This chapter involves five pages of text and two of photos, which are presented in a somewhat journalistic style with captions underneath.<\/p>\n
Mrs Andrea suggests that, although expensive equipment is not necessary, she recommends using glass or enamel-ware over tin, as acidic foods — tomatoes, apples, citrus — should not come into contact with certain metals for fear of erosion. This shows some clear scientific knowledge for the period.<\/p>\n
One piece of equipment that is emphasized greatly is the steam-pressure canner. According to Mrs Andrea, they are “great savers of time” — lessening the sterilization time and therefore allowing the user to prepare more food. According to the book, average prices for a family-sized outlet would be between $18-$26, in comparison to today’s Walmart price of $97.98<\/a>.<\/p>\n Other equipment deemed necessary by Andrea include a funnel, thermometers, hydrometers (for determining the density of syrups,) rubber rings to retain sterilization and glass jars (with reminders to be careful the colours do not clash with the food inside.)<\/p>\n Here, the role and value of the “housewife” in early 20th Century America is made clear:<\/p>\n “It is not only a duty we housekeepers owe to our families, but a duty we owe to our country and to our patriotic men and our brave Allies, who are fighting for the sacred rights of free peoples.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This is encouraging to those\u00a0who perhaps felt useless that they were not being used as part of the labour force, as a nurse, in a factory or in mills. The First World War’s action was more concentrated, and thus more women could stay in the home, caring for their families and being the home provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This chapter involves five pages of text and two of photos, which are presented in a somewhat journalistic style with captions underneath. Mrs Andrea suggests that, although expensive equipment is not necessary, she recommends using glass or enamel-ware over tin, as acidic foods — tomatoes, apples, citrus — should not come into contact with certain […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39890,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39890"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/homecanning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}