Okra and tomatoes may be scalded together in equal parts, and canned for soups.
PRESERVES.
Preserves are scarcely needed if canning is nicely done.

They require much more trouble, and are too rich for ordinary use, a pound of sugar to one of fruit being required.

If made at all, the fruit must be very fresh, and the sirup perfectly clear.

For sirup allow one teacup of cold water to every pound of sugar, and, as it heats, add to every three or four pounds the white of an egg.

Skim very carefully, boiling till no more rises, and it is ready for use.