< *IKrW WL CANNING METHODS NOT RECOMMENDED AND WHY You wouldn’t slosh gasoline on the wood in your fireplace just because it would be a faster way to All-Plant LIQUID PLANT FOOD 9-18-9 PLUS OTHERS! • Contains 100% white ortho phosphoric acid. Made in USA. • Non-corrosive. Won't settle. • Top quality. Excellent service. • Newest equipment. • Financially sound... and growing! Big Demand Requires More Distributors! □ I sell to farmers. How do I become your distributor? □ I'm a farmer. What's the price? Where do I get it? CALL or SEND FOR FACTS: Phone: 419-962-4707 ALL-PLANT LIQUID PLANT FOOD, INC. 821 State Rd. 511 N., RFD 3, Ashland, Ohio 44805 Have You By Doris Thomas Lancaster Extension Home Economist start a fire, would you? Well, you shouldn’t use unsafe canning methods just because they’re faster either. Many unsafe methods of canning have surfaced Ladies Heard? *loth ANNUAL NITTANY" ANTIQUE MACHINERY ASSOCIATION INC. OF CENTRAL, PA SHOW Sept. 7,8&9,1984 at Penns Cave Rt. 192 East of Centre Hall, Pa. EXHIBITORS WELCOME Plaques and free admission for exhibitors. Special Events Daily Equipment Parades Steam Engines, Antique Tractors and Gasoline Engines in operation. Antique Tractor Pulls Food and Fun for everyone Entertainment. Food available on grounds Chicken Barbecue & Ox Roast Camping Space Available lee Market & Arts & Crafts, over time and should be avoided. Open kettle canning is unsafe. Open kettle canning means food is cooked in an open kettle until it is adequately heat-processed. Then it is packed into sterile jars and sealed without additional processing. This method of can ning is not recommended because transferring the food from the open kettle to a sterile jar can expose it to additional microorganisisms and recontaminate the food. Also, the heat processing in the open kettle does not always kill all the microorganisms that could cause spoilage. Steam canning, in spite of research done in the past ten years, is not a safe canning method either. Steam canners that are marketed today do not allow for venting of steam. Instead of pure, saturated steam or boiling water, steam canners use a mixture of air and steam which is not deadly to microorganisms and which will not sterilize your canned food properly. Oven canning in any oven - conventional or microwave - is unsafe. The balance of internal and external pressure in an oven cannot be maintained as in a canner. Glass jars may break or Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 25,19*4—89 explode from this uneven pressure and result in the loss of food or injuiry if it occurs while opening the oven. An oven also does not distribute heat evenly, resulting in some jars not being heated enough for sterilization. Jar lids also don’t seal well in the dry heat of an oven. Automatic dishwasher canning is also unsafe. Dishwashers were made to wash dishes, not process food. The temperature of water in a dishwasher is usually about 130- 160*F, not nearly hot enough to process canned food. Aspirin canning is another un safe method. Aspirin is not a preservative and doesn’t contain enough acid to change the acidity of any food. It cannot replace or even reduce the need for heat processing of canned foods. Cold pack is not a canning method, but the terminology could cause scone problems if used literally. When cold or raw foods are packed into jars, you must also process the full jars in boiling water or in a pressure canner for the recommended times to sterilize the food. The only two recommended methods of processing food are boiling-water and pressure processing canning. The method you use depends on the type of food you’re processing. Use a pressure canner for canning meats and vegetables, other than tomatoes and pickled beets. Use a boiling Jackie King named Adorns Co. 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