1903 
347 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
Beef Cantiitig at Home. 
I wish to learn where beef cans can be 
procured. Marlon Lawrence says (Issue of 
January 4, 1902), that “Mason jars may be 
used for canning beef, but beef cans are 
much better.” 1 have never seen any beef 
cans, and do not think they are for sale in 
Connecticut. 1 have never seen them ad¬ 
vertised or heard of them till I read of 
them in The R. N.-Y. Any information 
as to where these cans can be found will 
be thankfully received. 
I was so interested in the article by 
Marion Lawrence that I tried to can some 
<?cup stock, and thought that if successful 
then, I would try some beef. I alv/ays lost 
some soup stock because it will not keep 
till we use it up. Last December I brought 
a large soup bone to a brisk boil, then 
pushed on the back of the range and let 
simmer till the next morning. When all 
boiled to pieces I strained and canned 
leaving plenty of fat on it, because I had 
read that the fat would rise and seal even 
tighter. I used the Smalley cans, having 
a crown on them. They are fastened the 
same as the Lightning cans, but are 
square and considered preferable by many; 
said to hold more and to be easier handled. 
Jars were new and the rubbers also. I did 
the work as carefully as I know how. I 
let the cans cool thoroughly, and then put 
on the lowest shelf of a fruit closet that 
shuts tightly and is dark. There is a hot- 
water heater in the cellar, and the cellar 
Is warm all Winter; but there is a great 
quantity of canned fruit in the cellar, and 
it keeps perfectly. I never lose any. I do 
not know whether the heater caused the 
trouble or not. I thought if the cans would 
not stand the warm cellar, how would It 
bn with Summer heat? I used two or 
three cans and found it very nice. Re¬ 
cently a neighbor called and I told of my 
experiment. I brought up a can and found 
it spoiled and very offensive. The can was 
sealed tight and hard to open. Then I 
brouglit up the whole nine cans and found 
they were all spoiled. We have had an¬ 
other beef killed, and I should be glad to 
can some, but do not dare. It is a good 
deal of work; but a nice thing to do If one 
could be sure that the beef would keep. 
Perliaps Marion Lawrence with all her ex¬ 
perience could tell me where I made a 
mistake. a. g. s. 
Connecticut. 
The beef cans I mentioned are small 
glass jars holding a pound each. What 
I have I bought filled with beef, before I 
learned to can it myself; and I had no 
doubt that I should be able to find more, 
but have failed to do so. They are su¬ 
perior to the Mason fruit jars only be¬ 
cause they are larger at the top, and the 
beef is more easily taken out. One thing 
I think I neglected to mention and that 
is that canned meat should be kept from 
the light. 
In regard to the failure in canning 
beef soup stock I can only guess at the 
cause. With one exception I have al¬ 
ways been perfectly successful. Our cel¬ 
lar is light, well ventilated and although 
it never freezes is quite cool the year 
around. I have kept canned beef all 
Summer and found the last cans opened 
as perfect as the first. I never lost any 
until last Winter. Workmen were re¬ 
pairing the cellar wall, and my cupboard 
for canned fruit had to be moved, so the 
cans of beef were set on a table in the 
center of the cellar. The cellar has two 
south windows, and the sun shines right 
on this table. 1 had half a beef canned 
and some of it spoiled. I feel sure the 
sunshine was what spoiled it. Perhaps 
it was as much the heat as the light. If 
the soup stock was boiling hot when 
canned the failure must be due to the 
warmth of tne cellar. The cans men¬ 
tioned I have never seen^ but I think 
that any cans that seal well are all right 
I hope the inquirer will try at least a 
can or two. and if possible keep it in a 
cooler place, and inspect occasionally. 
The stock when cold is solid and jelly- 
like in appearance, and when it begins 
to deteriorate becomes thin and watery. 
This I discovered last Summer in the 
few cans that I lost Our canned meat 
has always been so much enjoyed that I 
sincerely wish every farmer’s wife might 
be as successful in keeping it as I have 
been. The one partial failure after years 
of success was too obviously the result 
of the exposure to sunlight to be at all 
discouraging, but had I failed in the first 
attempt I might never have tried again. 
MARION LAWRENCE. 
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Drying Beans. —To dry beans pick 
before they are full-grown, string, and 
break, so as to leave no string, boil 
as quickly as possible in pans on stove 
for about 10 minutes, then take out and 
dry, but not in the sun, as it draws 
color and strength out of them. I never 
tried peas, but think they would be nice 
in the same way, only they would have 
to be shelled. i. w. b. 
North Carolina. 
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