Marilyn wrote:
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> news
>> Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> George Shirley > wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Is it bad to submerge jars in a large pot? like not hot enough?
>>>> No, many of us do it that way. For example: BWB canning, I start the
>>>> jars in the canner while I'm messing with getting things ready to can,
>>>> pints are completely covered, quarts not so much. After a few times you
>>>> learn just how much water to heat the jars up to ready them for use and
>>>> yet not overflow the canner when the filled jars are put back into it.
>>> And sometimes you remind yourself that it IS handy to have that little
>>> one-quart saucepan at hand to remove some water to make the proper level.
>>> :-0)
>> I use that big stainless steel ladle I stole from the Navy mess hall years
>> ago. It's also helpful if you need to thump someone and can't find that
>> giant wooden spoon. I hid the ladle when I knew you were coming to visit
>> to avoid temptation.
>>
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> Is that one on those ladles that has the curve on the end so you can hook it
> onto the side of the pot and not lose it? I had one from the Army and then
> I really liked it and then I found that if you go to a restaurant supply
> store, you canbuy them in different sizes (2 ounces, 4 ounces, 8 ounces). I
> have a set of them now. Works great for ladling food into jars. Or making
> pancakes.
>
Nope, this one has a straight handle, I also have the large slotted
spoon. Both marked USN and with a gubmint mark on them. Actually bought
them at a GI surplus store for 25 cents each back in the sixties to use
at the deer camp. Had a potato masher, a large spoon without the slots
and a bunch of knives, forks, and tablespoons. Just have three
tablespoons and the ladle and the slotted spoon left. Have no memory of
where the other stuff went, suspect the kids took it out to play with
when they were little and they ended up buried somewhere on the ten
acres we lived on then. All the GI stuff I had was WWII surplus. Our
scout troop used to buy GI shelter halves, two of which make a pup tent.
We paid something like fifty cents for the two. I really liked mine, it
had very obvious bullet holes in it that had been sewn up and mended.
Used to buy surplus Navy kites, had a Japanese airplane painted on the,
were nylon and about six feet or more tall by three feet wide. Pulled
them with the old jeep to get them in the air. Ahh, memories.

Would like to have all the cast iron ware back from the deer camp but
someone stole it in one our moves.