Agree with Carol that something you did last year caused loss of lots of liquid from the jars. That isn't supposed to happen but that is why the taste now. Can you tell us exactly which set of instructions you used of the many methods available? Or at least what was the source of the instructions? That would help us figure out what might have gone wrong. As to the pasta sauce, you'll need to define the ingredients you want it to include or what recipe you want to use. The label "pasta sauce" means very different things to many people. For some it means just plain tomato sauce, for others it is tomato sauce with meat, and to others it is tomato sauce with lots of other vegetables mixed in it and they are all canned very differently and may require pressure canning. Dave

Cyninfl, What you have is called "dirty sock syndrome". I've smelled it and it's because the air conditioning coil and drain pan hold water for such a long period. It gets kind of a musty stale smell to it. We've tried a number of different things to rid systems of this smell, including pulling the coil and pan and cleaning and sanitizing it. But, that didn't work. In the long run, you just might be better off upgrading with a new unit. It could cost you several hundred to even a thousand dollars to try and get rid of the smell, when you could be putting it all towards a new system. Trust me, when you change your unit, change the ductwork as well, you'll breathe better. If you burn candles, stop. Where do you think all of the candle wax goes, correct, right through your filter as a very fine particle and into your a/c system. We've long suspected this of causing "dirty sock syndrome"

I can think of loads of reasons above and beyond hygiene and a "fun" personality why a spouse distances himself from his wife. Maybe she spends every cent she gets her hands on to where he fears that he'll live out his retirement in a cardboard box under the bridge. Maybe dealing with her constant illnesses, real and imagined, exhaust him. Maybe she enables her 35 year old "mama's boy" to the point that she disrespects her husbands feelings/opinions on the matter entirely. Maybe her "loving" personality is really nymphomania and he can't get a decent night's sleep or even take a shower without her hands all over him. Maybe she stands by idly while her elderly mother rains insults on him during every visit. Maybe she's one of those people who subconsciously giggle as she talks (even when the topic of conversation is tragic) and he JUST. CAN'T. STAND. HEARING. HER. VOICE. ONE. MORE. MINUTE. The only one who knows for sure is the husband. I just know that I wouldn't want to live in that kind of relationship for any longer than I had to. I hope you get your answer, eckles. This post was edited by Jewel654 on Tue, Oct 14, 14 at 12:04

was the smell there before you did all the work? if so then agree maybe your describing mold smell. I would be looking around water sources, up under sinks, around the water heater, take the central vent off and smell in there, maybe spray some bleach water in the vent area or on the filter, (have you changed the filter?)