Madison County GaArchives News.....HOME AGENT GIVES DIRECTIONS FOR CANNING PEACHES July 19, 1946
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Danielsville Monitor July 19, 1946

HOME AGENT GIVES DIRECTIONS FOR CANNING PEACHES


   Homemakers in Madison County should take advantage of the plentiful supply 
of peaches and can some peaches for use next winter and spring, Mrs. Marion N. 
Simpson, home demonstration agent, declared this week.
   " In preparing peaches for canning, prepare only on canner load at a time 
so as to avoid long standing and discoloration of the peaches before 
processing, " Mrs. Simpson advised.
   Can only peaches which are fresh, ripe, but firm and free from blemishes, 
the home demonstration agent said.  Peaches should be peeled, the seeds 
removed and the peaches cut into slices or halves.  Peeling may be done by 
hand or by using the lye method.  Some varieties may be peeled by scalding 
whole peaches for 15 to 30 seconds in boiling water, dipping them into cold 
water and then slipping the loosened skin from the peaches.
   In the lye method of peeling, use four to six tablespoons of lye to one 
gallon of water, she continued.  Dissolve the lye solution in a deep enamel 
vessel.  Keep the solution boiling while dipping peaches for about one minute 
or until peeling slips.  Dip peaches into bath of clear, boiling water.  Then 
drop the peaches into cold water to which two tablespoons salt and two 
tablespoons vinegar have been added.  Let peaches stand in cold water two or 
three minutes, then remove, wash, clean and drain thoroughly.
   " Make a syrup of three and one-half cups of sugar and two quarts of 
water, " Mrs. Simpson said.  " Drop small quantity of peaches into this 
boiling syrup.  After peaches are heated, pack quickly into clean hot jars and 
cover with hot syrup.  Leave one-half inch head space at top of jar.  
Run a thin bladed knife or spatula around sides of jar to remove air bubbles.
   " Wipe top of jar, adjust jar lid and process, " the home agent directed, 
Processing time will vary with the size jar used and the altitude.  A safe 
timetable for processing peaches and other information on canning is given in 
the Extension Service bulletin, Here's How--A Canning Guide.



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