Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1890 — Canned Goods and Open Tins. [ARTICLE]

Canned Goods and Open Tins.

An “expert" says that canned goods should be turned out and eaten as soon as possible. If kept at all the food should be covered and put in a cool place—always, however, turned out of the original tin. The liquor around lobsters, salmon, and all vegetables, excepting tomatoes, it is desirable to strain off and throw away. Lobsters and prawns are improved by being turned out into a sieve and rinsed with clear cold water. Never on any account add vinegar, sauces, or any kind of condiment to tinned foods while they are in the tins. All tinned goods are put. up as fresh as it is possible for them to be, but unless they are corned or salted will not keep If turned out as freshly cooked goods will, and certainly not longer, as many thoughtlessly suppose or expect they will. Sardines, if preserved in good oil and of good quality, will be an exception: so long as the oil is good the fish can be kept in tins. —Grocers’ Chronicle.