Those berries just keep coming on!

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I've been busy making jam and syrup lately. Our three-year-old raspberry and black raspberry bushes are doing great. Oh yeah, you're not supposed to be able to grow black raspberries here in northern Minnesota....

Q and A: freezing zucchini and orphaned chicks

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Freezing zucchini How do you prepare fresh zucchini for freezing to use later to make zucchini bread? Is it necessary to blanch before freezing? Thank you and all the people who work there to get...

Q and A: Chicken stock and tomatoes and garlic in olive oil

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Chicken stock I've been canning for years and just ran across something that I'm not sure about. I just opened some quart jars of chicken stock to make soup and found on the underside of...

Q and A: refrigerator pickles and slow germinating carrots

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Refrigerator pickles Here is a recipe I really like for Refrigerator Pickles. Can I put these in a water bath or canner to preserve? Or does that change the way they taste? 6-7 sliced cucumbers 1 med....