My girlfriend and I spent a good part of yesterday making an antipasto - 26
jars in all.

I'd like to think that I could give them away as gifts; then I remembered
all the other 'preserve gifts' that friends have given me.

Damn, they are in a corner still waiting to be opened. Because I really
don't like mustard pickles, chutney, crab apple jelly, etc. etc.

Wondering how many other people in this group have stashed away preserves
that friends have given and they haven't opened.

Yeah, perhaps I shouldn't have accepted them, but still -- I wouldn't want
to hurt their feelings!


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elaine

elaine wrote:

I'd like to think that I could give them away as gifts; then I remembered
all the other 'preserve gifts' that friends have given me.

Damn, they are in a corner still waiting to be opened. Because I really
don't like mustard pickles, chutney, crab apple jelly, etc. etc.

Even if you don't hate pickled watermelon rind
or whatever it is, you must consider the possibility
of food poisoning. All the amateur stuff goes into
the trash, unless it is in a pretty jar, in which
case the contents go down the toilet and the jar
is cleaned up and saved. Just so you know. :-)

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:19:46 -0800, Mark Thorson
wrote:

elaine wrote:

I'd like to think that I could give them away as gifts; then I remembered
all the other 'preserve gifts' that friends have given me.

Damn, they are in a corner still waiting to be opened. Because I really
don't like mustard pickles, chutney, crab apple jelly, etc. etc.

Even if you don't hate pickled watermelon rind
or whatever it is, you must consider the possibility
of food poisoning. All the amateur stuff goes into
the trash, unless it is in a pretty jar, in which
case the contents go down the toilet and the jar
is cleaned up and saved. Just so you know. :-)

I love it when friends give me home made jam or marmelade.

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sf wrote:

I love it when friends give me home made jam or marmelade.

So do I! In a pretty jar!

"Mark Thorson" wrote in message
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sf wrote:

I love it when friends give me home made jam or marmelade.

So do I! In a pretty jar!

Really? Then perhaps there is hope for my remaining 12 jars!

elaine

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:27:23 -0500, "elaine"
wrote:


"Mark Thorson" wrote in message
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sf wrote:

I love it when friends give me home made jam or marmelade.

So do I! In a pretty jar!

Really? Then perhaps there is hope for my remaining 12 jars!

He will dump the contents and keep the jar.

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sf wrote:

He will dump the contents and keep the jar.

If I don't tell you, does it matter?

If I make something really cool (like pesto)
and return it to you in the same jar, will
you eat it? 5 weeks old? While I watch?
Duck confit?

Oh pshaw, on Fri 24 Nov 2006 07:36:36p, Mark Thorson meant to say...

sf wrote:

He will dump the contents and keep the jar.

If I don't tell you, does it matter?

If I make something really cool (like pesto)
and return it to you in the same jar, will
you eat it? 5 weeks old? While I watch?
Duck confit?

Zeeesh!

PLONK

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If at first we don't succeed, we run the risk of
failure.

Oh pshaw, on Fri 24 Nov 2006 04:53:21p, elaine meant to say...

My girlfriend and I spent a good part of yesterday making an antipasto -
26 jars in all.

I'd like to think that I could give them away as gifts; then I
remembered all the other 'preserve gifts' that friends have given me.

Damn, they are in a corner still waiting to be opened. Because I really
don't like mustard pickles, chutney, crab apple jelly, etc. etc.

Wondering how many other people in this group have stashed away
preserves that friends have given and they haven't opened.

Yeah, perhaps I shouldn't have accepted them, but still -- I wouldn't
want to hurt their feelings!

In our house they would have been opened and eaten. Unless, of course,
there was serious reason to be concerned about food safety issues. That
would rare for the things we receive.

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Looks delish, Elaine. Are you sending me a jar? :-)

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Wayne Boatwright
__________________________________________________

If at first we don't succeed, we run the risk of
failure.

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:36:36 -0800, Mark Thorson
wrote:

Duck confit?

Mmmm. Duck confit! Do you really make it?


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sf wrote:

On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:36:36 -0800, Mark Thorson
wrote:

Duck confit?

Mmmm. Duck confit! Do you really make it?

I haven't made it yet, but I think about it
ALL the time! That's really living life
right on the edge, eh?

My recent experiments in making ham have
assuaged a lot of the duck confit neurons,
but only temporarily and I'm getting near
the end of this kick.

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

Zeeesh!

PLONK

If I gave you a jar labelled "Glycated Substances"
would you eat that one or toss it? Save the jar?

28.19...
Oh pshaw, on Fri 24 Nov 2006 04:53:21p, elaine meant to say...

In our house they would have been opened and eaten. Unless, of course,
there was serious reason to be concerned about food safety issues. That
would rare for the things we receive.

Looks delish, Elaine. Are you sending me a jar? :-)

On the way Wayne.........carefully though, so the glass doesn't break

elaine

Mark Thorson wrote:
sf wrote:

I love it when friends give me home made jam or marmelade.

So do I! In a pretty jar!

If you are really concerned with food safety to the extent that you throw
out perfectly good preserves, you could always process the jar yourself,
just to be sure. Twenty minutes in boiling water, covered by two inches.

"Janet Puistonen" wrote in message
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Mark Thorson wrote:
sf wrote:

I love it when friends give me home made jam or marmelade.

So do I! In a pretty jar!

If you are really concerned with food safety to the extent that you throw
out perfectly good preserves, you could always process the jar yourself,
just to be sure. Twenty minutes in boiling water, covered by two inches.

No - that wasn't what I meant at all. I love it when people give me
preserves etc. that I'll eat. It's the stuff I'm given that I know I'll
never eat.

Perhaps I'm the only one that feels I should accept a friend's efforts -
just to be nice.

BTW - we did do the boiling water thing for the antipasto.