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WE have been foraging tons of mulberries. I just went to a neighbors house and asked if we could take some apples thier tree was loaded and it didn't look like they were picking them. I also noticed they didn't really pick thier cherries. So it was worth the awkward "um can we pick your...

I canned 14- 1/2 pints of apple butter. 7 Quarts of beans & 7 quarts of corn!

Chicken broth, green beans, corn, and now I can try canning other things I have never tried because I never had a pressure canner either! Get one and you will ove it! I DO!

I canned 5 quarts of honey spiced peaches and 2 quarts of peach halves. MOnday will be more green beans and Tuesday will be sweet corn!

I used my cheese grate, but I found Ivory grates like butter melts. I use either one. Other wise you could just chop it like a block of chocolate ussing a large knife. The grating is to just speed up melting...don't give up and don't buy tide!

I am a wide mouth fan! Never had any crinkle though I had my first 3 jars not seal.

Hey everyone I love the zippy mayo, instead of adding the salt and garlic powder I add celery salt..YUMMY! My daughter loves it too!

My first attempt to start a "real starter" ended in a stinky vomit smelling mess. I resorted to useing some commercial yeast,. I had to because I have central air and wasn't catching any wild. But when I added some commercial it smelled like beer and I love it! Sometimes we can't always be as...

FarmerDenise Thanks so much I can't wait to try this! I agree that homemade is always better and tastes like the fruit it is suppose to be. I will try thi either tomorrow or this week soon. Thanks again. I love the feeling of being as self sufficient as I can...food is healthier....less...

We picked over 30lbs of cherries and have a ton of juice I don't want to waste. Anyone have a good syrup recipe?!

Then they should be old enought to watch the movie Food Inc and read some books like Animal Vegetable Miracle or other resources..maybe?! Good luck. I was lucky to marry a guy that was more than happy to switch to healthy and my daughter was only 7 when we did the switch

We picked 30lbs of cherries today and I canned 6 quarts for pie and made one pie..yumm! Tuesday I plan to make cherry preserves.

Or you could let the jam cool for 5 minutes before canning and this helps it so the fruit doesn't sink.

I canned 6 pints of watermelon rind pickles today and am waiting for strawberries, mulberries, and raspberries to ripen so I can get jamming!

I used to get migraines so bad that I couldn't even curl up and cry it hurt so bad. Then my sister told me that she stopped eating MSG and that stopped her migraines. So I cut all MSG out of my diet and I haven't had a migraine since! MSG is in a lot of stuff! Good luck! Sometimes the best...

I made whole wheat pitas, yogurt and started some alfalfa sprouts. I also packed my own lunch!

Yeah I am replacing the 8 oz of cream cheese with 8oz of yo-cheese and the recipe is simple..cheese, powdered sugar, honey, milk! Oh there might be butter in it I can't remember I am at work...hardly working :P Yumm I am making a banana cake and a pineapple cake. I will lwt you know how they...

I add powdered milk after it reaches 185 F and then cool it to 110F and then add the culture. Lastnight I made a triple batch so I could make cheese to make frosting for 2 cakes.

I also use MissPRissy's recipe using a cooler as the incubator so I can double the recipe and even triple it.

My mom has her mothers and it is smaller and I wanted for sauerkraut and she said no that she was using it for decoration in her living room! Blah what a waste!