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Tomato Juice

From Boston Cooking-School cook book, 1896

Serves 4

Use for soups and sauces as well as cocktails.

Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

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This recipe was extracted from Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 318. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Tomato juice (hot pack) — 5 minutes CANNING LID heat, allow pressure gauge to drop to zero, and stay there 2 minutes before slowly opening pet cock. Remove cover from canner and quickly complete seal while the jars are still in the canner. This method is the only safe way to can non-acid vegetables, beans, corn, peas, etc., meats and fish. All bacteria are destroyed at a temperature of from 240° to 250° F. or 10 to 15 pounds’ pressure. To Remove Jars. A wire holder with handle for each jar is convenient to use. If not available, lift jars from boiling water with a long-handled skimmer, or spring fork. Tighten the cover immediately. Place jars upside down on a cloth, allowing space between jars. Keep protected from drafts. A draft in the kitchen causes more breaks than anything else: Ifa can shows signs of fer- mentation after two or three days, loosen cover and sterilize again. OPEN-KETTLE METHOD CANNED FRUITS Small fruits and berries or Sugar, 44 weight of fruit Porter apples, quartered, cored, and pared or Water, 21% cups to each Peaches, whole or cut in pieces or pound of sugar Bartlett pears or quinces, quartered, cored, and pared Boil sugar and water 10 minutes to make a thin sirup. Cook fruit, small quantity at a time, in sirup. Cook hard fruits, like pineapple and quince, in boiling water until nearly soft, then put in sirup to finish cooking. Fill hot sterilized jars (p. 767) with fruit and add enough sirup to overflow jars. If there is not sufficient sirup, add boiling water, as jars must be filled to overflow. Introduce a spoon between _ fruit and jar, that air bubbles may rise to top and break. Quickly put on rubbers and half-seal covers. Process jars in boiling hot water bath 5 minutes. Remove, complete seal, cool, label and store. Place jars on cloth wrung out of hot water while filling. CANNED HUCKLEBERRIES Pick over and wash berries. Put in preserving kettle with small quantity of water to prevent berries from burning. Sprinkle with salt. Cook until soft, stirring occasionally. Put in sterilized jars. Partially seal, process in boiling-water bath 5 minutes. Complete seal. No sugar is needéd. 772 THE BOSTON COOKING-SCHOOL COOK BOOK CANNED TOMATOES Wipe tomatoes, cover with boiling water, let stand 2 minutes, and peel. Cut in pieces, cook until thoroughly scalded. Skim often during cooking. Fill jars (p. 767). TOMATO JUICE Wash ripe tomatoes, cut in small pieces, and simmer in small quantities until just soft enough to put through fine sieve. Bring juice to boiling point and pour into hot sterilized jars or bottles. Seal. Seasonings may be added to taste while cooking
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