Good observation, Serendipity. It does seem to be instructions for wrapping a cat doesn't it? LOL. I locked myself in the laundry room to wrap some gifts today, and had to listen to the "Orange Tornado" yowl and rattle the door cause I was doing something without his help. He didn't think that was acceptable. Jazz is a good cat tho, saves me lots of money on cat toys. I don't have to buy any, his two favorites are a straw and an ice cube. Both of which he loves to bat around the kitchen floor. He's easily amused. But then, so am I. hugs, Karen

Hi Linda, I freeze them before baking. Place on a cookie sheet until frozen and then place, in layers, in a tupperwar type container. Put waxed paper, parchment or plastic wrap beteen layers. I cook them from frozen and serve warm. They turn out every bit as good as when made fresh and baked.

I never got sick either, but a bunch of family members got sick from eating my Aunt Midge's pickled mushrooms at a family party once. It kind of takes the fun out of an evening, watching Aunt Esther barf in the bushes..... It does happen, although it doesn't happen often, in my experience. Some cases of botulism do come from home canned foods and some people do die, although not many. The risk is relatively miniscule. Many cases come from the same area, like a whole bunch of people in Alaska that ate badly canned salmon. Others come from commerical items like that Bolthouse Farms carrot juice and the baked potatoes at the restaurant that were wrapped in foil and left sitting on the counter for hours. The "rules" in Canada are different than the "rules" in the United States because we are loathe to take any risk at all, IMO. The extension services do not want the liability of someone coming back and saying "you said it was all right and now I'm sick". I don't think it's necessarily the government's job to protect us from our own cooking, but many people do. The guidelines are extremely conservative, IMO, but very safe. I do not know Canada's testing specificiations, or any other country's, for that matter, so do they know something we don't know or are they more independent or bigger risk takers? Beats me. At any rate, there's a risk, albeit extremely small. Maybe even smaller than that, LOL. I choose to take it, and it's my choice. I'd eat LindaC's jelly too. Oh, that's right, I already have! It's the "don't" part that got my back hairs raised, I'd rather see a "did you know that it's not tested, I just thought I'd let you know" approach. And agmss, I agree, the Search function here is abysmal, next to useless. Ugh. I don't even try to use it anymore, I just Google "gardenweb" and whatever I'm looking for. Annie

So sorry we missed your birthday, I'm sure it was wonderful and I can't wait to see the pictures on WFD. I love your pictures and descriptions. I'm sure they make us all hungry. Happy Birthday