Fowlers Vacola food preserving

Fowlers Vacola had humble origins as a fruit-bottling business started by Joseph Fowler at the rear of a small house in Burke Road, Melbourne. By 1915 the company of J. Fowler and Co. had begun producing home-bottling kits containing a sterilizer, bottles, lids, rings and a thermometer. Initially Fowler travelled the district, selling his kits door-to-door from the back of a cart. In 1920 he bought a shop in Hawthorn, and registered his business as a private company.
During the Depression Fowlers Kits became a household name. In 1934 Fowlers Vacola Manufacturing Co. Ltd was registered as a public company. Housewives, nationwide, were urged to bottle their own fruits and jams by 'Mrs B Thrifty', the dainty cartoon character who graced the firm's advertisements.
Today Fowlers Vacola range of Vaccuum Preserving and Food Dehydrating equipment and accessories are enjoying renewed popularity as consumers turn to back to traditional methods of food preparation and storage.
What can be preserved?
You can preserve most fruits including apples, apricots, berries, tomatoes, cherries, goosberries, citrus fruits, grapes, mangos, nectarines, passionfruit, peaches, pears, pinapple, plums, quinces, rhubarb, strawberries, or a combination. You can also pickle vegetables such as onions, capsicums, broccoli, mushrooms, zucchini, squash and chillies or a combination of all of these for a great antipasto.
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If you can pack fruit into a jar, you can preserve!
1. place rings on bottles
2. pack fruit into jar and add liquid
3. with packing stick, remove and air. Fill liquid 12 mm from the top
4. place lids on bottles and fit clips
5. place sealed bottle in preserver. Fill preserver with cold water. Cover with cold water.
6. switch unit on, set kitchen timer for 60 mins.
7. as soon as time is up, remove bottles using tongs
8. cool for 12-18 hrs with clips left on
9. remove clips, wipe bottles clean and label
10. store in a cool dark place away from kitchen cooking heat.

Preserving Bottles

• All Fowlers Vacola Preserving Bottles are made from a heavyweight glass to withstand high preserving temperatures and processes.

(Please note: 'preserving bottle complete' means they come together with ring, lid and clip - ready to go)
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