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[hennible]

Half vinegar half water boil and add baking soda ( after it stops boiling) scrub. Worked for me, wasn't burnt jam though... Think it was chilli

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I meant to say salt with water and soak it overnight. It makes it easier to clean. I just pour a bunch of salt in mine when I have something stuck to the bottom of the pot.

 

[erinszoo]

Working on apple cider this week. Nothing better than fresh pressed.

Doesn't that make your feet sore? 

Lololol

 

[wyoDreamer]

A trick that a lot of people don't know is when something burns over in the oven, pour salt on it. A lot of salt. It will stop the gunk from burning (smoking) and make it easier to clean up after the oven cools. That way you can finish cooking whatever you were baking without filling the house with smoke. The theory behind this: salt is a mineral and won't burn, since it will absorb the gunk and also insulate it from the heat. Don't know about that, but it works.
Make sure you clean up the salt later, it will encourage rust if left in the oven.

 

[hennible]

A trick that a lot of people don't know is when something burns over in the oven, pour salt on it.  A lot of salt.  It will stop the gunk from burning (smoking) and make it easier to clean up after the oven cools.  That way you can finish cooking whatever you were baking without filling the house with smoke.  The theory behind this: salt is a mineral and won't burn, since it will absorb the gunk and also insulate it from the heat.  Don't know about that, but it works.
Make sure you clean up the salt later, it will encourage rust if left in the oven.

I need this tip! Thanks

 

[rancher hicks]

I meant to say salt with water and soak it overnight. It makes it easier to clean. I just pour a bunch of salt in mine when I have something stuck to the bottom of the pot.

I did that and we shall see.

I don't recommend making jams with Currants they're way to seedy. Even if this hadn't burned I wouldn't have liked it.

Can I dump it in a pot heat it up and run it through some cheese cloth? I won't be giving this away with the smoky taste and all, but I'd like it better with out the seeds.

 

[sunflower4you]

I did that and we shall see.

I don't recommend making jams with Currants they're way to seedy. Even if this hadn't burned I wouldn't have liked it.

Can I dump it in a pot heat it up and run it through some cheese cloth? I won't be giving this away with the smoky taste and all, but I'd like it better with out the seeds.

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

 

[rancher hicks]

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

I do have one, but the recipe didn't call for one. Currant jelly is strained through jelly bag. I use cheese cloth. I have strained currants for jams before but this recipe called for no water. Just Currants, raspberries and sugar.

 

[3goodeggs]

currant events.

 

[jerryse]

I do have one, but the recipe didn't call for one. Currant jelly is strained through jelly bag. I use cheese cloth. I have strained currants for jams before but this recipe called for no water. Just Currants, raspberries and sugar.

Mom used dish towels made from cloth feed sacks . Grandma had saved a supply of them from when chicken feed came in cloth sacks . Muslin I believe they call it . I can still remember mom pouring blackberries into it and then squeezing it by twisting it while still very hot . Too hot to handle . She held the dry top and used a large wooden spoon to turn the bag . Old version of a jelly bag I guess .