p. 9 | Household Stores

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Dec 29, 1910

Household Stores

If you have potatoes or other vegetables stored in barrels or bins, they should be picked over once every week, and the defective ones thrown away. If there is any indication of sweating, spread out on the floor for a day or two to dry, then pack again.

Fine, sound apples can be kept through the entire winter by wrapping each one separately in soft, unprinted paper, twisting the corners tightly together, then packing carefully in wooden boxes, and covering with fine, dry sand.

Dried fruits and vegetables, such as beans and peas, should be kept in tin boxes, with air-tight covers, in a cool, dry pantry.

Tumblers of jam, jelly, and marmalade should be kept in the dark, as the light acts chemically upon their contents. If your fruit-pantry or storeroom is light, put each glass jar into a paper sack, twist the top, and tie with a cord.—Indiana Farmer.