Q and A: chili sauce too hot, canning brine, and crumbly biscuits
Chili sauce too hot
I have just made some fermented chili sauce that I would like to can. I made it too hot and I am wondering if you have any suggestions for making it...
Q and A: Double yolk eggs, canning water, and being away at milking time
Double yolk eggs
We have been getting some wonderful large eggs from our ducks. Several are double yolked. Not only do they taste good they are great in making cakes, etc. If these eggs were...
Q and A: Canning rutabagas and Age of eggs
Canning rutabagas
I need a canning recipe for rutabagas, hot water bath or pressure canning.
Myrle Barnes
Cottondale, Florida
Sure Myrle, here it is. (It's also found on page 156 of my book, Growing and Canning Your Own...
What do you do with 80 pounds of crabapples?
I'm making applesauce! My friend just gave us a feed sack full of crab apples that she and her husband picked. Since she has more than she wants, she shared with me. So I...
We just got back from the Energy Fair this weekend in St. Paul
Will and I manned the BHM/Self-Reliance magazines' booth at the MREA Fair in St. Paul. The attendance was modest since the show was new, but we did meet a lot of wonderful people, including...