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Think of canning as a precision form of cooking. When canning, you will use ordinary kitchen skills but must observe instructions exactly to ensure that the food is sterilized and safe. This is one time when you definitely shouldn’t improvise. Select Jars and Lids Use mason-type jars, which come in a variety of sizes. Pints and quarts are common and suitable for most canning. Choose from easy-to-fill wide-mouthed jars or traditional-looking narrow-mouthed jars. You can either start with new jars or recycle previously used but still perfect (no cracks or chips) canning jars. Avoid mayo jars and other kinds of glass containers because they may not hold up to processing. The lids used for canning consist of two pieces–a flat metal disk (rimmed with a rubber gasket) that covers the jar opening, and a screw-on band that holds the disk in place. Always use new flat metal disks because the gasket around each rim can begin to deteriorate after sitting in storage for 5 or more years; consequently, it may fail to seal. You can reuse screw-on bands, though, as long as they look good and have no rust.
Category: Gardening
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Tucked away at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Iowa City, just south of Interstate 80 and growing suburbs, the daffodils
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Tucked away at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Iowa City, just south of Interstate 80 and growing suburbs, the daffodils, violets and hyacinth … Read more: Sustainability, Iowa, Healthy Eating, Nature, Agriculture Industry, United States Tra …
Think of canning as a precision form of cooking. When canning, you will use ordinary kitchen skills but must observe instructions exactly to ensure that the food is sterilized and safe. This is one time when you definitely shouldn’t improvise. Select Jars and Lids Use mason-type jars, which come in a variety of sizes. Pints and quarts are common and suitable for most canning. Choose from easy-to-fill wide-mouthed jars or traditional-looking narrow-mouthed jars. You can either start with new jars or recycle previously used but still perfect (no cracks or chips) canning jars. Avoid mayo jars and other kinds of glass containers because they may not hold up to processing. The lids used for canning consist of two pieces–a flat metal disk (rimmed with a rubber gasket) that covers the jar opening, and a screw-on band that holds the disk in place. Always use new flat metal disks because the gasket around each rim can begin to deteriorate after sitting in storage for 5 or more years; consequently, it may fail to seal. You can reuse screw-on bands, though, as long as they look good and have no rust.
Category: Gardening
June 16, 2017
In a well-orchestrated and highly coordinated media coup, Monsanto Co. and friends this week dropped a bombshell on opponents
June 8, 2017
As Washington and the world continue to parse President Donald Trump’s announcement of a U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
June 8, 2017
(First published in Environmental Health News.) Call it the case of the mysterious mouse tumor. It’s been 34 years since
June 8, 2017
Lately I’ve been hearing a lot of complaints from my coaching clients and friends about their partners. The summary? They’re
June 7, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has resumed its first-ever endeavor to evaluate how much of a controversial chemical
June 7, 2017
The investigation comes in response to documents released in a court case over whether the herbicide glyphosate causes cancer.
June 5, 2017
1. Stop Eating (or Eat Less) Meat The single most effective action you can take to combat climate change is to stop eating
May 24, 2017
Traditional taro pits can be used to grow nutritious vegetables for the entire household. Graham Lyons, Author provided
April 16, 2017
Tucked away at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Iowa City, just south of Interstate 80 and growing suburbs, the daffodils
April 15, 2017
Tucked away at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Iowa City, just south of Interstate 80 and growing suburbs, the daffodils, violets and hyacinth … Read more: Sustainability, Iowa, Healthy Eating, Nature, Agriculture Industry, United States Tra …