Jar Opener Walked Off
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chessey35
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Canner losing steam took lid off and jars started sealing!
Comments (2)Are you new to using this Mirro then? The newer models, those with that goofy lock in the handle one side, typically release a lot of steam around the handle until the preheating and venting is complete and the weight is placed - within a few brief minutes, the lock engages and escaping steam stops My vintage 22 qt Mirro doesn't have that feature, my newer smaller model (maybe 10-12 yrs old) does. The steam escaping from the handle area on that one quits immediately when that little lever lock drops into place. Not a valuable feature IMO, I wouldn't be happy using the newer Mirros as my main canner....See MoreJar popped when I opened it
Comments (9)You never put the grease in ! They need to be cooked, drained, and then packed in water or broth. You can have potential botulism with that fat. Fat can turn rancid, it won't allow for proper heat penetration, and it will coat the food with the grease and let botulism grow even during processing. You can read how to safely can the meats at the Univ. of Georgia website. Jars are to be stored without the ring. Not only so you will know if the seal is broken, but so the ring won't rust on the jars. Plus, you can get food under those rings if not taken off and all washed and mold can grow under them...See MoreOpen Jar of Spaghetti Sauce - How Long in Refrigerator?
Comments (40)The only kind of mayonnaise that is tolerable for warm weather is where the eggs in it have been pasteurized. Most jarred mayonnaise is pasteurized nowadays. You can home pasteurize eggs, if you want to make your own. Mayonnaise is also an excellent medium for breeding bacteria that have been introduced after the eggs have been treated, so if the potato salad is mixed with dirty (bad bacteria filled) hands, and left to sit in the sun, it's not any of the ingredients themselves that are the source of the taint, but the mayonnaise sure helps the bacteria to breed! Yoghurt is preserved milk. It can last for a very long time if kept cold and sealed, and be perfectly fine. With all of these things, it's a matter of circumstance and judgment. Children, elderly and people with compromised immune systems or delicate guts should err very far toward caution. Food you're feeding to guests should always be the best and freshest you have both for quality and for just in case. Like, I always open a new jar of mayonnaise when making chicken salad for a big group rather than risk exposing them to whatever might have been on my knife last week and transferred to my open jar. For home use, however, especially without little kids and elderly in the group, use a little sense, and use good practices with food handling. When there's a drip on the jar, do you wipe it off with your finger? If so, is your finger cleaner than a paper towel? Usually, it's going to be the towel, but there are scenarios when the finger might be cleaner. Either way, know that touching the working end of the bottle with anything is going to introduce bacteria...so is it the kind of thing that will fight foreign bacteria, or grow it? Is it going to linger in the fridge or get used up fast? Will you know who's going to find and eat it, or do you have random friends and all rooting around in your fridge? Is it worth letting the drip get the top all gummed up, not to wipe it? Being too clean can also be a problem. Your immune system needs things to attack, and was designed to survive mildly tainted foods. Dying of food poisoning used to be very common, but so was dying of anything. It's amazing what healthy people used to be able to get away with eating. I have a number of health issues, but I've never gotten food poisoning from something in a jar or bottle that had been in my fridge awhile without seeming off or moldy, nor has anyone in my family. I did get food poisoning once at a major league baseball game from a salad bought there that likely wasn't kept cold enough before sale....See MoreDo you walk your dogs off-leash?
Comments (15)We live in the country and Molly walks on our property..She has a big fenced yard but we let her out onto our 5 acres She romps and runs and chases anything and everything from buzzards in the sky to rabbit and deer in our fields...she can only go so far because the property is fenced...on the side where the drive way is, there used to be an old fence and gate. we taught Molly to sit and wait for permission to go any farther...so she never goes out into the street...she has no gate or fence but she knows where she has to stop and she will not go any further...She does the same thing at the house...we have a door from the house that goes to a screened porch...we like to open it to let air flow through, she isn't allowed to come in the house without permission....she is an inside dog now but we taught her this back in the day when we had a lot of mud in the new yard when our house was new. Now she just knows she can't cross certain boundaries without permission...Australian Shepherds are the worlds smartest dogs...ok we think so....See Moreplllog
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