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LeeFae

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  1. Quick question - I haven't been around here much lately but will try to get in more often once the get-ready-for-winter burst of activity is done with - but need to ask this quickly. SO. What I mostly do with my apples is chop them, leave the skin on but take out the cores, and stew them in just water until they cook down. Then I use them to make apple crumble. I THINK I can just take the stewed apples and can them in a waterbath canner. Can I? Where do I find out times and stuff if so? All the actual recipes I can find use sugar. or else, they don't leave the skins on and I didn't know if that makes a difference. I am surrounded by boxes and bags and bowls full of apples, and need to can some of them pronto. I don't want to remove skins or use any sugar. Am I correct in thinking this can be done? I wanted to clarify before I jump into it.
  2. Awww, you are all so lovely! Bit teary here haha. I am always a bit afraid to check back when someone replies to a thread of mine in case I have inadvertently done something rude/wrong/offensive and get scolded (ha, that is my social anxiety talking there) so to brave the checking-replies-feat here and be rewarded with such a warm welcome is very very lovely. So thank you. Baby is napping on my back (she will only sleep ON or right beside me) so I have some time to type! As long as I type veeeery quietly because the keys clicking wakes her up Ahhh babies are so much fun. And so character building. Thanks for the links, Denise. I will check them out soon. I have "started to learn crochet" half a dozen times over the past few years, and am at the point now (I discovered the other day, with a library book on crochet) that with just a reminder of how to cast on etc, I can pretty easily make up a square of the basic stitch (except I must be not adding the extra stitch at the end of the row or something because my "square" tends to get narrower as I go ) so I have high hopes that if I actually get stuck into this year and follow some tutorials I will be able to *make an actual useful thing* which is an exciting thought. Can socks be crocheted? Or do I need to learn to knit for that? Canning in Australia is much the same I think (except that hardly anyone does it, especially these days) but we have different jars. I think Ball Mason is your major jar/canning company? We have Fowlers Vacola, with a rubber sealing ring (one use) and then reusable lids and clips. I *think* it is the rings that are one use... obviously I am no expert. You can pick up old canning jars at garage sales and second-hand shops sometimes. I actually have a crate full of old jars in my garage that were here when I moved in! But no rings or lids. I think you might be able to get them at some hardware stores though... will have to look. I don't know about the SIZES though. You have pints and half pints and quarts. Whereas we have litres. And I don't know what the volume of our jars are, or how that equates in canning times etc. If there is a modern Australian canning book though it would have all that info I am sure. *note to self - acquire a modern Australian canning book* That is mostly for water-bath canning but I have read you can use them for pressure-canning too, and also that you can use old jam etc jars, with brand new lids, for both water bath and pressure canning. There is a preserving website that sells all the new lids (plus canners and tools and a bunch of other stuff) so I am looking into that, because I can get those jars for free. I would just have to find out the volumes/canning times I think? Ahhh... in 5 years time I will look back at this and giggle at my cluelessness. And I will teach my daughter to can as soon as she's old enough. This should be general knowledge! Uh oh, baby is awake.
  3. Do I have to peel apples to do this? Could I just core them, chop them with peels on, cook down and can?
  4. I thought I had introduced myself somewhere along the line but looking at my profile it says I have No Posts so I guess not. I am a bit socially anxious and even find forums difficult, but I have been lurking here long enough I am about ready to jump in and start posting a bit. Also, I need to learn to can, so, it would be polite to introdruce myself before leaping into questioning you all. I am Lee, a single mama of a 7 month old, in Western Australia. I have been prepping at various levels of seriousness/intensity for years, and am currently in one of the not-so-intense phases (being pregnant and exhausted and then coping with a newborn on your own will do that, I've found ) and trying to ramp it back up. This years skill-goals: Crochet Chainsawing and CANNING (which is where I will be haunting the threads here for advice, I think! I don't know anybody in real life who cans, except one woman who lives about 4-5 hours away from me. I don't think canning is nearly as big here in Australia as it is in the states.) Apart from a baby daughter, I am also responsible for 1 dog, 2 cats, 3 geese, 4 guinea fowl and a couple dozen chooks (chickens) (plus 7 roosters... at least 4 too many but I'm vegetarian so will have to palm them off on someone at some point!) My garden would be looking very sad and dismal if it weren't for the one mad seed-planting spree I went on with my six year old niece a couple of months ago, which at least has half a dozen vines going everywhere and looks very abundant if nothing else I am completely out of chook food (chicken feed?) AND cat litter, which shows how lamentably I am managing the preparedness business right at present. Must do something about that!! I have no idea what else to say about ME, but I shall say this about YOU : This is my favourite ever survival forum. I love that it is women helping women, and not all rambo gun stuff. I love that you are all so nice and helpful to each other. I love the goofy jokes, and friendly bantering, and that even when you disagree it is politely. It is a very welcoming place, and even though I am usually very nervous about stepping foot into any new place (even online), even *I* feel fairly comfy introducing myself here, because you all seem so lovely. So... thanks. Thanks for giving me a place I feel comfortable talking, so I can really get back into being prepared and learning new skills, with (hopefully?) new friends to help and encourage me along the way... I'd better post this and get back to gobbling my dinner before baby needs attention
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