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zxcvbob wrote:
Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote:
garden woes

My garden sucked this year too. Too wet spring, followed by a drought
that got really bad the week we were out of town. The few tomatoes and
peppers and (cukes and squash and peas) that I got were mighty tasty,
but not nearly enough to put up. I need to strip the pepper plants and
the remaining tomato plant today cuz it's going to freeze hard tonight
and tomorrow night.

did *anyplace* have a good year???

I think your pears should be OK. IMHO, the alcohol in the brandy cause
the jars to pressurize when you processed them, and the liquid boiled
out. I don't really know of a way you could prevent this; maybe by
using a pressure canner at 5 pounds, without purging the air from the
canner? (I won't bore everyone with the details of my crazy theory why
this might work; it has to do with "partial pressures")

Oh, I remember those


Your pears may darken where they are not submerged in liquid, but I
don't think they will spoil. You just may need to use them up faster
than you intended.

If the brandy's strong enough, maybe we won't mind the darkening

hawk
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