"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:45:51 +1000, "Farm1" >
> wrote:
>
>>"Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
>>
>>> Canning is a wonderful hobby and a great way to put by any largess
>>> that occurs during season. Nevertheless, there are two major hurdles
>>> to overcome for newbies- the initial investment in materials and the
>>> learning curve to master the technique in a healthy and safe way.
>>
>>What USians call 'canning', is called 'bottling' in Australia. I've
>>recently been doing some 'bottling (canning) using the method outlined in
>>this book:
>>http://cook-books.com.au/ccp0-prodsh...ving-book.html
>>and much to my suprise, it produces a good product, was very very easy to
>>do
>>in comparison to normal 'bottling' and it can be done in a fraction of the
>>time and in quantities that suit an older couple much better than the
>>previous larger jars I bottled.
>>
>>> Many here can easily overcome both those hurdles, but this group has a
>>> heightened interest in food. The general pop does not have that
>>> interest.
>>
>>I often think my poultry is more interested in good food than the general
>>pop. Perhaps I'm just being cynical.
>>
> I was happy to see that a caution was included regarding botulism and
> the inappropriateness of using this method with veggies.

All methods for bottling of vegetables carry that warning in Australia.
Bottleing of vegetables is not something that has been done here for
probably the last 60 years or perhaps even logner.

On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:08:41 +1000, "Farm1" >
wrote:

>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>>
>> I was happy to see that a caution was included regarding botulism and
>> the inappropriateness of using this method with veggies.
>
>All methods for bottling of vegetables carry that warning in Australia.
>Bottleing of vegetables is not something that has been done here for
>probably the last 60 years or perhaps even logner.
>
At the very least, the home canning person would can tomatoes here.
But also beets and pickles of various vegetable types. It's true that
most all vegetable preserving is done by freezing.

Janet US

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:08:41 +1000, "Farm1" >
> wrote:
>
>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
> snip
>>>>
>>> I was happy to see that a caution was included regarding botulism and
>>> the inappropriateness of using this method with veggies.
>>
>>All methods for bottling of vegetables carry that warning in Australia.
>>Bottleing of vegetables is not something that has been done here for
>>probably the last 60 years or perhaps even logner.
>>
> At the very least, the home canning person would can tomatoes here.

Here too, but since tomatoes are a fruit, they aren't warned against.

> But also beets and pickles of various vegetable types. It's true that
> most all vegetable preserving is done by freezing.

Interesting.