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Every year my employer gives each of us a turkey for Thanksgiving. I tend to put mine in the freezer for later since I go to my daughter’s house for Thanskgiving dinner. Not this year though. It’s taken six decades but, I’ve finally admitted… Continue Reading “IT WAS A TURKEY OF A WEEK”
I had done no canning for months! My supply was dwindling, and I needed to get back on that horse. The horse is named Yummy – It’s so easy to do. It’s handy for quick dinners. It’s shelf stable. What more could we want?
It’s a dangerous thing when I try to do more than one thing at a time. Chaos tends to break out somewhere along the line. Nevertheless, I managed to do a three-fer last night after work. Yes, After Work! I got home a bit… Continue Reading “MIDWEEK PLINK”
This weekend we added three of the shelves from the shelving unit purchased last week to an existing shelving unit, converting it from a 5-shelf unit to an 8-shelf unit. This is going to work so much better. As you can see, the sweet… Continue Reading “ORDER! ORDER ON THE SHELF!”
Mandarin oranges are my favorite citrus. When adding fruit to a meal, I reach for a can of mandarin oranges more often than the other canned fruit. When I was raising my girls in Alaska, the best thing at Christmas was being able to… Continue Reading “I DIDN’T KNOW YOU COULD DO THAT”
I finally successfully used my Nesco Smart Canner to pressure can! If you’ll recall, I purchased an electric canner in August. It seemed be a good option for my canning needs, but I have struggled with it. After my last failure in October, I… Continue Reading “SUCCESS!”
My first attempt with the Nesco NPC Smart Canner didn’t go well. I bought plums, read the instructions for the canner, read the directions for water bathing plums, even watched a couple of You Tube videos. Nevertheless, this is what happened with my plums:… Continue Reading “Well, That Didn’t Go Well”
I had noticed that I was not seeing canning lids on the store shelves this season, but shrugged it off as I had only looked in three stores. I didn’t realize that last year’s Great Canning Jar and Lid Shortage has extended to be… Continue Reading “No Ping?”
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