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Yes, and yes. Have enough in the freezer for at least one batch, probably two, and I'm picking them over every morning. I choose which I want to eat that day, and everything else goes in the feezer. They're on dehydrator trays, so if one starts to leak the others aren't sitting in a puddle. I'm...

I did a batch of salsa. My sister wanted (very) mild, her husband wanted hot and neither of them likes cilantro, so I did hers with just sweet peppers, added hot peppers next, and added cilantro for my own. Some time next week I need to do a batch of tomatoes.

I'm hoping some of my trees produce next year. This year I got two peaches and a few cherries. The rest of the peaches and the apples blew off the trees. The garden should be in full production next year! Primarily sweet corn, popcorn, dry beans, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, onions, herbs...

I'm grateful that she called me. She could have just thrown out the lot and I would never have known. I've been holding on to my last bottle of tomatoes like a treasure. I got everything sorted and washed yesterday, the boxes should be dry this morning so I can get them back to her.

Happy ending! I got them! I got a call from my friend this afternoon asking me to come get them, since they were smelling up her house and her mother wasn't doing anything with them. We got all the rotten stuff sorted out and I ended up with two boxes fully ripe that I'll process in the next...

My guess is that his knees are part of the problem with the gym. That being said, there might be lots of reasons. My Dad refused to go to the gym because of all the scantilly clad ladies. He also loved swimming but he would never go for the same reason. I agree that depending on his...

Eat for life is the big one here. It's not an easy situation, but you can make small changes that may have huge effects. A little less sugar, a little less salt. If he automatically salts his food, omit salt in the preparation. Light syrup in canning. That kind of thing. If he doesn't like...

I always stored bottles with rings on. Simpler that way. I also got people sniping at me that I was Doing It Wrong. Made no sense to me, until I moved to an area with high humidity. Rings rusted on, even if they were fully dry. Some habits are very much environmental-- that doesn't make them...

I think they were Kerr. I would have to dig the box out of the garbage.

I had two failures this week. Both new lids. When I checked them after, both had bubbles in the seal. I check the used lids pretty carefully.

Yeah, i get a better seal rate with used lids. I need to get in the habit of inspecting the new lids the same way.

Bottles are for storage. Thou shalt not open! I do the same thing! :lau

I woke up angry this morning and I'm trying to identify the reason. Lots of things have come up, but the "inner tightwad" comment, while true for me as well, brought another into perspective. I mentioned that I stripped a friend's garden. Well, I thought it was just going to be me, but her...

They're harder to peel, so I use the weird shaped ones for puree or sauce. I do quarter them for bottling.

I pulled prices from walmart online to make sure it was in range. We had one family move into our neighborhood, maybe 20 or 25 years ago? The children were fascinated by the vegetables from the garden. They had never seen a carrot, or an onion, or a tomato. When they weren't eating at...

$20 per week budget, assuming an empty kitchen Week 1, a 10 pound bag of rice and a pound of butter Week 2, 10 pounds of pasta and a seasoning of your choice (salt is my suggestion) Week 3, 5 pounds of hamburger. Portion out in 1/2 pound chunks and put in the freezer Week 4, a 5 pound bag of...

It's not a matter of caring. She's probably online, seeing the hatred, entitlement and demands for ouright theft from obese women with multiple baby daddies who say that they are OWED. When your Walart goes to online ordering only because people are just taking, and stores have armed guards in...

I had enough ripe tomatoes for a batch of tomato puree, two bottles of juice and a bottle of quartered tomatoes. Those funky shaped heirlooms taste good, but they don't bottle very well.

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 amount almost up to fermentation levels. I think I need to decrease the salt on the next batch. I ran out of pepper, so I did one batch with cumin. The batch...