{"id":1270,"date":"2011-05-08T03:00:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2011-05-08T03:00:52","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T07:00:52","slug":"qanda-non-electric-grain-mill-canning-corned-beef-and-sweet-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2011\/05\/08\/qanda-non-electric-grain-mill-canning-corned-beef-and-sweet-potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"QandA: Non-electric grain mill, Canning corned beef, and Sweet potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Non-electric grain mill<\/strong><\/p>\n

In your opinion, what is the best non-electric grain mill? Right now I use an electric one to grind my wheat. I also have a Corona hand-operated mill. I think there must be a better non-electric mill available. What do you use, and are you happy with it?<\/em><\/p>\n

Barbara Macy<\/em>
\nFall River Mills, California<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve got a little, cheap mill I got from Emergency Essentials and it works fine. BUT I sure would like a bigger, more expensive one, as it would make grinding larger amounts of flour much more fun! In grain mills, you get what you pay for. Any of the larger hand mills, such as ones available through Lehman’s Hardware or other sources, will do a great job. Maybe one day I’ll be able to afford a $200+ mill, too. — Jackie<\/p>\n

Canning corned beef<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’ve got a chance to get some refrigerated corned beef for a great price. I looked in your book but couldn’t find corned beef. Is there a problem or can I can it like beef roasts?<\/em><\/p>\n

Mike Root<\/em>
\nPatrick, South Carolina<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes. Can up your corned beef by rinsing the chunks and cut it into chunks or strips that will conveniently fit into your canning jars. Remove all excess fat. Put the meat into cold water and bring to a boil. If the broth is too salty, drain and repeat. Pack hot meat into jars, leaving 1 inch of headspace. Pour boiling water over meat, leaving 1 inch of headspace. DO NOT ADD SALT! Process pints for 75 minutes and quarts for 90 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. If you live at an altitude above 1,000 feet, consult your canning book for directions on increasing your pressure to suit your altitude, if necessary. Great find! — Jackie<\/p>\n

Sweet potatoes<\/strong><\/p>\n

I read the article is this month\u2019s BHM and have a question regarding sweet potatoes. This is our first attempt at growing them. Hopefully we have a bumper crop for winter storage. My question is on the leaves, the article said you could eat them like Swiss chard or spinach. I don’t want to eat leaves that can make us ill are the Georgia jet leaves edible? If they are edible can I dry, can or freeze like do with our spinach crop? I raw pack spinach and like veggies.<\/em><\/p>\n

Randy and Lorraine Stanton<\/em>
\nCorning, New York<\/em><\/p>\n

Yes, you can eat leaves and tips of Georgia Jet sweet potatoes. They’re good. But you don’t want to use too many of the leaves and tips or you’ll limit the bulking up of your sweet potatoes. The vines can only do so much in a growing season. Better to grow chard, spinach, and other greens for canning. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Non-electric grain mill In your opinion, what is the best non-electric grain mill? Right now I use an electric one to grind my wheat. I also have a Corona hand-operated mill. I think there must be a better non-electric mill available. What do you use, and are you happy with it? Barbara Macy Fall River […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}