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Comments (5)Very cool Mike! Thanks :-) Trish, if that's all you husband has to worry about (not counting the 3592 roses! lol) ...... Allison...See MoreFinding credentials in published canning books
Comments (22)I'll have to come back and look and the Peach and Pear Chili Sauce more carefully later. I'm in the midst of applesauce and apple butter. However, basically that's a tomato-fruit salsa with a good amount of vinegar, so my instinct is it's OK. But as I said, I'll look more closely and find some recipes to compare with in a bit. Or Dave or Linda Lou or someone might feel inclined. The Ball Complete Book is a compilation of all the best from Ball (U.S. Division), Bernardin (Canadian Division) and Kerr (the "other" canning supply company which was subsumed by the bigger corporation). Bernardin Canada follows the same USDA standards as Ball but tends to focus less on the "standards" and offers more ethnic and "gourment" canning formulas. The Ball Complete (Bernardin Complete on the North side of the border) is dual metric and imperial measures. I like metric and find that handy. Keep in mind Ball's main interest is in making money via the jars and other canning supplies they sell. Publishing the Blue Book is a way to promote their product. They aren't trying to cover every possible recipe; it's not in their interest to expend huge sums of money for testing of a lot of esoteric recipes. So each edition gains a few and loses a few. (I don't know who Ball's recipe testers are, but a few of their offerings have been real stinkers taste-wise.) So that fact that a chutney or salsa or pickle or whatever isn't in the BBB doesn't mean there's no safe way to can it. It just means Ball isn't bothering with it. Keep in mind there are also reliable specialists out there. Linda Amendt's preserves are fun, though she's too fond of liquid pectin for my taste. Except for the curds, which I alluded to previously, she offers some great recipes and some very helpful tips and strategies. For sweet preserves there's also Linda Ziedrich (totally reliable) and Madelaine Bullwinkel is A+++ by me. The Jamlady cookbook is also reliable and like a textbook for the art of jams and jellies. Ziedrich's first book was on pickles and provides a wide range of pickling options from traditional fermented to quick pickles, canned, refrigerated and freezer. She has a peach-Pepper Relish to die for. I think it's still posted on some thread or other. Ellie Topp's Small Batch Preserving takes canning in new and interesting directions. Because she is a food scientist, she has the skills to devise recipes just a bit out of the mainstream. So those are some of the options. Gotta go. Carol...See Morewant to find a book
Comments (0)I was looking at all the quilting books that are for sale on Amazon. I saw some that deal with bargello quilts. I've never made a bargello but I think I understand how they are pieced together. Can anyone recommend a good book of bargello patterns? Thanks. ~Geraldine...See MoreA new book find fit for a rave !
Comments (18)I enjoyed Midnight in Paris very much...the time travel was fascinating, the storyline was very clever and the costumes were wonderful. Kathy Bates was great. I, too, think Owen Wilson seemed dense in ways. I'm a Southerner, so his accent got to me, but that's just my opinion. I don't think the political commentary on his fiancee's parents was needed for the story. Did anyone else notice that Lea Seydoux who played Gabrielle looked eerily like Mia Farrow?...See More- 2 years ago
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