14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25, 1967 For the Farm Wife and Family By Mrs. It k hard C. Spence, Food Editor So You Feel Like Making Some Jam! This is really not the time of year you would think about making jams and jellies. But it is a good time because you are not quite as lushed as in the busy summertime. There are some fresh fruits available now at your fruitstand which can be turned into delicious jellies and jams. There are also some recipes which have been developed to use frozen fruits and juices. Here’s a recipe for a jam you’re not like ly to find on the grocers shelf. This is a jam we think you’ll enjoy serving on special oc -BPENCB casions and for family meals. TUTTI-FRUTTI JAM Boil hard for 1 minute, stirr cups chopped or ground ing constantly, pears (about 2 pounds of Remove from heat; skim and pears) ladle jam into hot containers large orange and sea! immediately. Use cup drained crushed pine- canning jars with lids that can apple be tightly sealed, or jelly cup chopped maraschino glasses sealed with a thin lay cherries (3 ounce bottle) er of paraffin (Vs inch thick), cup lemon juice Makes about 7 half-pint jars or package powdered pectin 9 six ounce glasses cups sugar Sort and wash ripe pears; pare and core. Chop or grind pears. Peel the orange, remove segds, and chop or grind the pulp, Vi 1 5 Measure chopped pears into a kettle. Add orange, pine apple, chendes, and lemon juice. Stir in the pectin. Place on high heat and, stirring con stantly, bring quickly to a full boil with bubbles over the en tire surface. Add the sugai, continue stirring, and heat again to a full bubbling boil. WGVG GOT IT! Texaco Fuel Chief... the finest heating oil money can buy! Texaco Fuel Chief is today’s top-qual ity heating oil. Result of the most exhaustive re search in the heating oil field. 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Makes six J /2-pint jars. m i’i it STRAWBERRY-ORANGE JAM 2 medium oranges, unpeeled 1 tablespoon lemon juice 2 10-ounce packages frozen, sliced strawberries, thawed Vz box powdered fruit pectin (about 2M> tablespoons) 3 1 /2 cups sugar Cut oranges into quarters: put through food grinder using medium blade (or chop, then whirl in electric blender). Com bine ground orange with lemon juice, strawberries and pectin: mix well Bring mixtuie to a full rolling boil in a large saucepan. Stir in sugar imme diately; return to hard boil and boil 1 minute, stirring constant ly. Remove from heat Skim off loam Continue skimming and Stirling five minutes long er Poud into sterilized jais and seal. Makes six y 2 -pint jars. If you haven’t made apple marmalade there’s a treat in store for your family when you make this recipe. 8 cups thinly sliced apples (takes about 3 pounds apples) ACCOUNTS INSURED TO $15,000 walnuts APPLE MARMALADE 1 orange I'i cups water 5 cups sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice Select tart apples. Wash, pare, quarter, and core apples. Slice thin. Quarter the orange, remove any seeds, and slice very thin. Heat water and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add lemon juice and fiuit. Boil rapidly, stirring constantly to 9°F above the boiling point of water, or until the mixture thickens. Remove from heat; skim, ladle marmalade into hot containers, and seal immediate ly. Use home canning jars and lids or jelly glasses sealed with a thin layer of hot paraffin. Makes about 8 six-ounce glasses. Here is a tasty apple relish which makes a delicious ac companiment for meat dishes. APPLE RELISH 4Vz cups finely chopped red apples (takes about 3 pounds apples) l z cup water *4 cup lemon juice J /2 cup i aisms 1 package powdered pectin 512 cups sugar I'2 cup chopped nuts Select tart apples, sort and wash them Remove stem and blossom ends and coie do not pare Chop apples line. Combine apples, wat e r, lemon juice, and raisins in a kettle Add the pectin and stir well Place on high heat, and staring constantly, bring quick- More farmers each month prefer to buy their • EAR CORN | • HAY • STRAW A •> % from us for better value and all around satisfac £ tion. At farm or delivered, any quantity as your * requirements may be. , »% Area Code 717 687-7631 Esbenshade Turkey Farm * “America’s Oldest * PARADISE, PA. Planning to buy more See Farm Credit first for Money Don’t buy another acre of land until you compare the Farm Credit way with other sources of financing. Long Term Farm Credit loans cost less. You can take as long as 40 years to repay. 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If you can’t wait un til spring for the fresh fruits you might want to substitute frozen rhubarb and strawber ries. ; RHUBARB-STRAWBERRY JAM 1 cup cooked red-stalked rhubarb (about 1 pound xhubarb and V* cup water) 2Vz cups crushed strawberries 6Vz cups sugar c 2 bottle liquid pectin Add water to rhubarb, cover and simmer until rhubarb is tender (about 1 minute). Sort and wash fully ripe strawber lies Remove stems and caps. Ci ush. Measure prepared rhubarb and strawberries into a kettle. Add the sugar and stir well. Place on high heat and, stirr (Continued on Page 15) it : aster sfnm