Freezing Cranberries At Home Gives Off Season Fresh Fruit Dessert Cranberries are among the easiest and most successful fruits for home-freezing, the U. S. Department of Agricul ture says. Some of the big supplies of these berries on the markets can be frozen for making into cranberry sauce or jelly at the homemaker’s convenience. The easiest way to freeze cranberries is simply to put fiesh berries in freezer bags or other containers without sweetening, then seal and freeze. Choose firm berries with glossy skins. Remove any stems and sort out soft berries. Wash and drain before packaging. Berries frozen without sugar are convenient to use in any receipe. If berries are to be used for cranberry sauce, they "jelly test’’, sometimes call may be put in rigid contain- e( j the “two-drop test” be ers and covered with cold 50 , ~ . . ... , , per cent syrup made by dis- cause at this P° mt the hot solving 4 % cups of sugar in mixture forms two thick four cups of water. Frozen in drops when poured from a syrup this way, the sauce large spoon. takes very little time to pre- How much space to leave pare. Cook cranberries brief- at the top of the freezer ly until just tender. container? Any liquid pack Frozen cranberry puree is such as berries in syrup or an excellent product which * n puree will need a half may be used like fruit ice ioch of headspace in pint for dessert or to serve with containers. Slightly more poultry or meat. To prepare headspace is needed for nar add two cups of water to row-top containers. For dry each quart (one pound) of pack, a half of headspace is berries. Cook until skins enough for any container, have popped Press through Cranberries can be used food mill or strainer. not only for the traditional Add sugar to taste—about sauce and jelly but also may two cups for each quart of t> e combined with other puree Pack into rigid con- fruits for excellent conserve tainers leaving space for ex- A * foursome of cranberries, pansion in freezing at the raisins, oranges and chopped lop. Seal and freeze, nuts can’ be used successful- The puree may be served for a homemade conserve, when slightly thawed Or it Cranberry Conserve may be cooked for a few 1 quart cranberries minutes until it gives the 2 cups water ■■■■■■■■■■■■£■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■»■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■ori *■■■■■■■ ** More Proof ... It Pays To Feed PURINA TURKEYLAND, The ESBENSHADE TURKEY FARM, PURINA Fed Exclusively! Esbenshade's arow and market a Purina "FLAVOR-FED" bird. They first started feeding Purina in 1938 and at several intervals tried oth er competitive feeds. However, since 1353, PURINA has been fed exclusively with 126,000 birds grown out on the complete Purina program. Mr. Esbenshade likes the rapid growth and effici ency factors of the ration and par ticularly the fine market finish it produces. S YOU CAN DEPEND ON PURINA EFFICIENCY FOR LOW-COST PRODUCTION ■ James High Wenger's Feed Mill Inc. B. F. Adams S Gordonvxlle Rheems Bird-in-Hand ■ Warren Sickman Blend & McGinnis ■ pequea Atglen ■ John J. Hess Whiteside & Weicksel ■ Kinzer - Vintage Kirkwood S John B. Kurtz Snader's Mill ■ Ephrata Airy ■ S. H. Hiestand Co. ■ Salunga ■■■■■■ • m mm mmmummmmßmmmmmmmmrn Visitors Welcome Any Time! A friendly welcome awaits all visi tors to the Esbenshade farm. Here turkeys have been raised continuous ly since 1890, making the Esbenshade name the oldest active turkey grow er in the nation. A high percentage of Esbenshade birds reach the table right in Lancaster ana its adjacent market areas. John J. Hess, II Intercourse - New Providence Society No. 5 Packs Yule Gifts Thirty members of Farm Women Society No. 5 attend ed the annual Christmas Par ty at Penryn Fire Hall, Sat urday. Mrs. Mark Graybill was hostess. There was an exchange of gifts and 21 baskets were packed for shut-ins and the sick. Mrs. Jacob Martin and Mrs. Amos Mentzes were el ected by the Society to rep resent them during the Penn sylvania Farm Womens’ So ciety convention in Harris burg, during the Farm Show. % cup raisins, chopped 2 oranges 2 cups sugar % cup chopped nuts. Sort and wash cranberries, add water, and cook until tender. Press cranberries through a sieve Wash orang es and grate the peel from them. Remove white mem brane and seeds, then chop oranges. Combine sieved cranber ries, raisins, chopped orange and grated peel. Cook slow ly for 10 minutes Add sugar and boil rapidly, stirring constantly until thick—about 15 to 20 minutes Add the nuts and stir well. (Stirring USA. Paradise, « <** Robert Esbenshade. present manager and 3rd gen eration in the business, is shown with portion of the 30,000 birds raised and mar keted each year. Typical of the fine mar ket finish of ESBEN SHADE'S turkeys is the dressed bird shown below. For the Farm Wife and Family Ham and Porterhouse Top Christmas Red Meat List Ham and porterhouse —with each getting 20 per steak are favorite red meat cent of the votes items for the holiday season, Next in line with both the according to a survey con- men and women was the ducted by the National Live beef standing rib roast. They Stock and Meat Board. A to- were also in agreement on tal of 3,978 people indicated the next choice, beef top their favorites for Holiday loin steak, eating after studying a van- Among the lamb items in ety of beef, pork and lamb the- display, the women ex cuts in the Board’s education- pressed a preference for al meat exhibit at the Inter- trenched leg of lamb, while national Live Stock Exposi- the men placed lamb loin tion in Chicago. chops as their Number One Ham was well out in front choice, as the favorite with the wo- Other meat items in the men, with 32 per cent of the display from which the sel ladies picking it as the meat ections were made included they would prefer to serve lamb rolled loin roast, lamb or be served during the English chops, Canadian Christmas season. style bacon, slab bacon, thick Porterhouse steak was sliced bacon, beef short loin first choice of the men, garn- roast, beef brisket, beef rib ering 24 per cent of the male eye steaks, and beef tender votes. Ham was the second loin steaks, choice of the men, while The display tied in with Porterhouse steak was the the nation-wide campaign of second choice of the women the livestock and meat indus ery calling attention to the idea of giving and serving meat for Christmas keeps the mixture from “settling” and scortching on the bottom of the pan as it thickens) Remove the conserve from the heat; skim and stir alter nately for five minutes. La dle into hot containers and seal immediately. Store in a cool dry place. Makes about seven 6-ounce glasses of con serve Pa. Contributions to the CARE Food Crusade help del’ver this milk to needy children and adults overseas. Save your ba (and your he with Wheel-Ho the fun-work yard and SBwdump trailer Fun begins the moment you ride off at 6 mph in high ... I mph in low. You’ll find the husky Wheel-Horse shifts, corners, backs and stops with the power response of a big tractor. 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