are you a safe can- NER? Home canning season is just about upon us for another season. Bating home-canned foods should be a healthy safe experience. And, if you follow the rules, it can be. Safe canning involves a series of safety tips and checks. After all, food preservation is a science. And science is serious, but by not fol lowing the rules, you may be plac ing yourself, your family and your guests at serious risk. As scientific knowledge about food safety continues to evolve, I I I I I I I I I I 1 Allow 2 weeks for delivery of your first issue. We can also add 1 year to existing ' subscriptions sent in for renewal. 4 V * Subscription Price: $19.00 per year; $36.00 - 2 years $29.00 per year outside of: PA, NJ, OH, MD, DE, NY, VA & WV • P.S. - Don’t Forget Your Father-In-Law! l« PLEASE SEND MY FATHER LANCASTER FARMING *fl (Check one) □ $36.00 - 2 YEARS □ NEW SUBSCRIPTION Jl \U □ $29.00-1 YEAR □ RENEWAL T®! 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These methods could have been dangerous even generations ago, but no one made the connection between illness and food. Foods have changed, too. Grow- ing conditions, use of pesticides and herbicides all affect the chemical balance in produce. Sci ence has also changed some of our favorite foods to meet today's tastes. Consider how many new types of com and varieties of apples have been developed since grandmother's day. The chemical composition of these and other foods are different enough from the originals that old canning recipes simply do not always do the job. % How does this impact home can ning? Well, one major recommen dation is that all low-acid foods must be processed in a pressure canner to eliminate the risk of botulism, a potentially fatal bacter ial toxin that can also cause muscu lar paralysis, vision problems and difficulty in breathing. The lower the amount of acid a food contains, the higher its pH value. Low-acid foods include meats, seafoods, poultry, dairy products and all vegetables, except acidified tomatoes. Acidity pre vents the growth of botulism. Home canning today requires a to arming recipes developed today. You must follow current processing methods because they have been scientifically developed for safety. If you need any more convinc ing, consider this serious true story; A faithful canner for 40 years was hospitalized near-death after tasting a batch of her home canned vegetables, the vegetables she had processed the same way for 40 years without incident. What happened? She had been incorrectly canning her vegetables in a boiling water canner for 40 Mercer, Clearfield Counties Plan Pageants MERCER (Mercer Co.) The Mercer County Dairy Princess Pageant will be held on Tuesday, June 18, at the Mercer County Extension Center. Cow-Tail Hour will begin at 7:00 p.m. with the banquet at 7:30 p.m. Reservations are $6 for adults and $3 for child ren. 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