at least one
nest for each five birds; darken the
nests; use plenty of clean nest lit
ter; gather the eggs several times
a day; feed milk in some form, if
available; and prevent the produc
tion of thin shelled eggs in the sum
mer by keeping the houses as mot
as possible.
GETS LICENSE TO SHOOT
ALSO WEDDING PERMIT
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. JP) Raised
eyebrows greeted Miss Jn
Smith's applications for
license and authority to .carry a
rifle at the same time.
She smilingly explained, how
ever, to the city clerk's safisfnri
that she and her future husband
enjoyea target-shooting.
tne clerk then gave her tho
marriage license and exnlained
none was required for tarKlwwt.
ing.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
By STANLEY
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MAKING CERTAIN that President Truman Is not disturbed, two Secret
Servicemen keep constant guard ever a long corridor leading to his
suite to the Muehlenbaco Hotel, Kansas City, Mo. Every effort is made
to Insure quiet as the Chief Executive rests after visits to the bed
side of bis stricken mother, Mrs. Martha Truman. (International)
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Household
Hints
By VESNA STANTON
Assistant State Agent
Each year 3,000 infants under
a year old die from accidents in
the United States. A high per
centage of these accidents occur
in home and might easily be pre
vented. To save babies from com
mon home accidents, these simple
suggestions are offered:
Safety in the Crib See that, the
blankets do not cover the baby's
face. Secure them to mattresses
or sides of crib with safety pins or
clips. Use sleeping bags or pat
ented crib blankets only on the
doctor's recommendation. Never
use a pillow.
Safety in the Kitchen Keep the
baby in a high chair as far as pos
sible from the stove and sink to
avoid scalds and burns. Keep hot
pans well out of reach.
Safety From Falls See that car
peting on stairs is tacked down
firmly and all small rugs are an
chored. Use nonskid finish on the
floors. Have bars at top and bot
tom of stairs until the baby is old
enough to climb with safety. Keep
stairs well lighted and free from
litter. Keep toys off the floor ex
cept when the baby is playing with
them. When carrying the baby up
and downstairs, always hold the
rail with one hand. When baby is
in the high chair, fasten the tray
securely with a strap attached to
bottpm of seat and inside edge of
tray.
Safe Toysi Toys should be too
large to swallow, with no points or
sharp edges, washable and prefer
ably made in one piece so that
they do not come apart.
Safety with Pins When chang
ing the baby, stick pins well out
of reach in the mattress or in a
cake of soap. At all other times
keep safety pins closed even if
they are to be used right away.
Then if the baby swallows one, the
danger will be less.
Safe Company Never entrust a
baby to the care of anyone young
er than 12 years.
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WOMAN'S SKIRT LENGTH
CAUSES COMPLICATIONS
MILFORD, N. H. lAP) A
Textron sewing plant was shut
down all because of the length of
a woman s skirt.
Plant Manager Prentice Shethar
said the factory would be closed
for 10 days to change its machinery
in line with a new style trend.
The plant manufactures ladies'
slips, and now they must be made
longer to conform to the current
fashion in skirts.
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Hebrews ate the locust.
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