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We just finished making three and half pints of dewberry jelly and one pint of dewberry jam. This is the first time I used the steamer to gather berry juice,...

Miz Anne picked a bucket full of dewberries yesterday and today I have them steaming in the steamer since about 0830. So far about two quarts of pure juice...

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's on this group. We're off in a couple of hours to our daughter's for a big family Mom's Day dinner and hooraw. With one...

Today I struck gold. Going through some old canning books, I found Mom's recipe for bread and butter pickles. Written in her own hand. It's the recipe...

Went out about 0800 this morning, toting a cup of black coffee and followed by the faithful dawg. The figs are getting bigger, might get a crop big enough to...

I know a lot of you use the subject software and I'm looking at replacing my old Mastercook 7 with something newer and better. Anyone have a favorite they...

Yesterday and today I am working on converting my office closet into an auxiliary pantry. Putting in one by twelve shelving, already had one shelf, I'm...

I canned some last year and now they are mush instead of crisp......I used half water and half vinegar and HWB process as a recipe called for.....anyone have a...

I bought 2 big bags of yellow onions today at Aldi for 50¢ (total) because they are starting to sprout and some have bad spots. Should I peel and chop,...

For the first time in about 30 odd years our clan is getting together tomorrow for an Easter picnic at a local park. With the two of us and all of our direct...

While out shopping today we ran across another dewberry bed, this one just down the main drag from our home and next to a Jack In the Box. Have found six may...

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What concentration of salt to water to pickle cucumbers? Thanks. -- Nick, KI6VAV. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their families:...

I want to brine some bell peppers and the only recipe I have says to use 'canning salt' I don't have any, so can I use regular table salt? Any help would be...

It's been a long time and I just wanted to stop in and say hi. Since living in an apartment it's been hard to find the space for canning and preserving. Last...

Just walked out into the backyard and the fig tree has small leaves already formed and more are forming. The blueberries are blooming but I see no bees....

Just got an email from a friend in Nova Scotia, they got 9 inches yesterday. We nearly froze to death this morning, it hit 36F here in Tomball, TX. Good thing...

When drying apples I'm supposed to pre-treat with ascorbic acid or lemon juice. I'm having trouble finding either. I did find Fruit Fresh (a gold by-product)...

A few days ago, wandering through my local supermarket (in the Kroger chain) I noticed the preserving products. With a sinking heart, I saw packages of...

finally i finished peeling, cleaning and grinding what was left of the garlic harvested last summer. it was not stored in anything close to optimal...

We just put up four 26-ounce* jars of sweet pickles with onions, this time with our own cucumbers. Our last batch had to be made with store bought cukes as...

Today we planted a Celeste fig tree and four different varieties of high bush blueberries in our backyard. Good thing we were prepared to mix up some decent...

Hi, I was hoping I could put my questions through this way in hopes you could get back to me with a clear answer as I have been having trouble finding one in...

Opened a case of jars at random this morning, found a half case of canned carrots and the other half was canned butter beans. Came out of last years garden...

We've both been down with a sinus infection, coughing, gagging, you name it. Having nothing better to do we've been thinking about our food preserving...