In the absence of actual study data, I follow the directions on the bottle. Green Light is perfectly capable of optimizing their mix to give the best results. Great that people are experimenting around with the mix though and "cold pressed neem" may require a different procedure than processed and marketed products like Green Light.

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

If you are responding to my previous post (Phyllis A.) concerning these recipes. Please send me a e-mail: at PNARE@MSN.COM Do not just post a response on this board. I don't always catch the messages here. Thank You.....Filus..... aka..... Phyllis A.

He has enough to share when he gets home :o) This is the marinated ones, I just wanted to make something different and think he'll love these as well, for a change 1/2 cup salad dressing 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp lemon pepper 1 tsp italian seasoning 1 .4 oz pk ranch buttermilk dressing 2 7 oz boxes cheese crackers mix seasonings, pour over crackers in a zip log bag store overnite turn several times to coat crackers