Knowing what you plan to can next year, will also help determine your supply needs. A canner with rack, funnel, big ladle, canning jars, lids, rings, pickling salt, vinegar, spices, ascorbic acid, and many other necessary items are also covered here in the many thousands of threads. You have come to the right place at least. Sorry for the losses, but just realize, that at least if the jars were new or true canning jars, they can be reused, but need new rings for the sealing. After all the harvest and canning starts to wind down, suppliers will again have supplies, that you may find necessary. Some wait until the last minute and then panic when they can't find jars or another important item. Buyiong these in winter and early spring, is a good way to get ready For mushy pickles, you need absolutely fresh pickling cukes!! None of the other cuke types will work. I usually avoid adding much water to the brine, and instead push up the vinegar level a bit. The processing in a BWB canner can usually be cut down to about 10 minutes. Ball Pickle Crisp was an additive that Ball offered that would help reduce the reaction vinegar has on cukes. Because Ball has decided to drop the PC, you can easily find the alternative from Bulk Foods, which I have provided a link for even yesterday. The only difference is the Bulk Food version is a bit larger flake so a bit more is needed per jar. Mushy pckles are not a total loss either. You can drain them and put into a food processor with fresh onion, and make a pickle relish. Flavored anyway you like, its usually great on noty only hot dogs, but in tarter sauce, sandwiches, and a few other things. eColi and salmonella are both killed at just under 200 degrees. A strong acid will prevent botulism in some canning, as it helps even more for lower acid foods that require pressure canning. A pressure canner may be on your next years list too, as it is a good way to can vegetables and many other items that are low acid and need nore heat to be processed properly. Good luck!

Techincallyu, it doesn't stand for anything based on it's original use as a distress signal. It is commonly known in Morse code for Save Our Ship but could also be Sh!t on a Shingle, Save Our Souls or many other things. (I'm former military so I know strange stuff.) Now if I can remember how the SOS pads got their name.

66% - if I went with my gut feeling it would have scored about 88%. I always second guess myself on multiple choice.

alanis, I have the membership. The list is huge. If you're interested in some foods, I can let you know if they're on it. One of mine has had terrible allergies since he was 4 months. I tried different proteins, grain free, and raw. Nothing worked. We finally did allergy testing and it turns out it was environmental. This was 1.5 years ago. He's on immunotherapy now and we need to switch the formulation, not helping. To really determine if it's a food allergy, you need to do an elimination diet. There's no allergy test that can accurately determine what food your dog's allergic to. The better labs state this on their tests, and your vet should let you know as well. There's a few ways to go about doing an elimination diet. Both require prescribed foods. Our was a hydrolyzed soy protein. You keep them them on it for at least 8 weeks with no other food, or treats, not human or dog. Just nothing but the prescription food. Then, if the itching stops, you'll know it is the food and not environmental. If it is the food, after the 8 weeks you can add one protein source and see how they do. If the itching doesn't start back up- you'll know they tolerate it. if it does, you stop adding the protein and wait another 8 weeks, then try something new again. Rinse and repeat. If it environmental, do an allergy test. Immunotherapy may be the way to go, at least it can't hurt. But it can take over a year to see results. Then there's also the new "miracle drug" Apoquel. This is a life saver for many dogs. It's a new medication from Zoetis (came out about two years ago now.) It works by inhibiting the function of a variety of pruritogenic and proinflammatory cytokines, as well as cytokines involved in allergy that are dependent on JAK1 or JAK3 enzyme activity4" It's supposed to me much safer than steroids, but it's still difficult to get in many places and Zoetis can't keep up with demand. Mine is on Apoquel right now. But Because it's still fairly new, I've had blood work done twice to make sure there aren't any problems. Zoetis doesn't recommend it, saying it's perfectly safe, but my dermatologist vet and regular vet are both on board with the blood testing. Either way good luck- and like I said, if there's a specific food you're interested in, let me know and I can check the editor's choice list. But I will say, when you're picking out a new food, make sure it only lists one type of protein. You need to read the ingredients and see what's in it because even something called Beef and Bones can have a significant amount of pork and chicken.