Houm N^Wl Canning Right Aids Budget Canning Wrong is Costly By FLOY G. GARNER Home Agent Yes, it's canning and freezing time! Vegetables, particularly snap beans and beets are plentiful right now. Squash are coming in abundance. Later vegetables will soon be m^Jcing their appearance, so if you are planning to can, it is high time you had your equip ment lined up and ready to use. A number of requests have come into my office for help on canning problems ? proper meth od for different foods, etc. Most of these requests are from peo ple who have never canned any* thing before, and they are want ing to learn the proper methods. We are very glad they are com ing to us for help, not only be cause we are glad to help them, but because they arc the means of our finding out some shocking things that people are doing in the canning of foods for home use. I am sure these people are not intentionally toying with their family's health ? they are only trying to make use of sur plus food? beans, and the like, that farmers have offered them at a bargain. This is good, but improper canning methods can be dangerous as well as costly. First? and this is very important ?do NOT use a water bath canner for canning snap beans or any other low or ? non - acid vege- I table. There is I a very good I reason for this. J These vegeta- L bles require a I processing tem- ' perature higher 1 than can be reached i n a boiling water batl Floy G. Garner i. Therefore, the pressure canner is used to be sure of killing bac teria that cause dangerous spoil age. One of these bacteria, Clos tridium botulinum, causes Botu lism poisoning, which has a 100 per cent mortality rate. You cat not recognize the presence of thi bacteria by smell, taste or aighl Thia ia one of the reasons it is s deadly. You cannot determine when It' present? so the only safe way la t can your vegetables under pre: sure according to recommende procedure, using the correct pre cessing time and then you can b sure that if this bacteria was pre! ent, it has been killed by the big heat. This high temperature cannc possibly be obtained in a watei bath canner. Of course, there ar other forms of bacteria that gro\ in canned foods which are no deadly, but they spoil the food and make it unpalatable, unsighl ly, and it could make you sick. So remember, no vegetable but tomato Is to be canned in the boiling water bath canner. Its high acid content Is the safe guard here, since the acid helps retard the growth of the bac teria. If you do not own a pressur canner, and do not do enough car ning to warrant your buying one perhaps you could work out a join ownership with your neighbor an buy one together. They will las almost a life-time with prope care, and little replacement. Se if you are going to can, whethe it be 20 quarts or 200, invest i a pressure canner. If you need help with othe phases of canning ? such as pre) aration methods, time of proee: sing, etc., call the home agent' office, 2-4011, or come by. We ca give you information based o tested methods, recommended b the food conservation specialist at N.C. State College. If a Horn Demonstration Club woman live near you, chances are she will b able to help you, too. Ask her! The rawpack method of can ning is becoming more and more popular. This method eliminate) the blanching or pre-cooklng o< vegetables before packing their in jars. Cold, raw fruits are pul Tomato*! picked raw are pressed down In the containers so that they art covered with th?ir own Juice; no water la added. Cold, raw vegetable* are packed Into containers and covered with boil ing water. They should be packed tightly because tbey shrink during processing. The hot-pack method if stfll Just as good and effective as U ever was. traits ate heated la syrup in water, or in extracted Juice before they are packed. Tomatoes and Jaiey fruits are packed in their owb Jalee. Vege tables may be preheated la water or steam. Have food at near boiling when filling glass Jars. Pack fairly loosely. Now, don't confuse canning and freezing, when it comes to pack ing your food in containers. There is no raw-pack method recom mended for freezing. AU vege tables should be blanched before they are frozen ? blanched first and then cooled in cold or ice water as quickly as possible. Food conservation Is a wonder ful way to save ? time, money, etc. Whether it be canning or freezing, if it is done properly, your results will be excellent, and you will be rewarded with tasty foods in variety at little cost. So let's put the beans la the Jars or in the freezer, and let's do it right. With all the vegetables grown in this county, there is really little excuse for anyone to go hungry next winter. A little ambition, some energy, a desire to help one self, and work, with a little money (in a lot of cases, the vegetables are there for the taking, or the asking)? and you and your family can be well fed next winter, whe ther you grow a garden or not. Canning can be fun and it is rewarding. If yos don't know how, ask someone who does. Just follow recommended prac tices, and you will have nothing to worry about from the stand point of spoilage, or deadly bac teria. Happy canning to yon! In the geological past, says Dr. J. Wyatt Durham of the Univer sity of California, the tropical cli mates of the earth extended from southern Alaska to southern Chile. Good News About By Harry Vrattrf, 4 H Ailkor The eastarn district 4-H demon stration day will be Wednesday, beginning at 9 a.m. The detnon atratioDa will be held at the Waah ington School. Almost all of the boys and girls from Carteret County will be en tering competition for the first time but I know that we have some very good demonstrations. I'm expecting some winners. Boys giving demonstrations are Gordon Beeton, Beaufort Senior 4-H Club, on en tomology; Ray Bowlin, Beau fort Interme diate 4-H Club o n electricity; and Earl and Allan Kelly, Newport Inter mediate 4-H Club are giving a team demonstration on tobacco production. Gordon's entomology demonstra tion is on "How To Control The House Fly". Ife is working hard, and with his past experience in 4-H, I'm sure he will make a good showing in Washington. Ray Bowlin will demonstrate "How to Make an Electric Time Switch". This is a device that has many uses on the farm and in the home. It can be used to turn on or off lights in a poultry houae at a certain time or it can be used in the home to control a radia, window fan or any other electrical appliance. Allan and Earl Kelly are twins so should really be able to work together in put ting on their to bacco demon stration. They will show how to go about se lecting the pro per tobacco fer tilizer to use. There will be soveral girls giving 4-H demonatra tions also, but I do not have their names at this time, with the ex ception of Amy Stoy. Amy is a member of the Beaufort Senior I fell 4-H Club and will he giving i dem onstration on "Preparing Vege table! for Sale at Curt) and Road aide Marketa." Amy entered dis trict competition last year and did I very good job. Thia year she will be better and I hope will win diatrict honors. Entrants in the Public Speaking Contest are Ann Davis, Smyrna Senior 4-H Club and Denard Har ris, Beaufort Senior 4-H Club. Ann was second place district winner last year and we are counting on her to place first this year. I think she will, too. Denard is entering for the first time this year, but 1 know he can give a good talk. Donna Bell, Camp Glenn Inter mediate 4-H Club President, will June 10? Thursday nifkt the Fire Department met for their regular meeting. The business discussed waa: Send out notices to home owners for their dues of 15.00 for 1868. Plans are in the making for a fire truck for this town and each of the other five com m unities will have their own fire truck. Atlantic Methodist Church is hav ing two weeks of Bible School. At tendance has been very good with cast Carteret's eight electoral votes for District 4-H Officers at this time also. Wish us all a lot of luck and maybe we will come back district winners. between M aod W psesent. It opened June 2 and will close the 13th. The main theme, "Life of Jesus Christ", and the courses are as follows: kiadergartM children. Learn from Jesus; primary, Stor ies We Know a i Jesus: juniors, l and 2, Jesus U His Name: inter mediates and youth, Fairest Lord Jesus. The children are doinf wonder ful work in their classrooms. Pa rents will be invited to come and view the work of their children the last day of the school. Thanks to all who are making this the best school ever. Special thanks to the women serving refresh ments each morning. Plans are being made for a mo vie projector. For this project, $200 has been collected. The regular meeting of the Methodist Men's Club was Satur day evening at 6 o'clock in the Scout Building. It was ladies night. Thirty people attended. Good fel lowship ii enjoyed it these meet- j ings. Miss Luett* Lewis it home from college and her friend, Mr Chartea Stonestreet, from Winston-Salem visited last weekend. Mr. Walter Lewis is visiting his parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Louie Lewis. James McDonald, a Duke stu dent, will arrive this week and star at the parsonage. Mr. Mc Donald will conduct a training course and work with the youth. He will share his work with the Rev. William Jeffries at Marshall berg. The first, third aad fourth ; weeks of this period he will be ' at Atlantic Methodist Church and the second and fifth weeks with { j the Rev. Mr. Jeffries. Anniversary Noted Kingston, Jamaica (AP) ? The completion of 100 years of mission ary and social work in Jamaica is being celebrated by the Christian C&urches (Disciples of Christ) this month. DREAMING? not at all! Help yourself to a better arid brighter tomorrow by saving regularly today at First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company. Your nearest First-Citizens office will be happy to show you how easy it is to start your savings program. ?? OUAHANTfED MTIUST ON SAVINOS We never la net te Ceevealeatly Located la ? More head Cttjr with Drive-In Service ? Beaafort ? Swuakoro ? Cherry Paint ? Haveleck and la other fine N. C. communities MEMBER F.D.I. C. are you waiting Let me tell you what I saved when I drove a new Plymouth... then bought one! 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