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Hi Everybody,

I hope this is the right place to put this.

I have an HE washing machine. Sometimes, it gets an odor. It was suggested that I leave the door open, but that doesn't always work. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance

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Cat, Philbe, Simplegirl and Annarchy

Thank you for your replies.

Annarchy, your suggestion was the one that worked.

Thanks to all.

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Hi Everybody

I got an external hard drive to copy all my photos on so that in an emergency, I’ll still have copies of them.

I have at least a 500-600 photos that I scanned into HP Photosmart Premier (came with the computer). In HP Photosmart, I can see a tiny copy of each picture (I believe they are called thumbnails) on the screen – a good thing because if I’m looking for a particular picture I can just click on it and see an enlarged version of it.

My problem is that when I copy the picture to the external hard drive, all I see is an icon. So if I’m looking for a particular picture I have to click on each of the 500 – 600 pictures to find the one I want.

Can anybody help? I want to see what I will get before I click on it.

Please use kindergarten terms. I don’t know a lot of techno-speak.

I’ll be posting this here in WWW and in Are You Really Ready.

Thanks in advance

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Hi ScrubbieLady,

The 12 oz size is my favorite size. The pint size (16 oz) holds one pound of meat. I wanted to s-t-r-e-t-c-h my meat budget a “little” further, so I decided to try using a jar that holds 4 oz less. No one seems to notice the slightly smaller amount of meat.

I can only get the 12 oz size at Walmart in the spring. Otherwise I go to Ace hardware to get the jars. They cost approx. $11/dozen. Since everything else is going up, that price may have risen also.

My favorite place to get the 12 oz jars is thrift stores or yard sales.

This is the 4th time that I have tried to reply to you. I hope it takes this time.

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Hi HomeSchoolShe

I am sorry that I took so long answering this. Things are so busy here that I just saw it.

I do like ground beef better when boiled, rinsed off, put in a hot jar and add 1/2 teaspoon of beef boullion "crumbles" stirred in, and then fill with boiling water to within 1/2 inch of the top. Wipe off the rim. Add the 2 piece cap and pressure can for your altitude.

I do like this method better, but it is still not like the real thing.

If anyone has a better way, I'd love to hear it.

Hope this helps

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Hi again Darlene,

Sorry. I guess I'm losing it. I know at about the same time, I made the marinara sauce and the spaghetti sauce. They were both very good, and I thought they were both from you.

Thanks a lot for the marinara sauce recipe. Yum !!!

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Hi Darlene

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for the Marinara Sauce recipe. I do remember it as being VERY good.

Could you also either repost the spaghetti sauce recipe or give the link for the spaghetti sauce recipe?

Again Thank You

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Hi Everybody

Some time ago, Darlene gave us her recipe for Spaghetti Sauce and Marinara Sauce. No matter what words I put into search, I can not find either recipe. Can someone please repost the recipes please?

Thanks,

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Hi Highdesertgirl,

I put 1/2 teaspoon of beef boullion granules into each 12 oz jar (my favorite size jar). For chicken, I put 1/2 teaspoon of chicken boullion granules into each 12 oz jar.

Hope this helps

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Hi Everybody,

Some time ago, I wrote asking about canning hamburger (ground beef). I had canned it before but I was always unhappy with the taste/texture of it. It always seemed off – for lack of a better word. It turned out that many of you thought the same thing. I stopped canning hamburger.

Last week, I went to the following site ( http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/2010/12/12/how-to-pressure-can-ground-beef/# ) and read about how she prepared her hamburger meat – she boiled the meat instead of browning it before putting it into the jars. I decided to try her boiling method. I made spaghetti for dinner today and used a jar. I could not tell the difference other than the meat seemed a little softer. I dumped the contents of the jar into a pan and let it cook down until most of the liquid was gone. Then added the other ingredients. I was pleased. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

I thought I’d pass on this info in case someone wants to give hamburger a 2nd chance.

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Hi everybody,

I am so-o-o-o late. I finally had a chance to can the salsa. Came out good.

I used lime juice instead of vinegar, I did not add sugar, and I left the seeds in the jalapenos for some heat. Yeah

Have a nice week

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