LADIES, HAVE YOU HEARD? By Doris Thomas, Extension Home Economist Avoid Making Jellies That Mold In Storage For centuries people have scooped visible signs of mold off the surfaces of homemade fruit preserves, and have eaten the remaining contents. This practice was considered safe until very recently. Research now indicates that mold growth on food may not be as harmless as it seems. Some molds form •★★★★★★★★★★★★■#★★★★★★★★ I The Shindig | At | Cripple Creek *• Where Music and Fun Just Come Naturally * * * * * * * * If* GRAND OLE OPRY TOURS: Aug. 8 thru 11; Aug. 22 thru 28; Sept. 12 thru i 5. NATIONAL QUARTET CONVENTION: Oct. 2-thru 5. Operated by Ridgeway Tours root-like filaments which foods. Animal studies have penetrate into fruit shown that some of these preserves. That’s why toxins cause cancer in removing visible surface animals. Whether the mold may fail to rid the food mycotoxins affect humans in entirely of the mold. the same way is yet Molds are microscopic unknown, plants which, under Past procedures often favorable conditions, grow failed to pre-sterilize empty and produce a downy growth jelly and jam jars. Most which is often white, grey, or paraffins and waxes would black of preserves. During contract or shrink, and the growth of mold, com- thereby break their seal to pounds known as mycotoxins the jar wall. When wax seals can be formed on some were broken, air-borne mold JDI with purchase of ■ Show Ticket & TONIGHT, SATURDAY, lIHV 19,1 P.M. THE COURIERS THE TENNESSEIANS ?V' 3lV ' SEGO BROS. & NAOMI COMING SATURDAY, JULY 26 THE BLUE RIDGE QUARTET ALSO: THE SINGING GOFFS THE SINGING MEN OF GRACE Advance tickets for all shows *3.00 Children 12 and under FREE! 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Before making the fruit preserve, place clean jars upright in a regular boiling water canner or other deep pan. Add water to a level one inch, preferably two inches, above the jars, heat to boiling and boil 15 minutes. Use the regular two-piece lids and follow the manufacturer’s instructions for preparing lids for use. Sterilized empty jars may be removed from the canner, emptied of hot water and placed upside down on a clean paper or cloth towel. Fill hot, finished jellies into pre-sterilized jars, allow one-half inch headspace, add dome lid and screw band, tighten screw band firmly, and then heat process these jars five minutes in the boiling water bath canner, using a water level one inch, preferably two inches, above the lids. Remove from canner, do not invert jars, but cool jars one day in upright position. Remove 4 4 4 4 4 * ♦ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 19.1975 — screw bands, wash exterior food residue from jar, dry and store these products in a dry, cool, dark, clean area. You can prevent moldy jellies by using these new procedures. In this way, the cost and time of preparing homemade fruit preserves is not lost as might often have been the case in the past. Also, you know your family is not possibly endangered by eating jellies from which mold has been removed. Avoid Canning Food Combinations If you are considering canning a combination of foods, such as vegetable stew, food technologists Berks County Farm Women Societies Society 1 For the July meeting members held the annual family Doggie roast at the home of BUa Richard. An enjoyable time was had by the members and their families. Afterward a business meeting was held. Roll call was answered by twenty members telling the number of their children and their ages. Thank you notes were received from Susan Ohlinger and from The Berks Heim for helping and operating the waffle and ice cream stand at the annual Open House. The trip plans to the Kennett Square Playhouse were formulated. The date will be October 15th, and the play we will see is Marne. A number of the women will be helping at the annual Berks County 4-H Chicken SUMMER SCHEDULE July 19 The Couriers The Tennesseians Sego Bros. & Naomi 26 The Blue Ridge Quartet The Singing Goffs The Singing Men of Grace Aug. 2 Tom T. Hall Carroll County Ramblers Caffrey Family 9 The Speer Family The Cathedral Quartet Real Happiness 16 The Lewis Family The Sullivan Family The W. Virginia Gentlemen 23 The Osborne Brothers ■ Keystone The Spirits of Bluegrass 30 The Wilburn Brothers The Kings Country Men Red Thomas & The Men of Note Sept. 6 The Oak Ridge Boys Thrasher Bros. Wendy Bagwell & The Sunlighters Daybreak - Singing Millers Enjoy Delicious Barbequed Chicken and other goodies at the Milk House Snack Bar. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★’ recommend that you do NOT. Combinations of foods usually contain a mixture of meats, com, tomatoes and other vegetables. To be safe to eat, these combinations would have to be processed at 240 degrees for 85 minutes, the highest temperature and the longest time required for any ingredient. The texture and flavor would be altered for ingredients that need less time and lower tem- peratures for processing It’s a much better idea to can each food separately than combine the foods at the time you’re planning to use them. Barbecue held August 17. The next meeting will be held at the home of Joanne Penkauskas of Oley. Pearl Levengood, Secretary Society 4 Farm Women Society 4 of Berks County met at the home of Lottie Buskefile in Boyertown where the group recently spent the morning sewing for the Berks Heim. Elsie Rothenberger served the ladies lunch. President Linda Taylor conducted a short business meeting with the members spending the rest of the afternoon sewing. The August 5 meeting will be a reunion with all former members to be invited and will be held at the Boyertown Community Park at 6:30 p.m. 49
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