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Have you canned pumpkin before? I am just wondering how it tastes after canning.

I canned 4 quarts of beef stew last night. My first time trying to can stew. We will have to wait until we try it next week to see if I am willing to do that again, lol. I stayed up until 11:30 to turn off the stove and when I got up this morning I pulled the hot jars out of the canner...

Just so you know, the Wax Seal is not recommended as safe practice. We did have a few jars that would get mold on the edges - if it was just a spot of mold, we just spooned out the moldy stuff and ate the rest, lol. Waste not, want not. None of us ever got sick from eating homemade jam.

Are you wiping the top of the jar with and the inside of the lid with vinegar before putting together and processing? Sometimes washing used lids leaves a little something (grease or whatever) on the rubber on the lid and it won't seal. I always wipe the top of the jars with vinegar and have...

No, I don't think they were senile. They seemed like very nice gentlemen that were just being - well lazy is not quite the word I was looking for, but it will do. One told me that he likes that Menards carries such a variety of food items and that his dead wife would get a kick out of him...

Our Mendards sells out right away on their canning stuff. When I worked there, I met a couple of older gentlemen who shopped Menards for all of their grocery shopping, lol. One guy walked there from his house 2 times a week to grocery shop. The funny thing is that 1/2 a block down the road is...

:goodpost: I love it!! I will make a couple of those up. I am thinking grape vines for the stem though...

I was in the basement gathering quart jars for canning tomatoes. I discovered that I don't have as many quart jars as I thought, and most of the ones that I do have are wide mouth. I am not sure how many new wide-mouth lids I have, hope it is enough because the stores around here are...

I have been buying refill gallons of water from the grocery store for my canning needs- both for the pot and for liquid in the jar. The store is reverse osmosis and UV, I think. At $0.39 a gallon, it is worth it to me not to use our well water. Not only is our well water hard, it also...

I looked up a site and it is wide mouth pint jars, Pressure canned at 10 lbs for 60 minutes. The solids may separate out somewhat, but you can turn the jars to mix it all back together as they cool.

I always use vinegar to wipe the rims of the jars, but canning butter is a new one on me. I make ghee and know that I can store it in the cupboard for a month or so and it is still good, but it has the dairy solids removed at that point. A friend of mine was showing me her food storage once...

@archeryrob Looks like you have a good plan. With the wood glue in all the joints, you will be good to go. I thought I was the only nerd who drew up construction plans on AutoCAD, lol. My DH thinks I am weird to do that, but he sure does like that I can check any dimension when he builds...

That recipe is a lot like the recipe I use for potato pancakes. Minus the Parmesan cheese and subbing in the zucchini for grated potatoes. I will have to give it a try. Sounds like a little ranch dressing to dip into, or some garlic aioli drizzled over the top would be a nice touch also.

My newest thing I want to try is soda syrups for the Soda Stream machine. My sister and niece both bought the machines and really like them. I am trying to drink less sugar and caffeine and the store bought sodas are just so sweet now for me, so I may get one also. I don't want to get into...

Please let me know how that Carrot Cake Jam turns out. I have been eyeing that recipe for a couple of years. It sounds interesting.

Deb, So sorry to hear about your accident with the water tank. That does not sound fun at all. Glad the neighbors came to help. Hope you are feeling better soon. Take it easy so you can heal. It sounds like your plans are coming along nicely. Good luck with the wire racks! That sounds...

DH actually tried the Banana Butter last night when I asked him to. :th Maybe my boy is growing up, lol. He didn't like it - said he has never liked cooked banana; like banana bread or anything like that. My mom always made Banana Cake with Peanut Butter frosting. That may be a good use for...

I'm not sure what I am going to do with it, lol. I don't eat alot of bananas except in my cereal. I think it will be good as a filling in cupcakes or between layers in a "stack" cake (as my grandma called it). On ice cram with mini-chocolate chips for a banana split. "Use as: An...

I made Banana Butter last night. The recipe yield was (7) half-pints. I got the recipe off the Sufficient Self sister-site thread for canning. I used my immersion blender to mash the bananas - it might be a touch better with a basic mash on the bananas so there are more chunks. Mine was...

@penny1960 That white stuff was the celebration snowflakes of the Green Bay Packer win over the Seattle Seahawks, lol. We got 2 1/2 inches of that stuff.