Midnightmom

Just having a little bit of fun.............

Why spend major bucks at the grocery store or specialty grocery when you can safelymake flavored oils at home??? The instructions are in the PDF, and there is also a link to the online article. I might just try making the garlic infused flavor myself. Safely Make Herb Infused Oils _ Home & Garden Information Center.pdf HERB INFUSED OILS Factsheet - Clemson University Home & Garden Information Center https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/herb-infused-oils/

For those of you who have been blessed with a good harvest of tomatoes and want to be able to preserve those toms that won't have enough time on the vine to ripen, I am adding a PDF of recipes and links, etc. I will also add the URL because I'm pretty sure the hyperlinks won't work from inside of the PDF. One of the most interesting facts I learned when perusing this article was this: Be aware that tomatoes harvested green and ripened on the counter do not develop the right acidity for canning, according to the Wisconsin State Extension. If tomatoes are harvested green, they should be used quickly in green tomato canning recipes rather than ripened for your standard red tomato canning recipes (like sauces).

I just started exploring Ashwaganda. Seems like it might help with the "chronic pain" I have from arthritis, and also have some side benefits re: diabetes. Perhaps you might do some exploring on your own.

I've heard of parking restrictions during certain hours, but never for a turn or other traffic flow. And you're correct - you cannot see the posted hours.

@Littlesister Maybe this vid will help you when it comes time to do all of that painting you have planned. Professional Painter Shows The Fastest Way To Paint A Wall Anthony Pezzotti from Pezzotti Painting is a professional painter. He shows us how to prime a wall and the specific pattern he uses to paint quickly and cleanly. He primes, then paints the perimeter of the wall first. Then he creates a V shape with the roller across the largest surface area. He goes over the whole area again, filling in the holes for a precise and quick paint job.

Have you seen my post in RRRR? Lots of daily updates. Interviews with survivors/witnesses. Lists of items needed, etc.

I "just learned" that you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet! I really should have looked this up sooner but it seemed like such an easy and logical way to tell them apart. The "showoff" mentioned in my previous post (quoted above) is absolutely incorrect!

Found this one online today and thought I'd add it to the collection - just because it's a variation of a previous posting.

IF you go, you should perform "guard duty" over the vehicles while GS, et al, carries the stuff up to the apt.

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I was reading about telling the "ripeness" of pears - mostly for those who have trees - but useful for canning me-thinks. If you have a tree do not let the fruit ripen on the tree- they soften very quickly once picked and must be processed right away. Instead, pick them when the "neck" of the pear is slightly soft and allow them to ripen slowly to the texture you would like them to be.

ANOTHER FRUIT THAT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE RULES FOR CANNING Asian Pears are not like other pears.

Did anyone here know that? I don't can fruit - for a variety of reasons - so maybe that is why I "missed" this information. Anyway, I am following a couple of "Master Canner" sites and this PSA appeared on my timeline today. Thought I would share it in case anyone here puts them up. Apparently it is unknown how much citric acid would need to be added to make canning them safe.

When pressure canning any type of "winter squash" the general recommendation is to cube it. From this description it sounds like you could can it using the procedures for winter squash. Tromboncino, also known as zucchetta, is a type of squash most often used as a summer squash. The small green squash can be harvested as a summer squash, or allowed to grow to full size. The squash will then turn yellow and the skin will harden similar to butternut squash. https://learningandyearning.com/tromboncino-summer-squash-and-winter-squash-all-in-one-plant/ About Description

This is quite an interesting video. I'm not sure how I feel about this ingredient anymore, except for the fact that it makes food taste "better" so that you might want to eat "more" of it. Should that be considered as an issue of self-control instead of being named as a "conspiracy theory" hatched by food manufacturers to "trick" us into buying more of their product?

Atten-shun! Or was it, Atten-i-shoe-un???

@Littlesister It's unusual to have a baby shower in the mid-afternoon. Most of the ones I've ever been to have been either on a weekday evening or a weekend. Mid afternoon in Aug with a whole lotta' people is gonna' make the AC work overime!

Great backstroke! Those "wings" seem to get in the way when trying to swim normally, though.

Since the hot dogs are already cooked, and pretty much devoid of any juices, I don't see how putting them into an empty jar - ie: no liquid - would allow for heat transfer to the center of the hot dogs; and if the centers don't reach the proper temp they would not be safe to eat no matter how "good" they taste.

The USDA "allows" small pieces of ham or pork or bacon into soup recipes - even though they are cured meats. (I think that corned beef would also fit this scenario.) The ratio for soup is 50% solids to 50% broth. The solids include the meat and the veggies. From what I've read, you can pretty much make up your own soup recipe as long as you use ingredients that have their own instructions for canning by themselves. But still - NO thickeners or pastas allowed. I also read on one of the aforementioned sites that you don't have to cut up sausage that is in a casing. That is wrong. You need to either slice them down the middle or cut them into chunks, or possibly remove it from the casing and pre-cook the contents the same as you would for any other "ground" meat as they have not "tested" meat in casings for heat penetration.

I think the "issue" with canning hot dogs is the texture you wind up with.....MUSH! I watched several of the vids where people were PC hot dogs. None of them are the same. Some of them used cut up hot dog "coins," others used whole hot dogs. Some of them were stuffed whole into the jars filling them all the way up to the top of the neck. No two methods were the same as far as how much water/broth to use and some didn't use any! None of them paid any attention to the head space needed/required for the jars - liquid added or not. Some used all beef hot dogs, some didn't. Some recommended "uncured" hot dogs, others didn't. About the only thing that was consistent in all of the videos was the amount of processing time to the size of the jar. And the texture you wind up with might just be MUSH! Hot dogs aren't a very expensive meat product. Is it worth the risk? --------------------------- ETA: I think you could possibly make hot dogs & beans. This is the instructions/recipe for making "baked beans." The ingredient list includes small pieces of ham, pork, or bacon. You could maybe sub in cut up hot dogs??? https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_04/beans_baked.html

Maybe once the exterior is power washed the painting won't be necessary.