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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1953
Page
19
Practical guidance for fruit preparation, juice extraction, pectin tests, and sugar quantities. Notes cover which fruits yield jelly vs jam, acid adjustments, washing, straining, and testing methods for commercial pectin and alcohol tests. Also includes steps to boil juice with measured sugar for best results.
A reader asks why jelly ferments despite precautions. Answer notes fermentation occurs if jelly is too soft and liquid forms near the wax edge. Another reader asks why hard pieces form in grape jelly. cause is fruit acid and a grape juice stand left overnight before straining and sugar.
Historic kitchen note details juice extraction from berries and fruit for jelly. It lists water amounts per quart of different fruits, cautions about pectin loss from heating, tests jellying by drip test, and instructions to remove from heat and seal in sterilized glasses.
The Agricultural Societies Branch of the Department of Agriculture released the 1953 fall fair schedule. Acton runs September 16 to 19, Milton September 28 to 26, Georgetown October 2 to 3, Aberfoyle September 22 to 23, Arthur September 29 to 20, Bolton October 2 to 3, Caledon September 25 to 26, Erin October 9 to 10 and 12, Markham October 1 to 3, Streetsville C N E August 28 to September 12, and the Royal Winter Fair November 13 to 21.
The text suggests that if everyone employed in the primary textiles industry and their dependents worked in one place, they would constitute a population larger than the cities of Montreal and Toronto. It underscores the scale of textile employment in the era.
The essay notes readers seek books at cottages and hotels when rain ruins plans. It highlights The Silver Chalice by Thomas Costain as a summer pick with Hollywood flair, including vivid scene descriptions and melodramatic appeal.
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