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I have a wonderful source for lots and lots of tangelos, and a few days ago i canned just a pint of them in medium syrup. Today, we tried them. The flavor is really wonderful. But the inside of the fruit is pretty much liquefied, and the membrane is a little chewy. This presents a very...

See the problem? Lots of the water is gone. I assume that this means that the water boiled out of the jars while in the canner, but what could i have done to prevent this? I canned it in my pressure canner (All American) for 90 minutes at ten pounds pressure, per USDA instructions. I left...

I started my ACV in May. Today, i got it out of its hiding place, and it definitely smells like ACV, but there's hardly any there! It all evaporated! Did i miss something that would have prevented this? I used a whole bag of apples to make maybe a cup of vinegar! Oh, also, i'm not sure that...

I'm very excited that my husband and i may be about to finally buy our first goat! So i'm doing some research and asking questions. But i need some general information from regular folks. We're getting a free Boer buck from a friend, whose kid raised it to show in the fair. So my husband did...

I'm not trying to challenge moderator judgment (please don't ban me). I just would like to get some feedback. Earlier today there was some talk about a recently banned member who is thought of fondly by those left behind. I just noticed that the entire thread about said member has...

I'm hoping y'all can tell me something pretty fast. I was trying to do a nice thing and made some deep fried cayenne peppers for my hubby for dinner. And he loved them. Problem is i didn't count on how badly the oil would affect my fingers (i didn't use any gloves while cleaning the...

Earlier in the summer i got some keiffer pears a.k.a. "canning pears" or "cooking pears." Once i figured out how to process them, i found i really liked them for freezing for pie filling, etc. They hold together very well and have great flavor when cooked. Recently i got some other pears -...

from http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=160679#p160679 So what about it, beekissed? Should i get milking sheep for my small acreage?

I need y'all to tell me if i'm being too sensitive. If someone from XYZ Utility Company comes to your house, isn't it customary/common courtesy to knock on the door and say, "Hello Mrs. Peep. I'm Johnny from XYZ, and we're here to do utility things." ??? Twice now, different XYZ utility...

I may wax philosophical. Please bear with me. I need your input. Whenever i make a change or addition to my methods, i try to imagine what would be my solution if normal goods were not available to me. You know, the when-the-soap-hits-the-fan type situation. For example, when i thought my...

I'm finally about to buy my pressure canner. I'm looking online for the best price when i find that the newest ones have a new look! http://www.btinet.net/~sharoncol/16217c.jpg Does anyone have this new-looking one? I'm just suddenly nervous since this new one looks different. I was banking...

We got to pick some purple hull peas from a friend's garden and starting shucking them tonight. The friends said that they store them unwashed in a pillow case in the freezer for about 6 months. I'm fresh out of pillow cases. Supposedly if you store them without washing them, there's no water...

I haven't canned anything in so long.....and even then it was just one batch of marmalade. Tonight, i canned exactly two pints of some really delicious pear butter that i'm really proud of. Question: The directions said to get the air bubbles out, and i tried, but now that i'm done, i see...

Two days ago, we picked 4 or 5 cucumbers (picking and burpless) from our garden. They were the first of our cucumber harvest. We left them on the counter, and this morning, they felt spongy. Ew. I peeled and sliced them, and they were ok, but how do you keep cucumbers from getting weird...

Last weekend, hubby and i took advantage of a freecycle offer to pick pears off of someone's trees. The owners said these were "canning pears," not "eating pears." That's fine. I figured they would just be a little harder than what you get in the grocery store. They are. And i put a paper...

While planning our fall garden, my husband noted that beets and turnips grow well here, but he doesn't want to eat them. And i thought that's ok if the chickens can eat them. And i'm sure they CAN eat them. Lord knows they eat everything - but i'm talking about on a beneficial to their diet...

http://cgi.ebay.com/MILK-CREAM-SEPARATOR-50L-H-MANUAL-BUTTER-CHURN-2in1-/130388985661?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e5bca073d#ht_1317wt_823 I found this cream separator on ebay for $109.00. It's the only one i've seen that isn't metal, and it's the only one i've seen that's less...

I've read, recently, about the benefit of blackberry leaf tea for nausea, and i'm sure, a few other things. When i look on the USDA site, dewberries are just varieties of blackberries. Does anyone know any difference in any of the varieties that would make the dewberry leaves any less...

I'm not sure if this is the right section. I've been reading some about foraging and eating green brier stalks. Has anyone here done this? I would like advice. After reading about how to harvest them, i went outside with my trusty basket, but everything i found was either too small (i'm...

Sporting a little nausea today, and i when i figured out that i had no pepto around, i went looking for natural remedies....or household remedies. Either way. I found one thing i was willing to try to consume on http://tipnut.com/12-home-remedies-for-nausea/ this site. I used the apple cider...