Canned foodsModern processes of canning in the United States, general system of grading, and description of products available for export .. . A typical com and vegetable packing plant, light and sanitary. 48 CANNED POODS. Okra {Hibiscus escalenius). Okra is a semihardy plant grown for its pods, which are used exten-sively in the making of gumbos, and are rapidly coming to be used invegetable soups. It is one of the products for which a taste must beacquired, after which it is relished. The pods are packed preferablywhen less than 3 inches long. They are canned whole or sliced. Pack-ing is don
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Canned foodsModern processes of canning in the United States, general system of grading, and description of products available for export .. . A typical com and vegetable packing plant, light and sanitary. 48 CANNED POODS. Okra {Hibiscus escalenius). Okra is a semihardy plant grown for its pods, which are used exten-sively in the making of gumbos, and are rapidly coming to be used invegetable soups. It is one of the products for which a taste must beacquired, after which it is relished. The pods are packed preferablywhen less than 3 inches long. They are canned whole or sliced. Pack-ing is done in No. 2 and No. 3 cans. Peas (Pisum sativum). The pea is another one of the three vegetables most largely canned.It was one of the first products to be canned, and for a long time was re-garded as a dainty or luxury. On only one other line, com, has therebeen a corresponding amount expended in the development of specialmachinery. The harvester, viner, cleaner, washer, sizer, gravity grader, IE. A pea viner. The mowed vines are fed into the machine, the pods are broken open, and the tender peas separated without injury. split remover, blancher, and filler represent persistent effort in a mechani-cal way to make every step from the cutting to the completed canautomatic, continuous, and without the use of the human hand on anypart of the product which is to be consumed. A single -vaner shellsmore peas in a day than was formerly accomplished by 200 women.An hour from the field to the can is not literally true, but is veryclosely approximated. The speed and economy with which this cropcan be handled has made possible the enormous consumption of a choicefood that was once available only to the rich. Two varieties of peas are used, the smooth, round pea, known as theearly or Alaska type, and one not quite spherical, wrinkled when mature. CANNED FOODS. 49 known as the sweet wrinkled. The two have distinct flavors, the latterbeing generally sold as sweet or sugar peas. Peas are grade