[Ag-eq] canning

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Liz:

What are dilly beans?

I'm asuming that sweet and sour okra is pickled okra?

I grew okra for the first time this year and when I handle the plants, they make
me itch.  Do they do this to everyone, or is it just me?

Do you grow the things that you can?

Nella

Quoting Liz Lewis <liz4jesus at gmail.com>:

> Salsa, dilly beans, sweet & sour okra, pepper mixes, green tomato pickles,
> squash pickles, to name a few. We also have a dehydrator and dry figs,
> tomatoes and we make fruit roll ups with a fruit mix. I don't really think
> it saves money but it is fun and something to be proud of.
>
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> Liz:
>
> What type of things do you can?
>
> An exploding pressure cooker is just way to much excitement for me!
>
> My Mother and Grandmother never blew one up, but they told stories of people
> that had.  Those cookers have always made me nervous.
>
> I just dry or freeze things.  I would like to learn to make jelly and
> preserves; I think it would be fun to give them as gifts.
>
> Nella
>
>
> Quoting Liz Lewis <liz4jesus at gmail.com>:
>
> >
> >
> > I also love to can but don't use a pressure cooker.  I water bath
> > everything.  The Ball canning has a great step by step website.  Their
> > basic book also breaks it all down nicely.  I have a friend in the
> > Federation who does use a pressure cooker.  She indicates that there
> > is one type that is more blind friendly than the other.  She said
> > something about clicks on the top knob.  I never pursued it  because I
> > witnessed my Mom blow the cooker and the top hit the kitchen ceiling.
> That did it for me.
> >
> > Liz, SC
> >
> >
> >
> > "The Spirit helps us in our weakness;
> >
> > That very Spirit interceeds with sighs too deep for words"
> >
> > (Rom. 8:26,)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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