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I'm getting ready to pickle some okra and the recipe calls for dill seed. All I can find at my local grocer is dill weed. Can I substitute it for the seed?

Okay... I obviously do not know what "until thick enough to round up on a spoon" means. This is a direction in the Ball Bluebook under BUTTERS. I tried making blueberry butter yesterday and cooked it too long because I didn't understand what this meant (and still don't). Can someone please...

I purchased a boiling water canner not knowing that different sizes were available for different sized jars. I purchased a 7 quart canner but I want to process pint and half-pint jars. Can I use the round "holey" rack from my pressure canner in the bottom and place water-filled jars without lids...

I have a brand new canner (22 qt. Mirror) and ran out and purchased 10 lbs. of snap green beans to can. Came home, got out the new canner read all the directions. Did a "test" run like it said to. It told me that the "jiggler" would begin to jiggle and then I would need to reduce heat for a...

I decided to try my hand at canning but I know absolutely nothing about it. I have purchased a 10 qt. Fagor Splendid Pressure Cooker and it came with directions on cooking and canning and I have read and re-read all of it. Is there a difference other than size between the pressure cooker and the...