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V/>e RURAL NEW-YORKER 
siderable wapte. I used to throw it 
away, but I find that by addiiiR hot 
water, in the proportion of about two 
parts water to one of this skimmed por¬ 
tion, and boiling for a few minutes, then 
re-skimming, the result will be a nice 
lot of sweetened fruit juice and very 
little scum. This juice I bottle and after 
sealing with paraffin, put avvay for use 
in making fruit drinks or for sauces. I 
preserved a good many strawberries this 
year and have several pints of this juice. 
Next Winter we will enjoy its flavor and 
beautiful color in sauce for cottage and 
other puddings. It will be delicious and 
will not mean one cent of extra expense. 
MRS. CIIARI.es JOHNSON. 
Tested Rules for Pickles and Preserves 
Green Tomato Mincemeat.—One peck 
of green tomatoes .sliced; sprinkle with 
salt and let stand 24 hours. Drain and 
chop fine. Chop 24 large apples fine; 
add five pounds brown sugar, three 
pounds seeded raisins, two pounds 
chopped citron, one tablespoon of cinna¬ 
mon, one teaspoon of cloves, one tea¬ 
spoon of allspice, one teaspoon of grated 
nutmeg, one pint of vinegar, one pound 
of suet. Cook for one and one-half 
hours, then pack in jars. 
Onion IMckle.—f'ix quarts of vinegar, 
small box of mustard, one pint of coarse 
salt, one pint sugar, one ounce of whole 
flannel, and prick each apple several 
times. Make syrup of four pounds sugar 
and one quart of vinegar, add two-thirds 
of a cup of pickling spices and the apples, 
and simmer until apples are tender, but 
not broken. Drain and put in jars. Re¬ 
duce syrup until quite thick and pour 
over them. 
Sliced Cucumber Pickles.—One quart 
cucumbers sliced thin, but not pared, one 
onion sliced, one small green pepper finely 
chopped. Sprinkle with salt, let stand 
tlu-ee hours. Drain, add one cup brown 
sugar, one-half teaspoonful cloves, one- 
fourth teasi)oonful turmeric, one table¬ 
spoon grated horseradirdi and enough vin¬ 
egar to cover. Let this heat well, but do 
not boil. 
Preserved Crab Apples.—Rub the 
crab apples v/ith a piece of flannel till 
they are clean. Prick each one with a 
needle to prevent its bursting with the 
heat of the syrup. Simmer half a dozen 
cloves and some whole ginger in a break¬ 
fast cup of water till the flavor is ex¬ 
tracted. Strain the liquid and boil it for 
10 minutes, with one pound of loaf sugar. 
Skim it carefully, then put with it a pint 
of crab apples. Let them just boil up, 
then take off till cool and repeat this 
three times. If then they look quite 
clear they are done enough, if not, boil 
them once more. Lift the crab, apples 
into a jar. I’our the syrup when cold 
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clove.s-, one and a half ounce alum, six 
small onions, mix all together in a jar, 
droi) in cucumbers any time. Put grtipe 
leaves over pickles when you have your 
jar full and they will keep well. You 
can pack in cucumbers as you wish. 
I'icklette.—Four large crisp cabbages 
chopped fine, one quart of onions, chopped 
fine, two quarts of vinegar, or enough 
to cover cabbage, two pounds of brown 
sugar, two tablespoons each ground mus¬ 
tard, black pepper, cinnamon, turmeric, 
celery set'd, and one ttiblespoon each all¬ 
spice, mace, pulverized alum. Pack the 
cabbage and onions in alternate layers, 
with a little salt between them. I..et 
them stiind until next day. Then scald 
the vinegar, sugar and spices together 
and pour over the cabbage and onions. 
Do this three mornings in succession. 
On the fourth put all together over the 
fire and heat to a boil. Ijit them boil 
five minutes; when cold, pack in jars. 
Red Tomato Ketchup.—Use tomatoes 
ripened on the vine. Wash, core and cut 
into small pieces. Cook slowly for two or 
three hours, strain into agate kettle, and 
let stand over night. In the morning 
skim off all water. To every three 
quarts solid, add one quart of vinegar, 
one pint sugar, ^one tablespoouful of salt, 
one teaspoonful of mustiird. Ivet boil one 
hour, then add one teaspoonful turmeric, 
one teaspoonful cinnamon, one tea.spoon- 
ful white i)epper, one-third teaspoonful 
red pepper. Roil down until thick with 
the cover of kettle ofl. Stir to prevent 
burning; four hours cooking is required. 
Stir with agate or wooden spoon. 
Tomato Pickle.—^Take eight pounds of 
green tomatoes and chop fine; add a 
quart of vinegar, a teaspoon each of 
mace, cinnamon, and cloves, a table- 
spoonful salt. Boil the above three 
hours, then add four pounds light brown 
sugar and boil 10 minutes. 
Sweet Pickled Crab Apples.—Rub 
eight ijounds of crab apples with a dry 
fruit 
(1 tit' tilt' jar down 
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I N this “supreme test” of the 
nation, private interests must be 
subordinated to the Government’s 
need. This is as true of the tele¬ 
phone as of all other instrumentali¬ 
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The draft for war service which 
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closely. 
I’icklod Cucumbar.s.—Wash and wipe 
small cucumbers, pack in salt one hour, 
then drain and wipe. Dry them and 
pack in half-gallon jars. Cover with 
scalding vinegar, in which one-fourth 
teaspoon of cayenne pepper has been dis- 
.solved, one-half teaspoon black pc'pper. 
Place on top the pickles a piece of 
horseradish roof the size of a half dollar. 
Add one tablespoon of mustard seed to 
one-half gallon of pickles, a few white 
button onions, sliced, on top, and one tea- 
.spoon of white sugar. Place a bit of 
chamois over the sugar and put on top. 
Cucumber Catsup.—I*aro ripe cucum¬ 
bers, cut them in halves, discard the 
seeds, and grate the pulp. Drain off the 
li(iuid, and to each pint of solid pulp add 
half a i>int of strong vinegar, one-fourth 
teaspoon of cayenne, one of salt, two 
level tablespoons grated horseradish. 
Seal tight. 
I’epper Hash.—Twelve large green pep¬ 
pers, 12 red peppers, six onions, two 
tablespoons salt, two cups sugar and one 
(piart of vinegar. Chop first three in¬ 
gredients very fine. Cover with boiling 
water and let stand 10 minutes. Bring to 
a boil and boil three minutes. Drain very 
dry. Add other ingredients and boil 20 
minutes. 
Chili Sauce.—Eight quarts of ripe to¬ 
matoes, three cups of peppers, two cups 
of onions, thi'ee cups of sugar, one cup 
of salt, one and a half quarts of vinegar, 
three teaspoonfuls of cloves and same 
(piantity of cinnamon, two tea.spoonfuls 
each of ginger and nutmeg. Boil three 
hours. Chop tomatoes, peppers and 
onions very line. Bottle and seal. 
HELEN A. LYNAN. 
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