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Oh and Vinegar is the way to go for wiping rims. If you have hard water some people put it in the canner to reduce hard-water scale on the jars. But Most canners are aluminum. And aluminum is a reactive vessel so Vinegar leaches out some of the aluminum. I would rather give the whole jar...

Yes on the butter. I make Ghee its a further step in Clarifying butter and easier to do. It s milk solids and water that contaminate the ghee. You put the butter in a deep pot and set the temperature so it just bubbles every once and a while. The milk solids will float up then settle...

I am not the designer but I am certain the offset will be just fine. If I am not mistaken there is a back on it. So Glued and screwed or nailed it should be awesomely strong. deb

How about a nerd that draws in Solid Designer.... LOL. Autocad, Solid Works, Pro engineer, Table napkins, and just about any soft ware she can get her hands on. my first Cad Software was RoboCad. During the the Floppy Disk days. :gig :oops: My first computer was an 8088 that i built my...

Yes that too. :p:drool deb

OK I bought a steam juicer. And I found the kind with the spigot. The only reason I passed on it was because I would rarely do fruit. I would rather have Conserve, or Jam, and even then I would use it maybe once or twice a year. But Now that I know I could do chicken or even quail in...

Oh my welcome to the thread. That is an awesome use for a juicer. How many pints of Chicken broth did you get? Then to be able to can the meat. YOu could then do bone broth after getting enough bones together. Ooo juicer cooked Clams and crabs and even shrimp.... then shell fish...

You can also do Zuchinni hamburger relish. Dont have a recipe but I am sure you can find it in one of the Ball Canning books. deb

I am making Vanilla extract. Two pint jars of each. Vodka and Spiced Rum. Should be ready to decant in a couple more weeks. you can use the same vanilla beans over and over. deb

OK on the Canning front. I decided about two months ago to go ahead and buy an All American pressure canner. I Could tell right away my little Presto sixteen quart wasnt going to be big enough for the projects at home. Except for small batches. At first I searched for the larger 23 quart...

I been reading as people post but Battling health issues as well as packing this house for the move. My home is sixty miles from here just as a refresher up in the high desert. I have Been busy remodeling the house, Um er Luis Medina has, Sixty miles is a long way to go so he calls me and...

@slippednfell This is a commercial jelly maker "Grey Goose Gourmet" She uses Jalapenos but I am certain that you can use what ever pepper you want. She uses the types of jars for commercial sales. They get inverted for the seal. But you can use regular mason jars. She also explains...

Welcome to the thread. From what I have read it takes a bit more acid for certain jellies. You might read what the manufacturer of the pectin you used recommends. I will look it up as well. I am the originator of this thread. I am a rank newbie to the whole thing. I have made so far...

I am prepared for the $$ for the house wiring... I can do without the grading if I have to... I know some work arounds the locals use... Thats why my check list is prioritized. deb

Help of the male persuasion is hard to find. Lot of alchaolics and drug addicts. there may be a few though. I know there are a cuple of people who hire out bobcat work... The driveway is about eight hundred feet long I estimate. And it needs propper grading... Taking out the ruts and...

doing better and better. thanks deb

I have a sewing machine some where in my Laundry room. And I will have a ton of jeans as well. I could make all sorts of things. Some of those t shirts are enough to make four place mats. My walls are white and they will stay that way so any color I want to bring in in the form of Wall...

Ok I been AWOL cant do canning right now. Back has been giving me fits and other things going on. Got my Truck running and am working on cleaning it out. Dropped a big Rubber Stock Tank (110 gallon size)on top of me it had about a foot of water in the bottom. It threw me backwards and...

Too much Vinegar and I may have processed them too long. The yolk is find but the White is hard like rubber... Where eggs are concerned I am very sensitive to texture. Loved the taste though The Tumeric smelled mouth watering when i was making the brine. So next time I will only do...

my eggs came out crappy. So wont be canning any any more. Just as well I like fresh hardboiled eggs better. deb