A few of my favorite (canning) things
We live 30 miles from the nearest town, and we are fairly remote, so we have a lot of power outages. We can a lot of our food. In this video, I show a few things that I like from… Continue Reading
Canning
Are Tomatoes Today Lower in Acid Than Years Ago?
I’m a member of several groups on Facebook that talk about and apply non-traditional methods of canning. One topic that comes up fairly often is about the current National Center for Home Food Preservation recommendation to add lemon juice to… Continue Reading
Pressure Canning Instructions or How to Pressure Can Food
I recently shared Part 1 of a series on how to can food safely using a water bath canner. Today, I’m going to do Part 2 of the series, How to Pressure Can food. Water bath canning is wonderful for… Continue Reading
How to Can Food at Home: Water Bath Method
I often use my pressure canner as a water bath canner. I just don’t add the gauge to the top. There is no need to buy a “water bath canner”. You can use any tall, heavy-bottomed pot with a rack… Continue Reading
What I Will and Won’t Can Again
My Canning Pantry is pretty full right now. I took a quick inventory this morning to help decide what to plant for this year’s big garden. I’m in Florida, so our planting season is really all year around, although it’s… Continue Reading
Homesteading Over 50
As you might have guessed by now, we are in our “Golden Years”. Wayne and I are both over 50 years old and we have already raised our kids. We have grandkids galore, which is so great! And our kids… Continue Reading
Frugal Cooking
I’ve posted before about canning food using both a pressure cooker and a water bath canner. Both of these help with keeping the grocery budget down. We reuse leftovers, both as lunches and as recreated meals. One of my favorite… Continue Reading