Preserving in a Benzine Tin
Dear Aunt Daisy, Here is a hint that might come in handy to some of the Daisy Chain: it is how to can fruit in a benzine tin when jars are scarce. Wash out a benzine tin with hot water and rinse well. Solder a small patch over the hole used for draining off the benzine. Cut out a hole in the top, not too near the edge, large enough to admit an apple. Wash and wipe the fruit to be canned, or peel apples and pears. Fill the tin through the hole until quite full; add about 1 gallon of syrup (sugar and water mixed will do). Take a clean piece:of tin, cut to fit over the hole, rub round with flux and solder it. Tip the tin over and test it, taking care no moisture can escape anywhere. Then puncture with a nail on top of tin to allow steam to escape, and put the tin on the range until the whole has come to the boil. Remove and drop solder on the nail hole. When jars are more plentiful in
winter time, this tin can be opened and the fruit re-bottled. Tomatoes done the same way with a little salt instead of sugar keep perfectlv.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 100, 23 May 1941, Page 46
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213Preserving in a Benzine Tin New Zealand Listener, Volume 4, Issue 100, 23 May 1941, Page 46
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