Virginia

Forgot to mention, the pump n seal I have has to be pumped by hand and takes a lot pumping.

I have one of these, bought second hand. It works most of the time. I mostly put rice in quart jars, did not believe it was sealing, and checked sometime later. All I have checked, 3 or 4, have been sealed.

Thanks.

Some say you can use hair spray as static guard???

No sugar in cornbread down here, at least not for me.

Did you have beans in the chili. Over the years, I have lost more jars of beans than anything else. Don't know if it is the gases or swelling or what. Many years ago, I had lots of seal loss from the Kerr brand only-not Ball not Golden Harvest. Wrote to Kerr and they wanted to give me a lesson in canning. Didn't buy Kerr for a while, even though I knew they and Ball were made by the same company.

Seems like sometimes there is no explaining it. I do agree that if a jar is sealed enough that I cannot pop it off with hand, it should be fine.

Butter on sale here, too. As little as $2.50 a pound for store brand. Guess I jumped on the Land O Lakes too quickly.

Walmart has a 2 pound pack of Land O Lakes butter for $6.48 here, about the best deal I have found lately.

DH's fixing abilities have always helped us make it, since we've never had a lot of money. He is so talented in so many things, including electricity, that it is a huge help. He is showing his age now, and just can't hold out for some jobs, but I do appreciate his abilities. DS1 got some of his talent, but DS2 is a whiz at so much, just like his father.

Thank you.

My DS will only eat Peter Pan PB. Back when the recall happened she had probably 25 jars of PP PB. Took the lids off, mailed them in for refund, covered her jars somehow, old lids maybe, and ate it far past the use by date. She is so picky, if it tasted even a little old she would never have eaten it. She is a risk taker, but her taste buds would not have let her eat old tasting stuff.

I have not been able to find any wipes with bleach. Even Clorox wipes proudly display "contains no Bleach" on the label.

Best wishes to you. I think of England often, with all that is going on there. My ancestors were English.

White potatoes, qts and pints. We bought 50 lbs for $5.

We have a wonderful Nurse Pract. who attends our Church. She is a hugger and greets everyone. Today she was doing the "fist bump" to everyone and saying no more handshaking. She even went to the teenagers. They got a kick out of it, but she seemed very serious to me.

Thanks, DH is a big fan of the Frosty. I'll have to get him this.

Are you hardheaded? Did save your pretty face though.

So 10 minutes of simmering are going to be a problem, when some things process in a pressure canner for 1 1/2 hours. Have to wonder?

Robie, you are soooo bad.

me, too

We don't eat mushrooms, so I never checked on that. Good luck.

I should have said "at least as long as the onion time". If you add onions to something other than green beans, use the time for whatever is the longest requirement.

Keep waiting for Violet to answer. Per a local county agent, you can do the onions addition, just process for the time for onions. If I remember, this is 40 minutes @ 10 lbs.

We must remember.

That's so funny, I have to share it since we always take food down here. I remember all the food that was brought to my dear GF's funeral in 1967. We still use one of the recipes for a cake we were afraid to taste.