From One Who Knows
Dear Aunt Daisy, Please pardon me for "butting in" on your idea in The Listener for sending jam in tins overseas. I am afraid
the recipient would have to take his tin of jam to the regimental barber, that is if the jam was not bubbling over. Here is a good way, from an old campaigner. Any tin that is airtight, and strong, will do. Fill tin right up to the top with boiling jam, and whilst still hot, cover with neatly cut greaseproof paper, over the jam, and to fit inside the "tin. Leave till absolutely cool; the jam will then have shrunk a trifle. Then pour over paraffin wax, filling the tin to its utmost capacity. Allow to harden before closing the tin, otherwise the jam may grow whiskers, or will bubble up. If done this way, the jam is absolutely airtight, and the tin is full, so the inside contents can not shake about. Even a very small space is detrimental, owing no doubt, to the different cli+ matic conditions it undergoes.
Old Campaigner
Well, we should all be most grateful to "Old Campaigner" for giving us this most practical advice. Valuable proven hints such as these are deeply appreciated.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 146, 10 April 1942, Page 23
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207From One Who Knows New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 146, 10 April 1942, Page 23
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