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Pour slowly from the glass, noting how the pectin the substance in fruits which makes them jell is precipitated. If the pectin is precipitated as one lump, a cup of sugar may be used for each cup of juice; if in several lumps the proportion of sugar must be reduced to approximately 3/4 the amount of the juice.
Well, I want to see the Rev. Mr. Johnson when he comes next time. When do you expect him?" "I ain't 'pectin' him 't all. He comes sometimes. He was a friend o' Cæsar's." "Ah! he was! So I thought. Comes to smoke a cigar, I suppose!" She looked so uneasy that he went on casually: "Well, it 's very well; always keep in with the cloth. He is a fine preacher, I hear!
If the pectin is not in lumps, the sugar should be one-half or less of the amount of juice. The housewife will do well before making the test to taste the juice, as fruits having less acid than good tart apples probably will not make good jelly, unless mixed with other fruits which are acid.
The bacillus which produces the "retting" is known now, however, and it has been shown that the "retting" is a process of decomposition of the pectin cement. No method of separating the linen fibres in the flax from the wood fibres has yet been devised which dispenses with the aid of bacteria. Jute and Hemp.
Like as not you'll lose votes for there's nothin' a man hates more than to hear the letter carrier ring his bell and go to the letter box ex pectin' to find a letter he was lookin' for, and find only a lot of printed politics. I met a man this very mornin' who told me he voted the Democratic State ticket last year just because the Republicans kept crammin' his letter box with campaign documents.
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