Q and A: Canning beans and canning peanut butter
Canning beans
Can I can beans not using any salt?
Ann Hazelett
Litchfield Park, Arizona
Definitely. The salt is only a flavor enhancer; it does nothing to preserve the vegetables or canned meats. -- Jackie
Making peanut butter
Have you...
Q and A: storing cheese and growing apricots
Storing cheese
Does coating cheese with red wax allow for it to be stored in a pantry? I purchased some red waxed cheese from the grocery store -- would this be shelf safe?
Judith Almand
Lithia, Florida
Probably...
Rain, sun, rain
Boy, the weather can't seem to make up its mind lately. We get a big thunderstorm and the next day the sun's out. Then it rains again! But this rainy weather is pretty common...
Q and A: canner lid stuck, pantry moths, and contaminated soil
Canner lid stuck
I did a bunch of canning of very cheap ground round and then tried to unlock the canner by turning it and it was stuck tight. I let it cool down a...
The garden is going in!
I tilled the entire garden a couple of weeks ago, to work in the rotted manure Will dumped on it last fall. Then a week ago, I did it again. It's amazing how nice...