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On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:15:52 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
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>On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 bruce bowser wrote:
>>On Sunday, June 13, 2021 Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Sunday, June 13, 2021 bruce bowser wrote:
>>> > On Sunday, June 13, 2021 GM wrote:
>>> > > On Saturday, June 12, 2021 Michael Trew wrote:
>>> > > > I'm not sure what recently compelled me to make a double recipe of toll
>>> > > > house cookies, but it somehow came out to be about 9 dozen cookies. In
>>> > > > a house without A/C on a near 90 degree day, that wasn't my smartest idea.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > I decided to turn off the the pilot lights on my stove to save on heat
>>> > > > in the kitchen,

>
>Most pilot lights can be adjusted for flame height and or individually
>turned off... I would leave one pilot light on for convenience and to
>save matches... for how much cooking you do you only need one burner.
>
>>> > > > and supper was just a cold chipped chopped ham and
>>> > > > provolone sandwich. The humidity has my fridge desperately needing
>>> > > > defrosted as well. I suppose it's all better than snow, however.
>>> > > Years ago I used to do a lot of home canning. I didn't have A/C, and I'd often choose the hottest days to can. It would be SO hot that it would be a "transcedental" experience - and accompanied by LOTS of ice - cold beer...
>>> > >
>>> > > Couldn't do that now, I'd surely croak...
>>> > Oh so now, you choose to go to the stores like a normal person.
>>>
>>> What's abnormal about canning? I think almost everybody here has canned
>>> something, sometime.

>
>I've never bothered with canning, it's easier and a lot safer to use a
>freezer. After trimming and cooking the produce from my garden it
>shrinks down to less than half the volume. I use rectangular shaped
>plastic containers, they stack like bricks and there's very little
>wasted freezer space.
>Sometimes a neighbor will offer me their home canned food, they
>usually leave it by my back door. I thank them and then dump it in
>the trash and wash and return their jars... I got sick a few times
>from people's home canned food, never again. I don't like to eat
>someone elses cooking anyway, especially not after seeing their
>kitchen... high end restaurant kitchens typically have closed doors,
>fast food joints typically have open kitchens... why do you think that
>is?
>Anyway there's only two of us, we've no need to stock up on home
>canned food. We give away more than half the crop we grow... people
>are more likely to eat it fresh picked than if canned/cooked. We have
>neighbors who have gardens, they give us fresh picked, we grow
>different crops so we trade... I gift certain ladies my mammoth
>honeydews, hint-hint. Melons grow well here.

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Bruce