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I’m doing another marathon of broth. Beef this time. On Easter I was in Meijer and found a prime rib roast marked down to $7/#! (And...

Our goodwills around here raised their price to 1.99 per quart jar!! Just not worth it! I can’t imagine WHO is paying that! And they...

Put it in a bowl with a damp paper towel over and microwave for 20 seconds at a time, checking for softness. I keep mine in airtight...

i've heard about the piece of bread trick (perhaps a bit of sponge instead would be more sterile, but really for us brown sugar doesn't...

Those look delicious! Took me all day to get to it - but finally have those limas in the canner.

Think I'll do some lima beans with ham today. I thawed out a chunk for the charro beans and didn't use it all so...

Love some baked beans! I need to do some more of those. DH would love me to put a bunch of spice in the charro beans but I tend to...

14 pints of baked beans in the canner now. I don't think the wife can do the spice on the charo beans. I love this new burner. We had...

I made a pan of charro beans yesterday...just a 2 bowl pot. Excellent. Used up 2 patties of hot sausage -- bought by mistake -- and...

5 qts of pinto beans (charro bean recipe) yesterday.

Goodwill in my area raised the price of their jars to $.99. Absolutely insane. Now I get them at estate sales, on the LAST day, for 50...

Just a reminder, a wallet check 😁 We all look for supply buys & jars at flea markets, etc. many to most of those come with no...

They really are good! They're a common side dish in Tex-Mex restaurants. We prefer them to refried beans.

I've not heard of charo beans, so looked them up. Its a recipe and boy it sounds good!!