Do you ever wonder what I lust after?
I'm like everyone else; sometimes I really, really want something. And I'm the one who preaches about deciding whether something is needed or just "wanted!" Like everyone, we're really broke after the holidays, too....
We had two great Christmas celebrations
Since our youngest son, David, had to work on Saturday when oldest son Bill and his family could come, we had Christmas dinner on Christmas for David and his girlfriend Hannah, and another Christmas...
Q and A: Storing lamp oil and Chicken and dumpling recipe
Storing lamp oil
How long can you store bottled lamp oil before it breaks down and can't be used?
Meta Porter
Walkerton, Indiana
Years and years; I've never had any go bad, yet. -- Jackie
Chicken and dumpling recipe
I...
Q and A: spaghetti squash and canning lamb/beef bones
Spaghetti squash
This is my first year of growing spaghetti squash, and I baked my first one today. The inside didn't come out stringy like spaghetti. It looks more like regular winter squash with...
Q and A: Canning chili and Grape juice
Canning chili
I have read all of your archived "Ask Jackie" columns and quite a few of the recent columns as well. You talk about not canning foods that are very thick because you can...