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  1. Thank you Darlene! Question, do you feel you retain more of the nutritional value of the apple by cooking down the apples with peels, cores, and seeds as opposed to peeling and coring the apples before hand? Also, do you think it effects the flavor? Adam
  2. Thank you for another great chapter!
  3. Thank you happygirl! A great chapter, that I have been looking forward to!
  4. Hey everyone! Just wanted to give you a quick update. I got my order a couple days ago, and I have nothing but positive things to say about my experience with http://www.canningpantry.com Their prices were great, shipping was fairly fast, and the online transaction was smooth. As for the All American canner... WOW! This thing is one substantial piece of metal! The second I opened the box, I was assured that I had made the right choice in spending more money up front, to get something that will last me a lifetime! All of the tools I got (like the kit Darlene listed look to be of good quality, and should make the experience easier. The Blue Book, is just PACKED with information, and I have been spending the past couple evenings reading it! Now for the bad news..... The other night, the large burner on my stove stopped working. I figured it was just a bad burner (I hate electric stoves) so I went out and purchased a new one. Well, it still didn't work, so I got out my meter, and it turns out that no power is getting to the burner (have I mentioned I hate electric stoves) The stove is a pretty cheap model, and was there when I bought the house 4 years ago. I have been wanting to replace the stove, but this winter I will be remodeling the kitchen in preparation to sell the house. I really don't want to buy a new one before the renovations are done... I think tonight, I will take it apart, and try to see what part is bad, and maybe swap the bad parts, for good parts for one of the back burners that hardly ever get used! I hate electric stoves!
  5. Good points! I guess I'll need some more canning jars!
  6. True! I guess I need to go out and get more jars!
  7. True, but the recipe doesn't look like it should take very long to make!
  8. Yes it sounds very good! And thank you for the 5 pint version. Us single live alone guys appreciate it!
  9. Over the weekend, I took a trip to WalMart to pick up a few things, and to see what they had to offer for canning supplies. To say that I was disappointed in their selection of jars, would be an understatement. I think total, they had 4 cases of jars, all of which had been opened, and there was either an entire jar missing, or someone had removed lids or rings. The entire isle was disorganized, but they did seem to have a great supply of pickling products... I guess I will try another WalMart. There's one over the border in NH that I prefer over the one I went to, and as a bonus, they sell ammo in that one too..
  10. I ended up finding them at my local hardware store. They had jars in tons of styles and sizes, lids, rings, all sizes of water bath canners, and even a couple of pressure canners for sale. They had pickling stuff, and all other sorts of accessories, seals, and even some tools. I ended up picking up 12 qt jars, and 12 pint jars along with an extra 12 lids. When I got back to my house, my mother called me, and I told her what I had gotten. She told me not to buy any more lids, as she has "Hundreds, and hundreds of new lids" See, mom used to can her home made jelly. She then said that she would like to learn how to use the pressure canner with me, as she had only used WB canning and would like to put up some of her meat sauce instead of freezing it. I think it will be pretty cool to work on this with mom! My mother was taught my my grandmother, but my sister has no interest in it. I think it's sad, because like so many other things in this world canning, and putting up your own food, and overall relying on YOURSELF is something that is dying, and dying at a much too fast rate. I was just talking to my grandmother last week, and I was telling her that I was going to start canning. Of course we argued about the need for a pressure canner "My grandmother taught my mother, my mother taught me, and I taught your mother how to can with only water, it's worked for me for the last 70 years" is the argument I got, but I told her that I was going to buy the pressure canner and do it the way it's now supposed to be done to keep me safe. Anyway we got into a discussion about putting food by, and she told me what it was like when she was a little girl. Back then, it was an entire family operation that included hunting, farming, and no one in the family was above working in the kitchen to make sure they had what they needed, put away for the coming year. Makes me sad to think how the world has changed. Makes me nervous about the people who rely on going to the store every day for that nights dinner. Scares me to death to think of what they would do in the event that the store wasn't open for weeks...
  11. Just went over to my local Costco. I would have thought they would have canning jars, and I thought I read elsewhere that others get their stuff at Costco. After walking the store and not seeing them, the first and only employee I found didn't even speak enough English to even understand what I was looking for. I found someone else that looked at me like I was crazy for asking if they had them, then said "I've never seen anything like that before" I guess I will try WalMart tonight!
  12. I hope I'm not driving you all crazy yet.. I can see in the picture that the canner I purchased has a dial gauge, but does it also have a weight gauge as well? It seems that from what I am reading, the weight would be better, because I wouldn't have to have the gauge verified every year. Thanks Adam
  13. Thanks for all the extra info, this is all great stuff. When I buy a case of new jars, does it come with the lids and rings in the box, or do I have to buy the first set separate from the jars?
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