How to Bottle Fruit,Vegetables,Chicken, Game, Tomatoes etc
How to Make Jams and Jellies, Fruit Wines, Pickles etc.
by Geo, Fowler F.R.H.S.
Orginally Published in 1899 - this edition 1948
This little book is full of useful instructions on bottling all sorts of produce, I found it on ebay and I am amazed at its current usefulness, especially with the popularity of growing your own fruit and vegetables and preserving them for use out of season.
The social history side of reading food books like this is fascinating and gives a real insight of the times.
This edition was published after the 2nd World War and there were still restrictions in place.
it states on the inside cover " owing to shortage of supplies we are reluctantly compelled to curtail the size of the book ' How to Bottle' omitting non-essential items such as recipes for marmalade, icing etc"
I presume they mean that there are lots of other recipes for marmalade so we are not going to bother you with another.
The book is written by a manufacturer of bottles and of the patented sterilisation process so it has an emphasis on using their equipment but I am sure resourceful folk in the 1940s will have adapted the information for themselves.
It is a great little book and full of useful information should I have a glut of fruit and veg this year.
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