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Comments (16)OK - we'll pencil in the twentieth. I'll knuckle down and start the re-read, which will mean it's fresh in my mind - and I can start to think of some initial questions to get things started too. But please do say if you think the twentieth is too soon - we can easily shift it. Or just avert your eyes from the discussion till you've finished and then catch up!...See MoreDoes S2 of “The Handmaid’s Tale” freak you out.
Comments (25)Sadly, I do not think the current administration has created any more racists. What I believe is that having a person who flouts every civility in America life, who has brazenly aligned himself with Neo Nazis and has exhibited the basest of misogynistic behavior has emboldened and unleashed what had been a silent minority onto the nation. Surely no one believes DJT persuaded anyone to see the world through his eyes? No, I believe he has taped into and amplified feelings and beliefs that have been simmering forever. I can illustrate my point best through the state of immigration policy in our country. From a traditional Republican point of view, immigrants are good because they drive wages down. From a traditional Democratic point of view, immigrants are bad for the same reasons. George W. Bush tried to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Congress was controlled by his party and he could not pass the reform. In the Meantime W dramatically increased the number of undocumented immigrants the Government deported. Enter Obama, with a Democratic controlled Congress, he too was unable to pass reform and he again, increased the number of immigrants deported. Perhaps the deporting of the immigrants was the Government's way of signaling a toughness to the American people- that they would be hard on immigrants in order to prove the reforms they wanted were for the good of all Americans. Conversely, some people have suggested having ICE buses pull up at factory farms arbitrarily was a good way of keeping wages further supressed and conditions harsher for immigrants who would dare not speak up for fear of being deported. Whichever theory was correct neither president was able to get immigration reform through Congress. And to my way of thinking, along with two presidents, one from each party, the reforms were much needed, both for humanitarian reasons and economic ones- yet something stood in the way. And I think that was plain old fashioned racism. I live in the SF Bay Area in one of the most liberal cities you can imagine. A Republican could not be elected dog catcher here. People were upset this year when they learned the new superintendent of schools was religious. And yet, I cannot begin to repeat to you the vile things my neighbors say about our Asian population, which stands at 30 percent. The Asians who live here are accused of bringing up children who do not value anything outside of academics and their parents are always blamed for contributing any suicides we have. The Chinese who buy houses here from abroad as investments are all suspected of money laundering. My neighbors cannot contain their contempt for the immigrants in our community, yet they claim there is nothing they would not do to help out their beloved maids should ICE come knocking. Well, maybe my neighbors are upset about Asians for the same reason people in the Rust Belt are upset about Mexicans- whites in my town compete with Asians and whites in Ohio compete with Mexicans. It is so much easier to be nice to Maria who cleans up after your mess than to worry about how your child is going to compete with your colleague's high performing child. This horrible genie has been let out of the bottle before. I sure hope we can figure out how to get it back in soon because day after day we see evidence of our behavior toward one another coarsening and it is horrifying to me. I hope that we will be able to come together soon. I hope people on the left will look upon their Red state neighbors with more understanding and I hope people on the right will abandon the kind of entertainment that masquerades as news and shapes too much of their political views. It is worth remembering Abraham Lincoln's words from his first inauguration: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”...See MoreVeggie Tales - July 2018
Comments (428)And the rest of it: CANNING & PROCESSING The recipe for pressure canning originally specified 1/3 cup vinegar and copies of that recipe are still available on the Internet. Pressure canning salsa has not been tested, therefore it is not officially recommended. If you wish to pressure can the salsa, you must include a full 1 cup of vinegar. Processing time that is currently used by some is 10 lbs. pressure for 30 minutes. Adjust for your altitude (see below). Because salsa is eaten out of the jar without heating and includes low acid vegetables such as garlic, onions and peppers, it is one of the riskier products to can at home due to two factors: the pH or acidity level (the normal cutoff point for boiling water bath vs. pressure canning is a pH of 4.6 and salsa can edge very close to that) and the density of the product. The salsa should be thin enough for the liquid portion to thoroughly suspend the chopped vegetables so the very center of the jar heats up to the same temperature as the outer portion next to the glass during processing. If you want it thicker, puree it AFTER you open the jar. DO NOT puree before processing - this would affect the density. Or, add a thickener such as Clear Jel or cornstarch AFTER you open the jar. DO NOT add other low acid vegetables before processing, such as corn or black beans. Only add them after you open the jar. ADJUSTMENTS If you live above 1000' in elevation, you need to calculate your altitude adjustments for both boiling water bath (BWB) and pressure canning (PC). As your altitude goes above 1000 feet the atmospheric pressure is reduced. This causes water to boil at temperatures lower than 212 degrees Fahrenheit. For safety in water bath canning, you must bring the contents of your jar to at least 212 degrees Fahrenheit. To compensate for the lower boiling temperature at altitude, you must increase processing time. For this salsa recipe, BWB times at altitudes of (per the Ball Blue Book): Up to 1000 ft. Processing time is 15 minutes. 1001 - 3000 ft. Increase processing time an extra 5 minutes to 20 minutes total. 3001 - 6000 ft. Increase processing time an extra 10 minutes to 25 minutes total. 6001 - 8000 ft. Increase processing time an extra 15 minutes to 30 minutes total. 8001 - 10,000 ft. Increase processing time an extra 20 minutes to 35 minutes total. Adjustments for pressure canning can be found in the Ball Blue Book or on their website. Do make sure you know the altitude where you do your canning. People that live in Denver know they are in the Mile High City and have to make adjustments, but portions of cities like Atlanta, Pittsburgh, and Oklahoma City are all above 1000' and it may be something you're not aware of and need to be compensating for. DO I HAVE TO USE BOTTLED LEMON JUICE? The pH scale runs from 0 (very acidic) to 14 (very alkaline). Each increment from 0 to 14 is 10 times more acidic/alkaline (remember the "magic" number of pH 4.6 for BWB vs. pressure canning). pH testing on fresh lemons ranged from 2.20 to 3.20, so one variety of lemon or even an individual lemon grown in a different orchard might be 10 times LESS acidic than another. Bottled lemon juice, which is processed to a standard acidity, is used for testing in recipes and is also pasteurized, therefore it also will not create any further enzyme reactions in your canned goods (per the folks at ReaLemon a couple of years ago). Note: Bottled lemon or lime juices are only called for when canning borderline pH foods (tomatoes and salsa usually). If you are making jams and jellies with high acid fruits (any fruit excluding Asian pears, bananas, mangoes, figs and melons), feel free to use fresh lemon or lime juice. Do I personally like using bottled lemon juice? Not particularly, but when a canning procedure SPECIFICALLY CALLS FOR IT, I use it without questioning it. A very good explanation is in this publication from North Dakota State University -"Why add lemon juice to tomatoes and salsa before canning?" Especially note the different pH values of individual varieties of tomatoes (and there are thousands more varieties). For the more science oriented, this 2004 paper from the NCHFP:...See MoreVeggie Tales - September 2018
Comments (197)Hello, all, it rained 5 inches here on Friday and my back yard looked like a lake. I have all my plants in containers on top of cement squares and two or three bricks and some had water on the sides of the containers. I have just about given up on the plants that grew over the summer especially the ones that were 10 feet tall (Bolsenos might have been even taller)-the cherry-grape-currant strains are still producing hundreds of tomatoes-about 40 to 50 ripe a day. I have about 100 tomato plants that are about a month and a week old that I am going to transplant in the next two days (trying to dodge another big rain). It doesn't get cold here anymore until about the middle of December (if then) so I should be okay-last year I just moved them inside when it got cold and had fresh tomatoes most of the winter. I will post some pictures of the cherry tomatoes and some of the rest this week....See Morewoodnymph2_gw
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