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Default Do People Still Make Their Own Jams/Jellies?

On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:59:15 +1000, "Farm1" >
wrote:

> "sf" > wrote in message
>
> > One was about re-preserving things like the unused half of a can of
> > tomato paste and the other was a reminder about differing
> > wattage/voltage between the US and Aus.

>
> The wattage is the important item mentioned in the book - you need to know
> the wattage of your microwave to determine the time for cooking a jar of a
> particular size.
>
> Since things electrical confuse me completely, I can offer no more
> illumination other than to tell you what wattage my machine operates at and
> how long it takes to do the preserving of 1 x 375gram old salsa jar in my
> microwave. In addition, I can add that a minute should be added for each
> additional jar added to the oven up to a maximum of 4 jars done at one
> sitting.
>


Sounds like it will be important to buy the book. I looked it up and
it's available in an American version here, thanks!


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