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Ripening Fresh Peaches
I got very lucky today and was asked if I would like a bushel of organic fresh peaches. Seems an organic grower from Virginia was visiting a local 100% beef farmer who is local and he had some extra crops in his vehicle. I jumped at that chance. They really are beautiful peaches considering they are organic. (If you don't…
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Pickled peppers
Good day y'all, this is my first year canning. Hooray homesteading skills. And dishes. Haha Any ways I'm following recipes from the NCFS and my pepperchinis came out mushy. They are tasty. Just not as crisp as I'd like. Anyway, any one have a canning recipe they like to share? Vinegar, mustard seed were the main…
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Old Catsup recipes - oyster, walnut, mushroom and tomato
From The Virginia Housewife From The Complete Cook
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Canning season
It's definitely canning season. I just made my second batch of blueberry jam from end-of-season blueberries. Here's one jar of the seven I made: And for the first time this year, I'm trying to make "bread and butter pickles". These are vinegar/mustard cucumber pickles that also contain chopped onions in the recipe. I think…
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Freezer Full of Food --Quit!
Yeah, it was really bad. We had it full, my husband went out to get some meat for supper and came in looking distressed, everything had thawed, no ice crystals anywhere. We were using it in a shed right behind the house. Apparently, because of the heat when ever we opened the door a little condensation occurred and it…
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Dehydrating in your microwave - Using fabric or parchment paper
I've been dehydrating in my microwave for a while now. You use a microwavable plate with 2 layers of paper towel, the herbs laid out on the paper towel, and a single paper towel on top. Pop into the microwave and use short bursts of power with rest times in between, to dry your herbs. My problem is that most paper towels…
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Filling the canner with jars of water
We aren't getting enough green beans or cucumbers to fill the canner either way. Green beans are pressure canned and pickles are water bath canned. I have always filled enough other jars with water, put the flat and ring on, and canned water. When it's done it is labeled and goes in the pantry too. Hubby asked my why I…
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Can anyone add more ways to ensure crispness when processing?
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How much freezer space is needed for 50 whole chickens?
Anybody have any idea of how much freezer space it takes for 50 whole frozen chickens? I was spoiled at the homestead in Texas with a huge freezer and I never worried about space... I am guessing about 3 birds / cubic foot? Maybe 4? If it's 4 birds per cubic foot, that means I need about a 12.5 cubic foot freezer for 50…
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An Easy Applesauce Recipe
Today I'm going to use up a bowl full of apples making this classic recipe. Sharing because we have all levels of skill here, and this one is easy. I like mine kind of chunky, and with a bit of cardamom, too. I'll keep it in the fridge and eat it up within the week.
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Finding Food to Can
Does anyone have any ideas for obtaining food to can when the garden isn't doing to great?
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peaches
My peaches are getting ready! Does anyone make a peach sauce, topping?
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Pickling recipe needed
Does anyone have a great bread and butter pickle recipe they would be willing to share. my pickling cucumbers are going crazy. Would have loved to do lacto fermented ones, but live off grid and do not have a cold place to store them when they are finished. So will have to can them for shelf life. Thank you in advance.
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recipes for green apples needed
My daughter has brought home about a bushel of Pippen apples from work. A lot of them are beat up and could never be sold. Some of the best are about to go into the jelly bag for green apple- ginger jelly. It's very nice on toast or plain crackers when little ones are getting over tummy aches. I still have about a half…