The big Texas Expo was great!
I got to meet tons of fans of the magazine, visited with so many people that knew me and I finally got to meet and made many new friends after speaking two days on...
Canning cowpeas, Pectin, and Dried tomatoes
Canning cowpeas
I canned my homegrown cowpeas in quarts at 15 lbs pressure for 50 minutes leaving 1.5 inches headspace. My canner has a weighted gauge and my elevation is a little over 1000. When...
Q and A: preserving figs and blossom end rot on tomatoes
Preserving figs
We have so many figs this year. I have canned figs, made fig jam, preserves, conserve, and strawberry fig jam. I am going to do some raspberry fig jam. Maybe you have something...
We’re fighting back
Because we use a lot of gas on our homestead for the bulldozer, generator, and tractor, not to mention the tiller, ATV, and gravel truck, we are really reeling from the hefty gas prices....
Q and A: canning precooked ham, testing acidity of canned food, and canning pickles...
Canning precooked ham
I would like to know how to can a ham. One you buy pre cooked.
Joanne Kuhlers
Sioux City, Iowa
Canning ham is really easy. Slice ham into fat-free, boneless 1 inch slices or chunks....