EXTE'nSIOn SERVICE THE LAST' FROI1TIER
CABBAGE KRAUT; i \ •
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Select only qead'sound,heads of mature
cabbago ( a street variety, such: as Cannon
Ball) fresh from the garden. Remove outer
leaves, cut in quarters, and remove the
core,
T.b igh c Site fully, allowing 40 to 50 pounds
cabbage.and 1- pound salt, to a 5 gallon
crock. Uork in portions of 5 pounds, al
loying 2 ounces ( 3|- tablespoons) salt
to 5 rounds cabbage.
Shred cabbage very fine with a,slaw cutter
or electric kraut cutting attachment into
a large pan and mix evenly with 2 ounces
salt. Measure carefully, as too much salt
re vent s fermentation. Mix salt and cab
bage rith hands or wooden spoon.
Tamp cabbage into the crock firmly to
draw out the juice. Repeat until cabbage
comes within 4 inches of top of crock and
juice covers the cabbage. Flace a layer
of two of clean white cloth over the Cab
bage and tuck it down around tho edge.
Cover with a plate on lid and place a
weight on it to hold cabbage under tho
brine, A jar filled with water makes a
good . weight. Set the crock pn-a
fairly warm place—around 70 degrees.
Remove scum and change cloth every day,
7‘ash rind dry the cloth; wash the plate
end weight. The scum indicates the pre
sence of yeast that destroys the- acid and
discolors the product.
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A'.lor kraut to f'ermcnt 4 reeks' if weather i
is cool; 2 rooks if it is "arm. Storo the
fomented kraut in a cold place with cover
sighted and it "111 keep several months.'
A'.other ray to keep it is to pack in
jars’and cover completely rith brine and
seal. Store in a cool plac© and it rill
keep for several months.
0 CAN KRAUT ’ . •
eck in glass jars or plain tins; If ex®
tra brine is needed,.to fill jars, add
tablcspoons salt to 1 quart rater. Pr6
hcat filled jars in a pan of cold rater
• ith rater up to the sfiould*1bf je&r and ,
bring si only to a boil. Seal, part ially
and ; rocoss in rater to cover 30 ninuters
or in pressure cooker at ljr for 15 min
utes. Remove jars and complete seal,
bulletins on PICKLES, RELISH; AT) KRAUT
ut out by Lydia Ihhn-Kanson, Home Qem
or.stration Leader in Alaska,'arc avail -
a'Tc at the Extension Office. These
are 1947 editions. Hie above recipe -
and'many others are found in this bulle
tin. Get your copy.
Machinery can lend a hand or take one.
Be safe by being careful rhen using
machinery.
Gold; fish olid timber, can's; and fur ani
mal s,'people, .cities and scenery, dog
teams, ships, and airplanes have all con- '
tribute! to nalqe Alaska whAt ,she is today,
a grand vacation land, a place for satis
factory and profitable everyday living,
a modern frontier with, vast industrial
potentialities. Representing thepo vari
ous facets of pur great Territory, the
September pictorial number Of The Alaska
Sportsman carries dorens of black and
white photographs illustrating the many
different aspects of "The Last Frontier."
Man has hover boon able, by hunting and
trapping, to 'make much inroad against tho
wolf population of a fro ntier. He can,
However, provide himself with fine sport
that pays off in bounties and benefits
all game and fur-bearing animals. In many
years Of wolf hunting in Southeastern
Alaska, C,R. Snow'has collected much in-'
formation on the living habits of wolves,
where and when they‘may show themselves, -j
and hpv;1 they behave, T'ith vivid illus
trations from his own experiences, Snow
sets' forth'this information in "Hunt than
in September," in_.the September number of
the Alaska Sportsman.
77hy settle down to a routine job ih the
States when you can have adventure, the
certainty that you won’t starve, and the
chance to make good in Alaska? That’s
what'."Skipper" and'Marilyn Jordan docidcd.
when, as. newlyweds, they had to make a
place for themselves in the postwar world.
Finding a fishing boat was the first pro
uxem, ana owners loxxon'ca. may all acia
up to interesting read'ng as MrsiJordan
tells then in " 'or ITaiio is Salty," the
first of six chapters of "Trolling Poles."
One rho lpvos the serenity and majesty of
Alpine scenery, yet hasn’t the rill to ’
clamber about amid such rugged grandeur,
pill find a trip up the Stikino River
exactly to his liking. The fastest navi
gable river in the North, the Stikino
provides’ a rugged path into the-Mid,
scenic, romantic CasPiar district. Inele
gant 'but comfortable, safe but venture
some, the little stern-rhefcler Hamel 3.
IH carries the’traveler from WrAnge 11 to
Telegraph: Creek. In her article, "The
Stikino," Bess TJinn describes the trip
rith the. historical background and local
color of the river, irhile accompanying
illustrations depict the supurb scenery
along its banks.
Four fe lions on a fall hunt can have a
rough time of it in tho interior of
Northern British Columbia, but even though
a-blizzard blows and the game stays out
of sight they come back frith plans already
shaping up fbr next year. "Caribou Hunt,"
by Doug Kerr as told to Harry Seaman, re
lates the incidents and mishaps that arc
a hunter’s luck.
From the "Alaska Sportsman"