This is the monthly notice of the availability of the rec.food.preserving FAQ now available at http://rfpfaq.jaclu.com/rfpFAQ.htm . A detailed,...

Just salted and set up 7 quarts of kraut using Bob's method. They're sitting in the dark in the pantry now with the lids loosely fastened. The ten lbs of...

I thought that I had 'done' peaches this year, but got a call from a local (Victoria Australia) farmer who had some ripe blood peaches and would I like some......

Hey, I found a lot of recipes for jerky on the web, but a lot of them call for "Nesco/American Harvest" jerky cure mix. Anyone have a clue as to what that...

Sorry I deprived the other NGs of your brilliance. FYI this has been crossposted just for you, in thanks; at least you answered the frickin question I...

Has anyone got a really tasty & fabulous recipe for a delicious tomato sauce. We have 1000000000's of tomatoes in Australia at the moment & we would like to...

I just got a little chief smoker and am disappointed in the recipe book. I was hopeing too smoke pork chops and ribs etc without having to grill them later....

Y'all really gotta try these, nice & light, piquent & crispy. I came upon a batch of plump & fat sugar pea pods at the store that were crispy fresh, not limp...

I just slice the cabbage cores up and put a little salt on them and eat them. Delicious!

Pardon me if this is OT to this NG. I am also asking this in rec.food equipment and rec.knives looking for answers. Figured y'all'd know about knives: After...

George, how do you process the whole peppers before adding the salt? I.e., seeding, cutting open, etc. Checking the Google Group archives, it seem that you add...

I am planning on putting up some hot sauce. My question is if I put it in bottles with plastic type caps do I need to process it? How do people process jelly...

For the life of me, I can't figure out why our home-canned sauce separates out when I put it on a bed of spaghetti. Within seconds, there's a nice thick sauce...

Much of the tomato juice I preserved last summer is very, very acidic. Anything I can do to tone it down? I don't want to add sugar/honey, as I don't want it...

I need a 2 or 3 day vacation. Have you ever thought about hosting a laid back class or seminar on making hot sauce? Many Thanks Dave G

could any one tell me how to make red wine vinegar? i have tasted a few wines that could pass for "vinegar", but would like the real thing!! thanx kats

I'm not even sure *if* this is a preserving issue . . . My wife likes the jars full of sliced pepper rings. Unfortunately, they tend not to be all that hot...

wrote: Looking ahead to summer's bounty... Should I be unusually fortunate enough to get a good crop of eggplants and/or peppers...

I would like to know another method of putting up peppers for use in future recipies. Specifically I liked the thread about the Jalapeno peppers. For the...

The rec.food.preserving FAQ is available at http://www.gbronline.com/jacke/rfpfaq/rfpFAQ.htm . There have been a few changes since the last announcement; we...

dan wrote: I have been considering the purchase of a Cookshack Stainless Steel Smokette II smoker. Does anyone have any experience with Cookshack ...

Got the goods today! You da man. Pictures posted to my web page: www.jamlady.eboard.com Good stuff!! (Hot sauces and kumquat...

Well, i'm FINALLY getting around to buying garden seeds. Which ones do you guy prefer to make whole "Dilly beans" any favorite recipes for them? Last year I...

Any suggestions on how I might dry some herbs without a dehydrator? I have fresh bay leaves, fresh thyme and fresh curly parsley. Bought them at the grocery...

So I get out those quarts of apple juice I made just before getting busy with the holidays. I wanted to cook up this jelly without pectin just fer a hoot so I...

I have been considering the purchase of a Cookshack Stainless Steel Smokette II smoker. Does anyone have any experience with Cookshack products? Dan