84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 9, 2002 Well Preserved The Well Preserved news column is prepared by Lan caster County Cooperative Extension. It includes food preservation information and questions. Cranberries Cranberries are one of three fruits native to America. Pil grims named them “craneber ries” because the flower looked like the head of the sand crane. Cranberries are a low-growing evergreen plant with flowing, deep green vines that turn bur gundy in the fall. Massachusetts is the leading producer of cran berries followed by Wisconsin and New Jersey. During the 1800’s cranberries were put in barrels and put on schooners and whaling ships for the sailors to eat to prevent scurvy. One-half cup provides 10 percent of the U.S.R.D.A. for vitamin C. They are low in sodi um and contain fiber and pec tin. While one-half cup berries provides only 30 calories, the sugar used to sweeten them in creases the caloric content sig nificantly. Fresh cranberries are harvest ed mid-September through early December. By the end of De cember they will likely be hard to find in your local supermar ket. Prices are usually lower at the beginning of the season. Fund-Raiser To Benefit Accident JOYCE BUPP York Co. Correspondent DELTA (York Co.) A wide spread community effort to help a southern York County Amish family devastated by a buggy ac cident has been launched by friends and neighbors of the stricken family. Ben and Annie Ebersole and five of their children were return ing from a visit in Lancaster County on the evening of Sun day, Oct. 27, when their buggy was run over from the rear by a van as they crossed the Norman Wood bridge. All seven in the family were seriously injured, and their horse killed, when they were hit from behind while near ing the bridge’s York County side. The bridge spans the Sus quehanna River between York Lancaster Farming Check out our Website! www. lane Mahoning Outdoor Furnaces Cut Heating Cost With An Outdoor Furnace Tht Natural Way To Heat! Dealership* Available In Some Area* Unless you live in a cranberry growing area, you will buy fresh cranberries in the 12-ounce plas tic bag. Watch for store specials and buy several bags when they are on sale-use some now and freeze the rest to use later. Packers indicate that berries can be frozen in the bag in which they are purchased. Dou ble wrapping by putting the commercial bag in a resealable plastic bag will prevent freezer dehydration. When you are ready to use the frozen berries, you simply rinse them in cold water, drain them, and use them without thawing. If the berries are thawed before they are used they will soften and lose their crispness. According to processors, fro zen cranberries may be used for all recipes exactly as fresh cran berries are used. However, many people prefer to use the frozen and Lancaster counties and is the major path of travel between the southern part of the two counties. Two of the Ebersole children have died from injuries received in the accident. Ben Ebersole died from injuries Wednesday. A daughter is in serious condition at Hershey Medical Center. Eber sole operated a home welding business serving many farm and rural customers in the southern part of York County. “When our barn burned a few years ago, our Amish neighbors were right there to help us,” said David Gemmill, Delta, one of the area residents helping to spear head fund-raising efforts toward the Ebersole family’s massive and mounting medical bills. “So many people have been iSti A'h- Seioti&h. let f\tt Ve**, Hestlhf A \u/t! 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Cool it at room tempera ture for not over two hours be fore freezing. Cranberries can be canned whole in heavy (40 per cent) syrup (2 3 A cup sugar per quart of liquid). Drop the berries into the boiling syrup and con tinue to boil 3 minutes before packing into hot jars leaving Vi inch headspace. Process pints or quarts in a boiling water bath for IS minutes. A soft cranberry sauce may be canned by cooking one quart of cranberries in one cup water until soft. Then press through a fine sieve. Add two cups sugar and asking how they can help and what they can do. So a benefit fiind has been started at the Bank of Lancaster County in Quarryville and we have a fund raiser planned for Nov. 16,” Gemmill said. The fund raiser will be held concurrently in two locations the Airville Fire Hall, Airville, in York County and at Holtwood Supply, Holtwood, Lancaster County from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16. 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Then ladle while hot into hot jars, leaving 'A inch headspace and process 10 min utes in a boiling-water canner. This makes about 2 pints. To serve jellied sauce as a mold, pack sauce in straight-sided canning jars for easy removal. Cranberries combine well with apples. Cranberry-apple relish compliments poultry, pork, or seafood nicely. The basic recipe uses four cups ber ries while the common 12-ounce bag of cranberries only contains three cups. Either use three fourths of the recipe of buy two bags and use the left-over ber ries to make cranberry-orange bread or put a handful of cran berries in an apple pie or in stewed apples. There are several methods of chopping the cranberries for this recipe. If using a blender, chop about half of the berries at a time. A food processor may be used being careful not to process the berries to a mush, or use the ryouts will be available, with a menu including chicken barbe cue, a pig roast, pit roasted beef and ham, homemade soups and homemade baked goods. Car ryout soups will be sold by the quart, with customers asked to bring their own containers. “We have a special kid’s event planned at noon,” said Gemmill, of a “candy drop” scheduled for midday, weather permitting. The “candy drop” features the fly over of a helicopter which will Other Windchimes available include: John Deere Combine John Deere 8400 John Deere 720 John Deere 4020 John Deere Lawn Mower IH Cub Massey Ferguson Agco Allis Agco White Allis Chalmers WD4S Farmall “M” #55551 $39.95 John Deere Dustpan Plain 7 /” h x 12” w #33300 coarse blade of a food grinder. There may be some air bubbles when the relish is poured into the jars that can be released using a plastic bubble freer. Plan to have the water boiling in the water bath container when the relish is cooked so that the jars don’t cool before being heated again in the water bath. There will be less shock to the glass from temperature extremes and the vacuum forms properly giv ing the jar a better seal. Cranberry-Apple Relish 4 cups cranberries, chopped 1 pound apples, peeled, cored, chopped 2 'A cups brown sugar I cup water Vi teaspoon cinnamon Vi cup chopped walnuts Combine cranberries, apples, brown sugar, and water in a large saucepot. Simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in cinna mon and walnuts; cook 5 min utes. Ladle hot relish into hot jars, leaving V* inch headspace. Adjust two-piece caps and pro cess IS minutes in a boiling water bath. Yields 5 to 6 half pints. Source: Ball Blue Book. If you have food preservation questions, a home economist is available to answer questions on Wednesdays 10 a.m.-l p.m.. 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