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what is salt peter? I've never heard of it...

well that explains why the price of walnuts have went up so much! :lol: Last year a big bag was 10 bucks this year it's 15! seriously though the gov't needs to back off all the food! :he next thing you know they will put the nuts behind the counter and make you register to buy them...

oh goodie!!! thx... no never heard of humbugs so wasn't forsure how that recipe would come out!

NOOOO it can't hit the fan yet... I don't have my cow! LOL in all seriousness... I'm just now trying to restock a bunch of stuff... we nearly cleaned out a lot of things in our pantry during our last financial hiccup where hubby was laid off for 2 months... I tell ya.... every time we get a...

I do the oven method and it works great... I typically leave them in there at 170 for about 20-30 mins... 20 for small jars 30 for larger ones... I make sure the jars are already warm and the oven is preheated... (I have a convection oven so it circulates the heat pretty well around the jars...

Anyone know a good hard candy recipe? my grandma had one but it's mostly corn syrup which we have limited and tried to mostly cut out of our diets... My daughter LOVES suckers... but I had to quit buying them since we cut out the food dyes too... She also gets car sick so I thought of making a...

I use them and LOVE THEM!!!! I also bought the large canister set from them... and I take spaghetti sauce jars and pickle jars and reuse them now as well... I just put the dried food in the recycled jar and put it inside the canister... then pump out the air... when you reopen the canister it...

I had a bottom fan and heated round coffeemaker dehydrator (got it used really cheap and it's OLD) but that said it would burn the bottom tray of food if not rotated frequently and doing thick things like pumpkin and stuff the top tray would start to mold if you forgot to rotate it... I...

Congrats on the score sounds like a great deal!!!

I want to be French!!! :gig

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I've never been asked or even looked at when shopping and I buy a ton! but that could be because I always have my kiddos with me... either they see I have a larger sized family or they are terrified to stop a crazy lady on a mission... I'm typically all wild eyed trying to get in and out of a...

Wow I feel so puny in my efforts after seeing these lists... LOL We produce a variety but most of that just puts a dent in what we actually need or produce... (but we just built this house 2 years ago and this is only our 2nd summer here... it's a work in progress) Garden Tomatoes Peppers...

Speaking of gardens and such... a few years back I ordered some citrus seeds off of ebay to start a few citrus plants... about 6 months later I got a knock on my door from the government! I can't quite remember what division now I'm thinking FDA... They guy had traveled from 2 states over just...

I caned 10 pints of salsa! Only about 100 more to go! LOL We use salsa for everything but this small batch is hubbies... He likes it more hot than the rest of us... I grew a few red chillies for his this year and it turned out great looks like I'm going to have a load more hot peppers to dry...

Ditto! we went blackberry picking this year and we all got ATE UP!!!! but my youngest daughter is allergic to the bites and they looked like pimples or chicken pox... You can tell it's chiggers if the majority of your bites are in sensitive areas... they like warm soft skin like under your...

we have hard water as well... and hubby works like a dog so ours has a BO smell from time to time... it's hard to get stuff clean in this crappy water... but here is what I use and it seems to work... 2 cups regular baking soda 2 cups borax 1 cup oxyclean (we use the generic from dollar tree)...

They have a wonderful deli right in JR's and a bakery about a 1/4 mile up the road... the bakery has amazing food but their prices have went way up so I don't stop there often I can go to JR's and get the supplies to make the same stuff WAY cheaper at home.... LOL Yeah I checked the LDS hours...

You can use just about any type of breathable cloth just wash it really good and AIR dry it (don't want the chemicals from fabric softener to flavor your cheese!) And too if it's colored cloth make sure the colors don't bleed... you don't want red fabric dye on your cheese either... buttermilk...

I buy a lot of my things from Sams Club (popcorn, yeast, oil, flower, rice) and a little Mennonite store that's about 40mins away. They are great for spices, old fashioned tools, canning and cheese making supplies... Jr's General Store 4715 State Rte 41 S Bainbridge, OH 45612 but have found...