Tis the season for preserving
fruits and vegetables, your micro
wave has always been a help to
cook foods, such as applesauce,
relishes, and jams, before canning
or freezing.
Now there’s another possibility
this one for canning in your
microwave. “Micro-Dome” lets
you can one jar at a time, using a
wide-mouth pint or any half-pint
canning jar. It’s not something
you’d use to help put up a bushel
of tomatoes or a crate of peaches,
but it is helpful for the person with
a small garden or to preserve the
leftovers from volume canning.
It also has some other practical
uses, especially for a small family
with little extra freezer space. Pre
paring a double recipe and pre
serving leftovers for later saves
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By JOYCE BATTCHER
time in the kitchen. Making and
preserving “special” diet foods for
a single family member, or prepar
ing your favorite recipes to take on
your next -RV trip, again saves
both time and freezer space. You
can make and preserve holiday or
hostess gifts, such as chocolate
sauce, jams, jelftes and chutneys;
or send your away-from-home
college student home-cooked
dishes without the need for refrig
erator space.
Made from a space-age, FDA
approved plastic, the Micro-Dome
is 7'A inches tall and completely
safe for home use. It works in all
bur the smallest microwave oven.
(The Micro-Dome must fit upright
with an inch or so of clearance on
top.) It’s available in some depart
ment or kitchen stores. Price is
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I found the Micro-Dome easy to
use. Following directions is really
important, so the first few times 1
was often flipping pages in the
use-and-care booklet But follow
ing directions pays off with food
that is safe to eat and a jar with a
tight seal. After using the Micro-
Dome several times, the whole
process becomes easy.
To use the Micro-Dome, you
simply place the food in a round,
wide-mouth pint canning jar (or
any style half-pint canning jar)
and screw on die two-piece lid.
Place the jar into the Micro-Dome
and lock the lid. Place the Micro
tome in the microwave, set the
timer for 10 minutes, and process
on High power. In 6 toB minutes
you’ll hear a “chirping” sound
from the Micro-Dome. Remove
the Micro-borne and cool it in tap
water.
I was a little leery about can
ning low-acid foods (vegetables,
meat, poultry and fish) in this little,
canner. But I found out that the
Micro-Dome according to the
manufacturer, Micro-Dome Cor
poration of San Ramon, Calif.
has been tested repeatedly by in
dependent food-testing laborator
ies for food safety. Findings are
that the Micro-Dome meets the
standards for commercial sterility
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these studies that the Micro-Dome
does safely can food reaching
high enough and even enough heat
to kill any bacteria that may be
present in food. The company
wisely recommends using only
their tested up-to-date recipes and
following directions exactly.
Other New Food
Preservation Helpers
The 32nd edition of the famous
“Ball Blue Book" is now in stores.
At $3.75, it’s a bargain because it
gives up-to-date and safe canning
methods and times. Besides basic
how-to’s, the new edition contains
recipes for freezing and dehydrat
ing. The 112-page book features a
new look, many altered proces
sing times, and two special sec
tions one on diet canning and
one on smaller quantity canning.
Some of the “Blue Book’s” new
recommendations are: 1. Increase
cooking and processing times for
foods, such as tomatoes, to ensure
proper preservation and to avoid
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Tour I Aug. 31,1989 @ 1 p.m.
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Oxford, PA
(215) 932-5423
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Directions: East from Lancaster on
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spoilage. 2, Process jelly for 5
minutes in a boiling-water bath.
(Processing for jam, other pre
served relishes, and pickles has
been recommended for several
years). 3. Use only two-piece va
cuum lids for the best and safest
results. (Don’t use old-fashioned
covers such as zinc caps, glass
lids or jar rubbers.) 4. Use two
piece vacuum lids for jelly. (Don’t
use paraffin.' If you have jelly
glasses with covers, use them for
freezer or refrigerator jams and
jellies.)
Another new publication is a
22-page booklet, “Preserving the
Bounty, Conserving the Calories.”
It offers a good variety of low-ca
lorie recipes to preserve. The 21
recipes are for preserves, relishes,
and fruits for small-batch canning
plus several vegetable recipes for
freezing. All use Sweet ’N Low
diet sweetener to replace most of
the sugar and reduce calories.
They recommend water-bath can
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