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It looks so nice on the counter - a double batch produced 15 pints, just right on the syrup (I added another cup of red wine), including three 12 oz fancy...

The garden hasn't produced anything enough to preserve yet so I thought I'd better defrost the freezer before I get hit with a deluge. I had a problem with...

I've been posting preserving pics to alt.binaries.food with related posts to r.f.cooking and crossposted to r.f.preserving. I've been setting follow-ups to...

Boozeberry Jam, Watermelon Pickles, Apricot Butter. Shame on you for thinking that!! Follow-ups set to r.f.preserving; pic on alt.binaries.food. --...

I now have 12 quarts of sliced cucumbers in lime water. Tomorrow after they have been rinsed well I will sort them out and make some dill and some sweet...

Have you checked the dill pickles you made with lime and the ones you made with Pickle Quick? How is the texture and taste? The Pickle Quick sounds much...

I have some bottles like this one, except mine are clear. They belonged to Row-behr-to. http://tinyurl.com/5rztq9 I want to put herb vinegar in them and...

I like sweet pickled cauliflower and when you buy sweet pickles you only get a couple of pieces. Anyone have a recipe that doesn't include mustard seed? --...

I thought if I posted the recipe my mom used you could tell me if it is ok. -= Exported from BigOven =- Mom's...

How'd they come out? Did you cut the vegetables into 'spears'? The recipe says 'slices' and to me that means carrot sticks and zucchini spears. Capisce? ...

Trees are getting buds here, and I'm starting to think about this year's canning projects. I had 18 lucky recipients of home-canned goodies for Christmas...

Well, the deer only murdered two of our fruit trees this year. Sometimes they strip all the leaves; other times they break so many branches that the trees...

Yeehaaa! I finally had the Big Blue Book and Joy of Pickling wirebound down at Kinko's. (no relationship otherwise). Didn't cost much, about US$3.50 per....

Miz Anne stirred up a mess of figs fresh from the tree yesterday with a mite of sugar and cooked them down. Today she is making a type of cookie with them...

Last week at the farmers market I bought some more Lodi apples and made more apple jelly. I have been using the Ball Liquid Pectin and it seems to work ok,...

I made cherry jam last night. One of the jars has about 3/4" of headspace instead of the 1/4" specified in the BBB recipe. They all pinged up just lovely....

Blackberries in Framboise from Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving 6 cups blackberries, divided Water 2 cups granulated sugar 1 cinnamon stick broken...

I love chambord. Is there a recipe for a jelly made with chambord? -- mompeagram FERGUS/HARLINGEN

My watermelon has rind thick enough for a decent pickle! They should be in the jars by Tuesday. :-) The melon is tasty, to boot! -- -Barb, Mother...

Dose anyone know where I can buy some boxes to store canning jars.

The pictures referenced are posted to alt.binaries.food. Follow-ups set to rec.food.preserving. I was done sleeping at 4:30 this morning so I commenced to...

Does parsley have a different taste in Argentina? I had oregano in Nice France and it is distinctly more "mintier" tasting that American had Mexican or Greek...

Let me say up front that I've not tried or tested this one, but it sounds fab and imminently perservable for bwb. Comments? From the back of the Sun-Maid...

A couple of years ago I made a great cherry-apricot chutney. I came home from the farmers market with a bunch of cherries and apricots, but can't find the...

My dad and step-mom are moving from their big home to a high rise condo, and are getting rid of a lot of their unwanted furniture and stuff. I scored a...