Comments on: Preserves – Basics Part 1 – Utensils & Stuff http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/preserves-basics-part-1-utensils.html Well Kind Of – With Self Sufficiency & Frugal Living Tips Plus Musings from the Mountain Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: A Self Sufficient Life » Canning Fruit - Homemade Tinned Tomatoes http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/preserves-basics-part-1-utensils.html/comment-page-1#comment-325 A Self Sufficient Life » Canning Fruit - Homemade Tinned Tomatoes Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:49:10 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=142#comment-325 [...] the skinned tomatoes tightly into warm sterilised jars. Push them down with a wooden spoon to ensure as many as possible are in each jar and that they sit [...] [...] the skinned tomatoes tightly into warm sterilised jars. Push them down with a wooden spoon to ensure as many as possible are in each jar and that they sit [...]

]]> By: A Self Sufficient Life » Making the Most of the Vegetable Plot http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/preserves-basics-part-1-utensils.html/comment-page-1#comment-33 A Self Sufficient Life » Making the Most of the Vegetable Plot Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:37:03 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=142#comment-33 [...] Pickles, jams, canning and chutneys might not be your thing.  If so, keep things simple.  Hanging up some peppers to dry in the wind, slicing some tomatoes to be dried by the sun or blanching some beans to be frozen by your freezer compartment are not too technical but well worth doing.  There are lots of specifics for freezing, drying and salting as well as canning recipes in Keeping the Harvest [...] [...] Pickles, jams, canning and chutneys might not be your thing.  If so, keep things simple.  Hanging up some peppers to dry in the wind, slicing some tomatoes to be dried by the sun or blanching some beans to be frozen by your freezer compartment are not too technical but well worth doing.  There are lots of specifics for freezing, drying and salting as well as canning recipes in Keeping the Harvest [...]

]]> By: A Self Sufficient Life » Preserves - Basics Part 2 - Methods of Preserving (Canning) http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/preserves-basics-part-1-utensils.html/comment-page-1#comment-18 A Self Sufficient Life » Preserves - Basics Part 2 - Methods of Preserving (Canning) Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:30:41 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=142#comment-18 [...] the following storage times assume all jars are kept somewhere dark and cool.  Those jars must be sterilised before bottling [...] [...] the following storage times assume all jars are kept somewhere dark and cool.  Those jars must be sterilised before bottling [...]

]]> By: Mrs.Dirty Boots http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/preserves-basics-part-1-utensils.html/comment-page-1#comment-13 Mrs.Dirty Boots Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:02:40 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=142#comment-13 Definitely great to preserve - just start simply and don't take too much notice of those books which seem to infer you need to outfit a whole new kitchen before you begin! Definitely great to preserve – just start simply and don’t take too much notice of those books which seem to infer you need to outfit a whole new kitchen before you begin!

]]> By: Karen http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/preserves-basics-part-1-utensils.html/comment-page-1#comment-12 Karen Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:07:25 +0000 http://www.aselfsufficientlife.com/?p=142#comment-12 Great advice! Canning/jarring is definitely something I want to get into, but I've always been intimidated by it. Maybe this summer I'll give it a shot! <abbr><em>Karen’s last blog post..<a href="http://livingwellonless.com/2009/01/26/dont-spend-your-tax-refund-before-you-get-it/">Don’t spend your tax refund before you get it</a></abbr></em> Great advice! Canning/jarring is definitely something I want to get into, but I’ve always been intimidated by it. Maybe this summer I’ll give it a shot!

Karen’s last blog post..Don’t spend your tax refund before you get it

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