Where did you learn to can foods? Did you grow up in a home that canned their food for the winter? Waterbath or Pressure canning? Share your experience. Babs

Lets share what and how much we have canned for this gardening season. This can be foods that you grow, CSA food, free gifts, farmers market buys. Where we get the food doesnt matter. Lets see how much we can and look at all the different things we accomplish. Babs

I know some drying method by air only but cindy use to dry fish make venision jery smoked fish and saucages to preserve the meat also the salt pork to keep it around abit I don't know how much she remembers that is what she did. Im interested in new ways that is alittle easier and nothing spoils...

I found Golden Harvest canning lids at Dollar General. They were $1,25 a dozen. This was the regular size lids. Mine didnt have the wide mouth lids. I bought 20 dozen. I used these last year with no problems. Just wanted to let people know. They sell fast here at that price. Babs

I'm leaning towards the Barred Rocks. After they get a little size to thiem, I have a small chicken tractor on legs and the gangplank has a gentle slope sown to the ground where it has a larger caged pen. This pen has wire over it, and I thought that would work too as I can move it next to the house...

Hello all. I've planted cucumbers in my little vegetable garden for the first time and they seem to be doing well. My DH has requested mustard pickles as it is a treat he doesn't get too often. They are too costly to buy often. All the recipes I have either call for little wee cukes, or are more...

Cold Roast Beef Sandwiches on homemade buns, pasta pepperoni salad and fresh strawberries from the garden.

CHINESE PLUM SAUCE -- food.com Ingredients 8 cups plums, pitted, Halved ( 3 lb/1.5 kg) 1 cup onions, Chopped 1 cup water 1 teaspoon gingerroot, Minced 1 clove garlic, minced 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup rice vinegar or 1/2 cup cider vinegar 1 teaspoon coriander, Ground 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon...

I tweaked this recipe several times before I found just the right balance of molasses and honey. This recipe is for 1lb beans which makes about 3 pints. Wash and drain beans, I prefer navy (white) beans. Mix together 1/4c molasses, 1/4 c honey, 1 tbs vinegar, 2 tsp salt, 1 tsp dry mustard and heat to...

VS. The best I can say is it looks like things they are 'a-changing'...I'm not a gloom and doomer, but do have a healthy distrust for any entities that attempt to 'control' others...but I'm not a tin-foil hat wearing conspirator either. Over time, we have gotten less and less...