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I'm considering the purchase of a dehydrator, and the Excaliber seems the best choice. I like the option of using it as a proofing oven to raise bread, which...

I was just reading my "Recipes & Information" booklet that come with the Mehu Liisa. Interesting statement. "Once the fruit or juice is frozen, it alters...

I'd like to raise worms to feed fish and chickens and for the compost. Fortunately, there's lots of info out there. However, there's a couple of thiings I'm...

This is a real personal note, OK? I FOUND MY COPY OF 'SO EASY TO PRESERVE'! And the new version is due out next month. Woo-hoo! (By the folks at the U...

Due to very poor planning on my part, the dill will be ready to start picking in about another week and the cucumbers are not even planted yet. What's the...

So the cukes are resting in 1 cup lime & 1 gal water, just covering the 7 # regular cukes all sliced up nice. The lime seems to gravitate to the bottom and...

I'm looking for a refrigerator pickle recipe to use my abundance of English cucumbers. Does anyone have a recipe that doesn't take a lot of sugar? I want...

Hi. Can anyone tell us where to get Pickling Lime in Canada? Thanks, EarlyBird :)

Has anyone tried to brine cure meat using Morton's TenderQuick, with or without added salt? TenderQuick has .5% sodium nitrate and .5% sodium nitrate. I...

Put up another 7 pints of green beans today, pretty obvious the sealing gasket on my old Maid of Honor (Sears) canner is nicked, had a continuous small leak...

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The "Pickled Beets with Red Wine" appear to have turned out fine. I only had 4 1/2 pounds of beets so I have some syrup left. Wonder what else it might go...

Miz Anne picked the garden again today, anyone need any cukes? I put up 8 pints of green beans in the pressure canner this evening and also put up 5 pints of...

I'd really be interested in any PROVEN recipes any member has for pickled nasturtium seeds. I've just run of last year's supply, and moving in October plus a...

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Just finished putting up 6 quarts of limed sweet pickles, enough to last the two of us one year. Over Sunday I put up 14 pints of green snap beans and looks...

bart wrote: Hi all, I was looking up recipes to make my own salt beef (attempting to clone a jiggs dinner), but they all seem to use brisket or...

Hi, I have a problem with some jam I recently made from frozen blackberries. The sugar came back out of solution in the jars after it had been canned. What...

I use bottom round, top round, rump roast and chuck roasts for corned beef. The best is the chuck roast. I am not sure if this helps, though. I am not...

bart wrote: Hi all, I was looking up recipes to make my own salt beef (attempting to clone a jiggs dinner), but they all seem to use brisket or...

Hi Folks: I'm about a week away from having 200 acres of hay meadows bloom with dandelions. Does anyone have a good wine recipe? Or any suggestions on eating...

The store I work in has something called a Pummelo. Can I jell it? -Ginny

There's a new one out. Gotta get my hands on one. http://tinyurl.com/czxx9 But, wait! Wait! That is called The Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving -...

Just home from Barnes & Noble with the paperback copy of that new Ball book, the "Complete Book of Home Preserving." Hoo-yah! $20+ the governor's due. ...

Got my computer back today and I'm about $4K poorer but recovered all my data from a blue screen crash a month ago. No on to preserving: recently put up 8...