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This one. https://www.sufficientself.com/threads/what-are-you-canning-today.212/post-534547

I did that recipe again. Each batch as listed made 3 pints. I increased the vinegar to 1/4 c to bring the acid up and it has a salt...

I thought the false parasol was an agaricus, until I looked at the gills. Nope. Then I had to do a spore print and identify it. Green...

The mushrooms you get from the store are mostly some form of agaricus. Gills will be light pink when yong to dark chocolate brown.

The problem with foraged mushrooms here is that the bugs get to them while they're still tiny. I've found agaricus, but the other most...

Pears are done! I have the opportunity to strip a friends very large garden this week. She sent her girls out a few weeks ago (she's...

Everyone needs to do their own research and set their own comfort limits. Many people don't trust home canned food at all, and that's...

i never do low acid canning (which to me would mean i'd have to get a pressure canner and i really don't want to deal with that) the...

From my perspective there's a huge difference between "proven unsafe" and "not sufficiently tested." Most of the old practices were...

while it isn't generally recommended any more i've had so little problems with oven canning for what would otherwise be BWB canned items...

Well, so much for that. The pressure canning broke down the mucilage entirely rather thsn intensifying it as I had hoped. For medicsl...

I have paper cuts and chicken scratches. That will be my first test. 11 days for 2nd degree burns to heal completely in animal testing...

I found some research that indicates the mucilage in roselle (tea hibiscis) is equivalent or better than aloe vera for healing, so I...

If you do a show on roux you could say the plot is thickening...