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| Fruits and Vegetables - Don't Let Good Food Spoil 1941-1945 Special Collections, U.S.D.A. National Agricultural Library |
Episode 11 was all about wartime canning! In this episode I talked about canning jars, tips on stretching canning sugar, and wartime canning, especially within communities. I also talk about the reasons we should never use vintage canning recipes - trust modern science!
I wanted to give a big THANK YOU to the Minnesota Historical Society for allowing me to read an excerpt from Dorothy Pederson Nelson's memoir on their website. To check out the full article you can go HERE.
Enjoy the images and materials I gathered in my research all about wartime canning!
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| Canning at Home for Victory from the collection of James Vaughn |
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| Can All You Can! 1942-1945 National Archives |
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| Grow More... Can More... in '44 1944 USDA National Agricultural Library |
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| Grow Your Own 1942-1945 National Archives |
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| "All Ready to Can" radio broadcast 1940 USDA Office of Information |
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| "All Ready to Can" radio broadcast 1940 USDA Office of Information |
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| "All Ready to Can" radio broadcast 1940 USDA Office of Information
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| This is a form for obtaining extra canning sugar during wartime. I love that it comes from my local area! |
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| This is a receipt for a canning sugar application dated August 31, 1943. This housewife was applying for 60 pounds of extra sugar! |
Cookbook Feature
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| Wartime Canning and Cooking Book by Josephine Gibson 1943 |
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| Wartime Canning and Cooking Book by Josephine Gibson 1943 |
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| Wartime Canning and Cooking Book by Josephine Gibson 1943 |
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| Wartime Canning and Cooking Book by Josephine Gibson 1943 |
When making the following recipe for India Relish, please do not use this as a canning recipe! I'd recommend cutting the recipe down to a fourth and enjoying it soon after you make it.
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| Wartime Canning and Cooking Book by Josephine Gibson 1943 |
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| Home Canning for Victory by Anne Pierce 1942 |
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| "Mother and daughter operate a steam pressure canner in their farm kitchen in Connecticut." Home Canning for Victory 1942 |
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| Kerr Home Canning Book 1942 |
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| ABC of Wartime Canning by Josephine Gibson 1943 |
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| Country Gentleman Wartime Recipe and Canning Guide 1942-1945 |
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| Kerr Home Canning Book 1943 |
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| The Ball Blue Book 1942-1945 |
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| The Burpee Way of Home Canning 1945 |
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| Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife Magazine August 1945 |
RESOURCES
Articles:
Are Old Canning Recipes Safe to Use?
https://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/canning-recipes-zb0z1205zmat
(Accessed 10-22-20)
How Did We Can? The Evolution of Home Canning Practices
https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/canning/exhibits/show/wartime-canning/world-war-ii
(Accessed 10-17-20)
Historical Canning Guides
https://www.healthycanning.com/historical-canning-guides/
(Accessed 10-17-20)
Food Rationing and Canning in WWII
https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/food-rationing-and-canning-world-war-ii
(Accessed 10-17-20)
The Rise of Canning in WWII
https://www.pacificatrocities.org/blog/the-rise-of-canning-in-ww2
(Accessed 10-17-20)
Canning History: When Propaganda Encouraged Patriotic Preserves
(Accessed 10-17-20)
How Canning Was Invented and Why It Changed the Way We Eat
https://www.thekitchn.com/breakthroughs-in-food-science-canning-218083
(Accessed 10-17-20)
Nelson, Dorothy Pederson. "Dorothy Pederson Nelson: Remembering Rationing." Minnesota Historical Society. https://www.mnhs.org/mgg/war/home-front/6594
(Accessed 10-21-20)
Bottling or Home Canning Your Produce (UK)
https://www.allotment-garden.org/recipe/bottling-canning/bottling-canning-tips/
(Accessed 10-22-20)
Official Ball Canning website with recipes and how-to instruction
https://www.freshpreserving.com/canning
(Accessed 10-22-20)
Books & Magazines:
Josephine Gibson’s Wartime Canning and Cooking Book, 1943.
Home Canning for Victory by Anne Pierce, 1942.
Country Gentleman Wartime Recipe and Canning Guide
ABC of Wartime Canning by Josephine Gibson, 1943.
Wartime Home Canning of Fruits and Vegetables
Farm Journal and Farmer’s Wife Magazine issues: April 1943, May 1943, June 1943, August 1945
Women’s Home Companion, July 1942.
Health-for-Victory Club Meal Planning Guide, May 1943
Images:
All Ready to Can radio broadcast
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_ready_to_can_(IA_allreadytocan1940unit).pdf
(Accessed 10-22-20)
Can All You Can - It’s a Real War Job!
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/513566
(Accessed 10-23-20)
Grow Your Own Can Your Own
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/513661
(Accessed 10-23-20)
Canning At Home for Victory
https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/9433946876/
James Vaughn
(Accessed 10-23-20)
War Food Program. 1944. “Grow More... Can More... in '44.” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/244
(Accessed 10-23-20)
War Food Administration. 1944. “Of Course I Can! I'm patriotic as can be - And ration points won't worry me!.” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. http://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/245
(Accessed 10-23-20)
U.S. Department of Agriculture. “Fruits and Vegetables. Don't Let Good Food Spoil. Send for Free Bulletins: 839-Home Canning 841-Home Drying.” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. http://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/239
(Accessed 10-23-20)
1943 Canning Application
https://ameshistory.org/content/world-war-ii-rationing-us-homefront
(Accessed 10-27-20)
Take Care of Pressure Canners
https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/canning/exhibits/show/wartime-canning/world-war-ii
(Accessed 10-27-20)
