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  1. sunflower4you

    What are you canning now?

    Ended up making a rhubarb cake of sorts. Really easy and used up 3 pint jars (yay!). Put rhubarb in the bottom of a 9x13 cake pan, make up a yellow cake mix batter per the directions on the box and then pour that over the rhubarb and bake at 350F for 45 min-1hr or until the cake part is clean...
  2. sunflower4you

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    Rhubarb Conserve or Jam sounds good. I think I could just use my canned rhubarb as spreadable fruit on toast. I added sugar when I canned it so it should be good! Maybe a strawberry rhubarb crisp. I talked to my step-mom and she actual has a cake recipe where you put the uncooked? batter in...
  3. sunflower4you

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    Looking for recipes to use up several jars of rhubarb that I canned last year before it comes time to can this year's rhubarb! Guess we don't eat rhubarb like I thought we would. I just hated to see our two big plants go to waste! What I couldn't give away, I canned.
  4. sunflower4you

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    Thanks for the feedback. I found the Instant Pot on Amazon that got better reviews than the Power Pressure Cooker XL and I am seriously considering adding the Instant Pot to my wish list ($140!). Not for canning, but for quick cooking, slow cooking, searing, everything. I would love to say I...
  5. sunflower4you

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    I don't see how it is different from a standard stove-top pressure cooker except it is electric. Maybe it does not have the steam release on the top like a standard pressure cooker? Bear with me, I do not even own a standard pressure cooker, but I am trying to recall the tidbits I have learned...
  6. sunflower4you

    What are you canning now?

    Ok, so I saw an infomercial yesterday (I was flipping through and it sucked me in!) for the Power Pressure Cooker XL. Anybody ever use this for canning? http://www.powerpressurecooker.com/features.php
  7. sunflower4you

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    It's so cold..... you could freeze an egg on the sidewalk!
  8. sunflower4you

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    -30F with the windchill here this morning. I seriously thought I might find at least one chicken frozen to the roost, but they were all huddled together in a bunch, chattering away at me. Mom! It's so cold! We are 30 degrees below normal for this time of year. Only relief in sight is to...
  9. sunflower4you

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    Just to throw in an alternative viewpoint...my husband stays home with our kids and homeschools them, as well. It worked out this way because my income was so much more than his that it made sense for him to be the one at home. We still share the chores. He puts supper on the table every...
  10. sunflower4you

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    Your local extension office can be a great resource. Ours will even test your pressure canner for free so you know it is safe to use.
  11. sunflower4you

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    That's what I was thinking, too. I don't know much about the chemistry of cooking and I thought the sugar may serve some important purpose, to stabilize the mixture, or to whip up to the desired consistency.
  12. sunflower4you

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    I wonder if the honey butter would still work without the cup of white sugar.
  13. sunflower4you

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    Nice. I think apple is a nice mild flavor that can be mixed with almost anything and the other flavor (grape) will still come through.
  14. sunflower4you

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    Canned 13 quarts of applesauce last weekend from apples picked at the local orchard. This is my first time making applesauce and I love the pink color it turned out to be! Not to mention it tastes way better than store bought. I always buy unsweetened and I didn't add any sugar to my own...
  15. sunflower4you

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    This intrigues me since boiling a couple bottles of beer sounds SO much easier than picking, pitting, chopping cherries for cherry jam that I usually make. If this stuff tastes any good, I could whip up a batch in no time. Did you add any acid to the beer/sugar/pectin mixture? Is it acidic...
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  17. sunflower4you

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    What about a hand-crank food mill to remove the seeds? Or are currant seeds too small?
  18. sunflower4you

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    How about "Pass the milk, my tongue's on fire!"?
  19. sunflower4you

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    We had the same dilemma! Only we ended up getting both! Bees were in May and chickens were in July, so no problem. Seriously, though, it has been a learning curve for both so I think it was smart of you to do one at a time. Check out the bee thread here (maybe you already have)...
  20. sunflower4you

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    I love the idea of using a plastic bag of water as a weight. I was making large bowls of pickles and didn't know what to use for a weight (I considered cleaning some rocks!), but that is a great idea.
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