SUGAR

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25367, 15 December 1947, Page 2

SUGAR

Sir,—ln “The Press’’ this morning a correspondent said she had to let gooseberries and currants rot under the trees. Has “Money for Jam’’ ever tried pulping these fruits? You just carry on as if you were preserving them, only fill with fruit, add a little water at bottom of jar and keep airtight. The fruit is then good for winter use, with sugar added then. It can also be made into jam if more sugar comes along, cup for cup.— Yours, etc., F.G.M. Kaiapoi, December 12, 1947.

Sir, —“Careful Housewife” and “Money for Jam” are to be commended for their letters on the above subject. It is a sad state of affairs when jam factories are given a monopoly, as at present. The householder with d small orchard and small fruit trees has to stand by and see the fruit rot for want of sugar to make the fruit into jam. We are allowed to buy canned jam without restrictions, so why not let us have the sugar and make cur own jam? We have been promised that sugar rationing will be abolished early in 1948 but it is now we want the sugar to avoid this serious fruit wastage. I would make an appeal to the present Minister to do the fair thing by the housewives ana small fruit growers and abolish sugar rationing immediately.—Yours, etc., SUGAR FOR JAM. December 13, 1947.

Sir, —In reply to “Careful Housewife,” it also grieves me to think of all the fruit wasting on the trees and bushes. This is what I have been doing right throughout the rationing period. Pick and clean any ahd all fruit and boil in the amount of water given in recipe for each individual jam for 10 minutes. Pour into preserving jars Until they overflow and then, without wiping, screw on lids quickly and securely. Fruit done this way will kefep indefinitely and can be made into jam a jar at a time by using one cup of sugar to one cup of pulp. Boil five minutes. Two cups of sugar will preserve 201 b of good, sound fruit, giving nine to 10 quart jars of fruit. So get to it and grizzle no mote. — Yours, etc., ONE PAIR OF HANDS. Cheviot, December 10, 1947.