Q and A: canning dried beans and spicy carrot pickle recipe
Canning dried beans
I have a question about canning dried beans. I canned kidney beans for the first time. When I use a jar now they are packed tight and not much fluid. What...
Q and A: Off-grid refrigeration and Honey in jelly recipes
Off-grid refrigeration
I know that you are off grid. What do you do for refrigeration? All the solar information I have read said that you can not use an electric refrigerator with solar. The propane...
Q and A: canning pumpkin and canning cheese
Canning pumpkin
My question is about canning pumpkin. I know we are supposed to cube the pumpkin. When filling up the jars with the pumpkin can I add the spices that I would normally use...
So much food!
We're simply stunned seeing how much food we have produced this year! I've been canning like mad as well as extracting seed for our little seed business. Yesterday I did up celery. I was...
Q and A: making pickles, preserving squash, and growing squash
Making pickles
Do you have a recipe for making dill cucumbers with lemon juice instead of vinegar? It just sounds healthier, if it is possible.
Nancy Hoppe
Cinebar, Washington
You could use a substitution in your dill pickle...