AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
xviii April, 1911 
TTT - the butter rich and dark; also add half a 
HA [ae f 7 | 5 >) : cup of vinegar and one cup of sugar to 
AANA ANATAL| esi 1” A each quart of pulp; boil all together, then 
Ahk at simmer slowly, stirring frequently, until 
i a firm, rich marmalade results—some- 
times known as apple butter, but finer 
eeeeeeaeeey in flavor and texture than the usual apple 
Peeseseerese | =o | butter of to-da 
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a OTHER DRIED FRUIT BUTTERS 
ee =e —-— It should be more generally known that 
dried peaches, dried plums, and especially 
the spicy dried apricots, may all be made 
to supply delicious butters, jams or mar- 
malades when carefully prepared, and 
when vinegar and spices are added as for 
the apple butter, it will not injure the 
flavor of the butter if a portion of the 
juice is drained from the fruit for jelly. 
Any sort of dried fruit should be very 
carefully washed and thoroughly soaked 
until the small, dark shriveled pieces be- 
come “life-sized,” tender and light-col- 
ored. Soaking for a day and a night is 
a good old rule; then cook quickly, drain off 
a portion of the juice for jelly, and pro- 
ceed as with the apple jelly and butter. 
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It is always more difficult to keep the 
canned goods fresh and sweet than the 
jellies and preserves that are cooked 
down thick and firm. The general prin- 
ciples of canning may be thoroughly un- 
derstood (and they have been too fre- 
quently discussed to require repetition 
here), but there are several little “tricks” 
known to experienced canners that 
should be brought to the attention of 
young housewives if they would prevent 
breakage of glass jars and avoid fermen- 
tation. 
For instance, many new jars are sacri- 
ficed for want of care in filling with the 
hot liquid. I once watched a practical 
housekeeper at her canning and noticed one 
little trick that was new to me. She in- 
variably held the palm of her hand for a 
moment over the jar after filling in a 
cupful of the hot fruit—for a quick 
steaming of the jar to prevent breakage 
when the boiling fruit came in contact 
with the glass. She claimed that she had 
never lost a jar by cracking after she be- 
gan to practice this one extra precaution. 
Of course, she followed the usual acci- 
dent preventative of setting the jar on a 
hot cloth. She folded several thicknesses 
of cotton cloth, laid it on a pie plate or 
other shallow tin, poured hot water on 
the cloth, and set the jar on this. And, 
equally of course, she rinsed the jars out 
in very warm water in preparing them to 
receive the boiling fruit. But even with 
the hot rinsing and the hot water pad be- 
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fruit—on continuing to fill, often the 
very last cupful will break the jar. The 
moment of hand covering to “even up the 
temperature” is the needful finishing 
touch. 
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remove all air bubbles before putting on 
the top. If the syrup of the fruit is 
evenly distributed through the latter, in 
filling the jar, the air bubbles will not 
be likely to appear; but if they form, run 
the long handle of a spoon around the 
sides, and they will rise to the top and 
be entirely removed by the final overflow 
of the fruit juice. Then wipe the jar 
_quickly and screw on the cover. 
