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This is a first, the prices of store bought pectin (and the convenient availability of unripe apples) encouraged me to try, made 4 quarts yesterday, canned 2 for the pantry, the others will be experimented with this week. I am going to attempt jelly from grape and cranberry/raspberry juice I...

Put bean paste on the counter next to sauerkraut last night, beet kvass just moved to the fridge. busy canning today because the weather cooled.

Made some pectin from the unripe apples my mom gave me, she had to cut back the apple tree because it was overhanging her riding ring, lol. Going to can some jelly & jam today and can whatever pectin is left. Also planning on canning some ham (picked up 2 12 lb hams for $3 ea.) and string...

I have a Christopher & a Jacob, also known as Chris & Jake. Can't get more common or obvious nicknames than that, lol.

Check the expiration date on your bottle of Technu, it is less effective when it is older.

I agree with having a gun to protect your family, it's perfectly normal to keep properly stored ammo stock piled to avoid eventual inflation or lack of availability. Especially if one relies on the ammo for hunting or for protecting livestock from predators. I seems that some here believe that...

I always try to purchase the domestic brand as opposed to the Chinese made equivalent simply as a matter of principal. I don't have the extra money to spare but I really believe if everyone spent a little bit more on products made domestically and tried to cut their dependence on imports the...

What started as a simple quest to save money so I can stay home with my children has turned into a well stocked pantry, large garden, a flock of hens and a new skill set. Since the significant inflation over the last 3 years and the lack of a pay increase my husband does not make enough to...

They are both borrowed from the library, I will be sure to pick up a copy of Nourishing traditions if i can find a used one, i love this book. I determined my spare fridge is not working so I am going to try to convince my mom she doesn't really need a mini-fridge on her porch filled with...

Topic appropriate reading material acquired... I added a couple things to my shopping list for when shopping day is here. Some yogurt to strain is up pretty high on the list. Still waiting for DH to get home so I can make sure my old fridge will make good cold storage, my current fridge...

The wild fermentation one caught my attention too, i think that is where I am starting this experiment. I have horseradish leaves so I'll sub that for the grape leaves and give it a go once I have my cool place set (hopefully my old fridge can do it) I canned up some pickles but I've been...

I'm thinking that fermented bean paste is something i need to try, just made too much salsa, it's in the fridge, going to can most of it and eat the rest, bean paste might be just what i need to go with it.

I need to have DH plug in and test the basement fridge, been awhile since we had that one fired up. *fingers crossed* I keep looking up stuff online and everything I find says "cool" nice to have a definition, 50 degrees will be my target. If i am going to be plugging in the spare fridge I'll...

I have these: I want these: Now what? My basement is happily maintaining 75 degrees (high of 78 this week, low of 73) and 16% humidity. Is that too warm to ferment? What equipment do I need, food grade bucket? I have a 3 gallon glass jar, would that do? I'm looking for holy-crap mouth...

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Isn't it sad when simple manners and politeness is surprising. When I was 9 months pregnant I went to a restaurant with DH and because there was quite a wait the chairs in the waiting area were all taken, mostly by young adults. I was completely floored when a young boy, maybe 10, came up and...

When I was working FT I would spend a bit of time working with contractors, I would get the Hon or Sweetheart treatment all the time. One day I finally had to tell the construction manager, I AM the engineer on this project, cut the Sweetheart crap and treat me like an equal or I am going to...

I've been stacking fresh mozzarella i snagged from work with some pink brandywine slices & basil from the garden or some homemade zucchini/jalapeno hummus and cucumber slices, we are making another batch of ice cream this evening, i'm thinking peach :D

DH and I have found that since I am home with the kids and only working part time we can't do all the things we used to love to do, vacations, go to movies, theme parks and all that crap, but we have also found we really outgrew most of that anyway. We even dropped cable tv because I monitored...

I work as a waitress on the weekend and I am frequently referred to as Sweetheart or Hon, I was quite pleased this weekend when I had some younger gentlemen (12 years old-ish) saying "Thank you Ma'am" it was nice knowing I'm not the only one raising my children to be polite and respectful, I bet...