Here is a link to to USDA that will tell you all about Freezing food and safety. http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Focus_On_Freezing/index.asp Another site is Ball Canning site here http://www.freshpreserving.com/pages/home/1.php lots of help here with instruction, and which containers to use for...

I thought of pickling, but haven't yet made pickles. The one thing I forgot to suggest is borrowing a canner.

My older sister always pressure canned green beans, and they were the only ones her family would eat -- never tinned ones. I grew up hearing stories about pressure canners blowing up, so I was very leery about getting one myself. I just bought a Presto 16 qt. pressure canner from Wal-Mart for less than...

A friend of mine recently bought a canner and canned dill pickles. Apparently the recipe said to wait a certain period of time before opening. That time passed and they are not quite what she expected. I don't have the recipe she used. Is this something that the longer they are stored, the more "dilled"...

Laundry is a little overwhelming so I've been using those color catchers- that way I don't have to sort colors. I reuse them until they disappear :) I try to get John to bring home meat already ground so we don't have to grind it ourselves and so I can quickly freeze in baggies. I"m...