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I wondered about that, Pat. It seemed to me that since you are de-botulizing the jars after you fill them up that they need only be *clean* when you put the food in there. You don't want dirt and old food particles, obviously, but any disease causing, ambient germs ought to be killed in the...

I would second buying one. It takes such an awful long time for the little ones to start making fruit. I bought a 3 year old kieffer pear for $28 last year and it has a whole bunch of pears on it this year. Cassandra

:yuckyuck :lau Cassandra

Good info blurose! (veg soup sounds about right) Thanks! Cassandra

Ok, I've found several pressure canner recipes for tomato pasta sauce. I guess that's marinara sauce, right? But they all seem pretty bland. (tomatoes, a couple herbs, some onions) I like my spaghetti sauce to have lots of stuff in it! Tomatoes Bell peppers Onions Garlic mushrooms herbs (basil...

I cover mine to keep as much heat and humidity out of my house! (not that it helps much) LOL Cassandra

I figured it out! I figured it out! :dance My canner (the one that says it is perfect for smooth top ranges is designed to fit your small burner. There is a deeper well in the center of the canner that is about half an inch deep. It is 8 inches in diameter. Only that 8 inch well sits on...

It's sort of a pain. They fall through the cracks. You have to be very careful about laying them on there. I did a batch, though and they are definitely dried. Now I will have to try rehydrating some to see if they are still edible. Cassandra

Yeah, I picked it up in that post, too. I'm letting my OWN beans dry on the vine. :) I threw as many as I could fit on the dehydrator to see what would happen. Cassandra

HAHAHA!! I will remember that as the beans-are-done alarm clock. LOL :lau Cassandra

It does the same thing for me. After I put the jars in, takes a long time to get the water to a rapid boil again. I attribute this to a couple of things (but, of course, I can't be sure of the cause) 1.) I usually have the canner sitting on a smaller diameter burner because of the unfortunate...

Rosalind, how long does it take? the ones I picked yesterday were from someone else's garden, so leaving them on the vine wasn't exactly an option. thanks Cassandra

Been shelling butter beans for the last three hours. Can I dry them in a food dehydrator? Any special preparation? Cassandra

They look very similar to that! I can't swear that I have ever gotten quite that good a look, though! LOL They are smaller than regular wasps and black & yellow striped. My little boy got stung on the back of the thigh by a couple of them last summer (I think it was) I had to carry him inside...

I wanted to share this because I was shocked and amazed. I guess maybe some of you may think this is obvious, but yesterday was the first time I'd ever seen it and I was wowed. There was a paper nest of guinea wasps (they are extremely mean little things!) right by my office door. The young...

Where do you get wine barrels anyway? I bet that is beautiful. Cassandra

Is anyone coming along in the course? It seems really cool (helpful!) information it teaches. Their software seems kinda wacky. I have had to ask them to reset my password twice because I was having log in problems. But the instructor and tech support were sweet as they could be about it. Very...

Mine are planted in a "flower bed" too. There is this bush in their bed that I am trying to get rid of because I hate it and it makes a shade and everything. I think that's the main reason my herbs aren't thriving as much as they normally would. But they are doing OK. I get sage and thyme...

Hey, look. Here is one with an inside diameter of 10 1/4 inches (the outside diameter will be a little bigger.) http://www.pressurecooker-outlet.com/910.htm Cassandra

Now that I got my new pressure canner (woohoo) I am about to sell my old boiling water bath canner. I just can't afford the space for these two big bulky items that do the same thing. Anyway.. with all this talk about steam canners, it got me wondering. In a boiling water bath, you cover the...