{"id":2486,"date":"2012-08-16T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=2486"},"modified":"2012-08-16T16:00:35","modified_gmt":"2012-08-16T20:00:35","slug":"q-and-a-turmeric-in-pickles-and-storing-yams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2012\/08\/16\/q-and-a-turmeric-in-pickles-and-storing-yams\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: turmeric in pickles and storing yams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Turmeric in pickles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I have been canning like a factory for the last two weeks, I am using your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/store\/files\/jc01.html\">canning book<\/a> like it has become a part of me it even goes with me to work. I have several recipes for pickle relish and they all call for turmeric, do you have to use it in your recipes? I don&#8217;t care for the color it turns things, I want my relish green instead of that yellowish color. I made your corn relish and used turmeric in it and it was fine as the corn is yellow, and the relish was FANTASTIC!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Judy Hiatt<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Marysville, Kansas<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;re able to can. Just think of all those foods now in your pantry! No, you don&#8217;t have to use turmeric, or any other spice in recipes. You can omit or substitute to suit your taste. I&#8217;m starting to can like mad, too. Today it was more dill and sweet chunk pickles. Tomorrow it&#8217;s mustard bean pickles. The beans are fantastic this year! &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Storing yams<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>What is the best way to store fresh dug yams over winter. Do I need to let them dry a little or keep them in some dry soil. I tried to store them in an old frig and they molded and spoiled.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>D. Dixon<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Caldwell, Idaho<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yams and sweet potatoes like to be cured awhile in a warmer dry location, then stored in a cooler, dry spot. No, you don&#8217;t need to put them in dry soil. In a refrigerator, even unplugged, condensation becomes a problem. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turmeric in pickles I have been canning like a factory for the last two weeks, I am using your canning book like it has become a part of me it even goes with me to work. I have several recipes for pickle relish and they all call for turmeric, do you have to use it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486"}],"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=2486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}