Who forgot to turn off the faucet this time ???
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Forgot to adjust time for high altitude in canning
Comments (20)The weight on the vent is just ADDING to the atmospheric pressure. As calliope said, the assumption is that you are operating at or below 1000ft so atmospheric pressure is app 15 psi or greater. Recipes are written with this assumption so if a recipe says to process at 10 lbs weight (or 11psig by gauge) for a certain amount of time it is assumed that the pressure will be that 14-15psi plus the 10-11 as explained in the link calliope gave (actually you have to click on another link so I've put direct link below for pressure cooking at altitude). Weight is weight, you're correct we don't recalibrate our scales depending on altitude but you are missing the whole point that whether you are going by the gauge (which is calibrated, if not off, for sea level atmospheric pressure, so shows 0 psig - the g for "gauge") or the weight that is just in addition to the atmospheric pressure at your location which can vary widely. But as calliope said, if atmospheric pressure is lower then you need to compensate by adding weight and/or time - in the example given in the link below, at 5000ft the pressure is 12.2psi (absolute, not psig - "gauge referenced at sea level"), 2.5 psi LOWER than at sea level so theoretically you need to add 2.5 lbs of weight to the vent. Since the weights only go in 5 lb increments (and pressure cookers don't tend to use weights), you would in the cooking example add time as shown in the chart on the link. For pressure canning at 5000ft the NCHFP has you add 5lbs to whatever the "below 1000ft" weight is for the recipe, if you are using weights, and if you don't have a weight set then you just have to adjust the heat to maintain 2psig higher reading on your gauge than you would use at sea level (since chart - I'm using the one for tomatoes - goes from 4001-6000ft, they haven't done charts for every 250 or 1000ft). To the OP: I know you were talking about BWBing, and I'm glad you got your answer. Sorry for the hijack but it's important to address this issue since it was raised on this thread and you never know who's going to be reading it in the future. Here is a link that might be useful: Direct link to pressure cooking times at altitude This post was edited by ajsmama on Mon, Sep 30, 13 at 9:36...See MoreWho else is dropping their kid off at college for the first time?
Comments (34)sue, is it bad that I'd like my daughter to tell me she's feeling lonely sometime and ask me to visit pronto like your son did? It's really very sweet; be thankful. My daughter attends university 8 hours from home yet never seemed to miss home last year (freshman year) and couldn't wait to return to school a couple weeks ago. Of course I realize it's a positive thing that she loves her studies, friends, surroundings and adventures so much, but ... gosh. We do talk and text a lot, though, something I don't expect to do as much of with my son when he goes off to college in two years. I'm laughing at the comments about engineering students as my daughter attends an engineering school and is studying biomed and mechanical. Her housemates created a spreadsheet listing every item in the house along with separate shopping, utility bill and housework spreadsheets. This is something none of my friends would've ever considered preparing in college. So yes, they are indeed extremely tidy and organized, but I'm also married to an engineer and am well aware that tidiness is not a universal trait in the profession!...See MoreForgot to turn off icemaker
Comments (4)Won't hurt it at all. We turn off our incoming water Supply to house every time we go out of town. Been gone as long as 2-3 weeks. Never turned off ice maker and never had problems....See MoreOh cr*p I forgot to turn off the hose...
Comments (9)I bought those small timers on every hose bib. I have to dial in my allotted time and then it automatically turns off. They are pretty cheap. I had a computerized one that turned on my bird guzzlers automatically and turned them off but they were too much out of site, out of mind. I would like to get my vegetable garden automated more. I am thinking of installing a closed capsule system there....See More- 7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
Wow hibiscus -- that's a LOT! Has anybody heard how much rain has been recorded during that time frame in San Antonio?
Patty, looks like you've got the spot for a water garden, swimming hole, and water front property combined! Have you thought of starting a yacht club?
Our yard has a small river running through it. This has happened before, but surprisingly with all the rain we've had it's the first time this year.
Alfie has not had so much fun in his whole four months of life. He ran through the 'river' over and over making as big a splash as he could. Got a great picture, but my computer went off as it was downloading and I lost it. Here he and Sport, the poodle, pause for a moment to check it out ...
I was afraid this would happen. The bloom made the agave top heavy and a gust of wind blew it over. We'll set it upright in the morning. Hmmm ... this will make it much easier to measure the height!
Happy monsoon!
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