Ah! Evening and the work’s all done… (well kind of…)
Even though our killing frost happened a couple of weeks ago, I'm still busy canning. Some days, it's a bit too busy. For instance, two days ago I canned up spaghetti sauce, chili with...
Q and A: water loss in jars and off-grid dehydrating
Water loss in jars
This is my first year of pressure canning, ever, and I have a question regarding water loss from the canning jars. When I pressure canned green beans the water loss was...
Q and A: Pressure canning and raising chickens
Pressure canning
Your book says to use 13 pounds on the gauge for my altitude. I have been canning at 15 pounds on the gauge. I also have a weight and it makes the same...
QandA: What type of incubator, Powdered cheese and butter, and Poison ivy in the...
What type of incubator?
What type and brand of incubator did you buy, and do you recommend it? What criteria did you use when selecting it, and did it meet your needs?
Sam Allen
Bessemer City, North...
Q and A: Chicken stock and tomatoes and garlic in olive oil
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...