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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22941 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2007 : 7:49:28 PM
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I bought a canner today! I figured that would be best since I don't have tongs and it was just as much to buy the canner set as it would be to buy another large stock pot so I could cook tomato sauce and then can it. Pretty cool, eh?
Alee The amazing one handed typist! One hand for typing, one hand to hold Nora! http://home.test-afl.tulix.com/aleeandnora/ |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2007 : 11:59:30 PM
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You will have so so so much fun!!! I just love canning!! I did chicken chunks today..from my own chickens. I am just now starting to get ripe tomatoes in my garden...won't be long until I will be canning them...Have fun!!!
Jenny in Utah Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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jo Thompson
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Jo
the mountainside of the Chugach
in Alaska
USA
603 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2007 : 09:40:56 AM
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I did too! I'm going to can some peaches that will arrive this week. I want want of those dryers from Mary Jane's book, the lady that makes those lives about a mile from my family! Lots of stuff to store..... jo
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BotanicalBath
True Blue Farmgirl
1014 Posts
Elizabeth
Ohio
1014 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2007 : 10:17:12 AM
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I could totally use a canning 101....
Bill got me a big kettle with the rack, and the tongs thing..... a stainless steel funnel, And I dont know the first thig about canning!
E- BotanicalBath@peoplepc.com www.Botanical-Bath.com www.BotanicalBath.etsy.com http://botanicalbath.blogspot.com/
"I do my housework in the nude. It gives me an incentive to clean the mirrors as quickly as possible." |
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LauraH
True Blue Farmgirl
305 Posts
Laura
North Creek
New York
USA
305 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2007 : 10:37:21 AM
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Elizabeth- I love to can! I did some tomato sauce, strawberry jam, tomato salsa, dill & garlic pickles & some bread & butters this week.. For a 101 I would recommend Ball's canning book. It has a ton of info & I bought mine at a hardware store (True Value) for $4.99 good luck! my favorite is opening a jar in the middle of winter!! LauraH |
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl
3003 Posts
Bonne
Littleton
CO
USA
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2007 : 07:27:52 AM
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I posted this too, on the "what to do with tomatoes" question..
I was under the impression that you can't or shouldn't water bath can tomatoes, instead, pressure can them. They're kindof pricey, though...and I have a regular water canner. Any advice?
"She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"... NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian. |
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