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Canned Foods
A Guide to Common Can Sizes
| No. ½ FLAT | Approximately 1 cup 7¾ to 8½ oz. | Used principally for salmon. |
| No. 8Z TALL | Approximately 1 cup 8 oz. (7¾ fl. oz.) | Used for some vegetables and fruits, meat and fish products, specialties. |
| No. 300 | Approximately 1¾ cups 14½ oz. (13½ fl. oz.) | Used principally for meats and specialty items. |
| No. 1 TALL | Approximately 2 cups 1 lb. (15 fl. oz.) | Used principally for salmon, but some fruits, vegetables and specialties. |
| No. 303 | Approximately 2 cups 1 lb. (15 fl. oz.) | Used for vegetables, fruits and juices, soups, specialties. |
| No. 2 | Approximately 2½ cups 1 lb. 4 oz. (1 pt. 2 fl. oz.) | Used principally for vegetables, fruits and juices. |
| No. 2½ | Approximately 3½ cups 1 lb. 13 oz. (1 pt. 10 fl. oz.) | Used mainly for fruits; also for such vegetables as spinach, tomatoes, sauerkraut, beets and pumpkin. |
| No. 3 CYLINDER | Approximately 5¾ cups 46 oz. (1 qt. 14 fl. oz.) | Used primarily for fruit and vegetable juices. |
| No. 10 | Approximately 12 cups 6 lbs. 9 oz. (3 qts.) | Used for vegetables and fruits. Commonly called institutional or restaurant size and is not ordinarily available in retail stores. |
Your Canned Foods
The Home Economics Section of the American CanCompany has prepared this new recipe bookto help you use canned foods in a greater variety ofways.
These recipes have been created in the Canco TestingKitchen to give you new food dishes that arecolorful, easy to prepare and high in nutritive value.Simple enough for successful preparation by beginners,they offer a challenge to the more experiencedcook.
The convenient index, “What’s in Your Pantry,” isa successful key to your menu planning with commerciallycanned foods.
Extensive research of the American Can Companyhelps the canners and packers to develop the finestcanned foods; the Canco Testing Kitchen helpshomemakers use these canned foods to the best possibleadvantage.
Menu Planning For Good Nutrition.
Knowledge of the facts for good nutrition without the application will reapno reward. To produce and maintain good health, daily menus should include:
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