Ciao all- I'm just about done with the fresh-from-the-garden canning except for some peppers I still need to pickle. I used this thread as motivation to go through my inventory this weekend. This is what I've put up in 2009 (cases are 12 jars, numbers refer to volume in milliliters): Italian Tomato Sauce: 2 cases 500's Golden Plum Butter: 2 cases 250's Blackberry Habanero Jelly: 2 cases 125's Quince Preserves: 2 cases 250's Black Forest Preserves: 1 case 250's Enchilada Sauce: 2 cases 250's Picante Sauce: 2 cases 250's Ketchup: 1 case: 250's V-8 Juice: 1 case 1000's Chilis in Water (pressure canned): 1 case 500's, 1/2 case 1000's Pickled Chilies: 1/2 case 1000's Pickled Jalapeno Rings: 2 cases 250's Pickled Pepperoncini: 1/2 case 1000's Spicy Garlic Cucumber Pickles: 1 case 500's Pickled Romano Beans: 1 case 500's Sweet Cucumber Pickle Slices: 1 case 500's Unsweetened Applesauce: 2 cases 500's Spicy Applesauce: 3 cases 500's Whole Tomatoes in Water (pressure canned): 1 case 1000's Chocolate Mint Jelly: 1 case 250's Habanero Gold Jelly: 2 cases 125's, 1 case 250's Cranapple Butter: 1 case 250's Caponata: 2 cases 500's Chicken Braising Sauce: 1 case 500's Green Unripe Apple Pectin: 1 case 250's Fig Jam: 1 case 250's Cucumber Relish: 1 case 500's Lime Basil Vinegar: 2 x 1500 jars Red Rubin Basil Jelly: 1 case 250's Nasturtium Vinegar: 2 x 1500 jars Nasturtium Jelly: 1 case 250's Anise Hyssop Jelly: 1 case 250's Zabby's Pumpkin Maple Butter: 1 case 250's Rhubarb Jelly: 1 case 250's Superhot Chile Concentrate Paste: 3 cases 125's Zucchini Relish: 1 case 500's Anise Basil Jelly: 1 case 250's Cinnamon Basil Jelly: 1 case 250's Dried Stuff: Chocolate Mint Blue Spice Basil Anise Hyssop Rainbow of Cherry Tomatoes Paste Tomatoes Golden Plums Chile Peppers, mild to wild Entrees (all 1000ml jars): Full O' Beans Soup: 1 case Carrot-Ginger-Orange Soup: 1 case Crab Marinara Sauce: 1 case Split Pea Soup with Ham: 1 case Cassoulet: 1 case Spicy Beef Chili: 1 case Still to Can: Pomegranate Jelly (250's) Acai Berry Jelly from Pure Juice (250's) Blackberry Maple Syrup (500's) Pickled Garlic (250's) Pear-Ginger Jam (250's) Blood Orange Marmalade (250's) Blood Orange-Cranberry-Pomegranate Relish (250's) Blueberry Lemonade Concentrate (1000's) Red Currant Jelly (250's) Tomato Sauce with Milled Frozen Puree (500's) Coq Au Vin (1000's) Gulyas or Goolash (1000's) Boston Baked Beans (1000's) Beef-Elk Stew (1000's) Lasagne Sauce (1000's) Spicy Italian Sausage Pasta Sauce (1000's) This is a great spot to track progress and keep the inventory documented. I like that!

Letting you all know that I am obtaining some nice quantities of seed for the Following Assam Bhut Jolokia, Chocolate Bhut Jolokia, Naga Morich, Trinidad 7 Pot, Trinidad Scorpion and the rare Malaysian Habanero Goronong. Contact me through my website and I will send you a word doc that will give you all the information. I am paying quite a bit to get pure seeds but may re-sell to make a little profit. Yes my seed is from overseas and just let me point out that all overseas seed can be confiscated if you do not have the necessary customs paperwork. So I am taking that risk until I get paperwork done which takes forever. Now heres other good news. I will be selling some plants. You do know these plants do not germinate well. So think about plants as an option to seed. Also I have the ability to create plants from cuttings. So as long as I get a few going I will have plants. Now if you are willing to wait I will have fresh chiles too. Then you can just take out your own seeds. So you can buy seeds from fatalii.net or UKchile seeds and take a risk or let me take the risk for you. By the way Reimers seeds resells for UK and I will not charge what they charge. You can contact me at jpdherb@cox.net or go to my site. God Bless! Jim Here is a link that might be useful: Refining Fire Chiles

Received my package today...well at least I believe it was from this swap. Not quite sure cause no communication inside and no return address. Received back 10 of my own pkgs... Not quite sure if they were not up to the trade or what, but got them back. I thought they would be nice for others...doesn't seem so..you tell me.... black calypso bean asparagus bean amethyst bean red noodle bean purple french filet bean red calypso bean stavros sweet pepper flor de mayo half runner bean appaloosa bean and brown rice bean

Thank you all — more food for thought. sherri1058, Building for the CATS, cpartist — Honestly, I’ve not bothered to look at induction, it has never interested me. I may give it a test-cook and see how I like it. I love all of your enthusiasm for your cooktops. Building for the CATS — Your screen name makes me giggle. :-) It’s heartening to see you didn’t give up on the idea of a warming drawer, but concluded that the location was the problem - not the drawer itself. On the Miele, I know it’s just a refrigerator, but . . . SO elegant. cpartist — I think I’ve been in the fun years all my life — every decade gets better. :-) I will definitely post my kitchen plan for input. linus2003 — Thank you. I will compare those models. My mother just ordered one of the proline models (I don’t yet know which) to replace her 20 year old Miele. I think the price of one of those is about equal to the price of two of the 6165s, so it it may come down to space for me. plllog — I laughed out loud, literally, at your cartoon character comment. I am going to walk into the showroom and pretend I’m baking some of my everyday items and see which I prefer. I’ll take my dishes as well. :-) Great advice. Thank you! Chanop — Thank you so much of taking the time to post all those pictures and the detailed steps. I can certainly see why some people may see that as complicated for combi cooking. Oddly, however, it actually looks like fun to me. I know, I’m an odd duck. I can see myself setting up user programs for baguettes, boules, roasted [insert veggie here], etc. I gather custom programs are also available on the Gaggenau, however. This weekend I am going to an appliance store that has both the Gaggenau and the Miele. I will put both through their paces and decide from there. friedajune — All good points. Clearly, I need to do more research on hoods. Costco — good idea! GardenWeb forums, here I come! To misquote Blanche DuBois, I am deeply thankful for the kindness of strangers. Julie aka Lefty Lou