Q and A: selling meat, stacking canned foods, canning cheese, and storing dehydrated foods
Selling meat
Just wondering how you are selling meat to the public without getting interference from the gummint?
Dick Rinehart
Walton, Kentucky
Here in Minnesota it's legal to sell a quarter, half, or whole animal headed for slaughter....
Q and A: canning bacon, pepper rings, and rusty canning jars
Canning bacon
I have canned bacon by chopping slices into chunks, lightly frying then pressure canning. I want to try canning strips next, but would like to put up half strips in smaller jars...
Frosty is doing very well
After kind of a rough start, our newest baby calf is running outdoors with his mom, Mamba, playing and enjoying sunny days. Of course when he gets cold, he runs for the barn and...
Just before major canning starts, I’m putting up some hams
Our garden is jumping now and I'll soon be canning big time, starting with carrots, mixed vegetables, and Swiss chard. But our local market had half hams on sale for .89 a pound, so...
Q and A: wide mouth jars and buckboard bacon
Wide-mouth jars
I have been using wide mouth jars almost exclusively because they are easy to fill/wash. It occurred to me today as I started a batch of strawberry star fruit jam that there may...