I've had a few bags of sprouting taters waiting for the right day to get to plant them. The original plan was to plant them on St...

You've been running batches through the pressure canner all day... You're tired and on the last run. You walk through the living room...

Recently, I've started seeing people wanting to pressure can items that really shouldn't be pressure canned. Everything from tomatoes to...

Why is a crumb topping on a pie called "Dutch'? As in Dutch Apple Pie.... It merely means a crumb topping. How it got that name; seems...

You ever finally get something taken care of and you find out that you didn't realize how much it was actually bothering you? We...

Even though Beef Stroganoff sounds like it's a Russian recipe; it really isn't. It's French! "Beef Stroganoff, dish of French origin by...

There just aren't very many things better than Strawberry Pie after a long, cold, dreary winter! Late February and March are strawberry...

Life is insane. We are all chasing our tail in one way or another. It's okay to slow down once in awhile. With canning, you're forced...

Nah... I found myself in a discussion with a keyboard warrior the other day. This person was just sure that NEW jars were what they...

Folks are really getting interested in canning/food preservation again and this makes me SO happy! I don't know if canning skipped one...

I miss my cows. Every year, there would be atleast one set of twins. If it was 2 bulls, they were named Pete and Repeat. I was thinking...

Soooo..... I"m in the middle of a big-time jelly failure. I haven't had one of these for a very long time. The last round of this...

Nothing pisses me off faster than opening an expensive can of pie filling to find that it's mostly goop and not very much fruit! I've...

It takes 10 full minutes at a hard rolling boil to consider a jar sterilized. At this point in my canning life, I don't even remember...

The number one reason lids fail to seal is because of an unclean rim. And you can tell me you wiped the rims over and over and I'm...

Huh? What I mean is water can be canned. Recently, there have been alot of folks starting to worry about the continued cleanliness of...

When canning, you're going to experience some sealing issues. (see Crying Over a Broken Seal) I don't care how accomplished you are at...

Jars of Unusual Size! Ha! (Well.... the dog thinks I'm funny....) I don't generally buy new canning jars. I started out with hand me...

Instead of getting the winter storm that the poor folks Northwest of us are, we are getting rain. Lots and lots of rain that is making...

The other day, I was hungry for soup; specifically, chicken noodle. I have everything on hand to make it and a bag of egg noodles ready...