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Thanks guys! Sparrowgrass. When you said cut side down do you mean the inside of the pumpkin down? What temp did you have the over? How long did you roast them or how did you tell they were done? I'm going to go pull them all later today. It is starting to rain and we get a lot of it here

You'd thing so. I just want to make sure I don't have to let them set for a week or so before using them.

Yeah they basically tell you everything. I call it my Recipies for dummies website. I love it. My big question is how do you know when they are ripe enough to make pies with? When they turn 100% Orange? Most of mine have been orange for close to 2 weeks and the plants are already mostly...

I planted some Sugar Pumpkins for making pies and I've never done ths before. I've always planted Pumpkins for carving Jack O Lanterns. How do you know when they are ripe enough to make pies out of them? I'm pretty new at baking and cooking. My Mom and grandma use to do all of it. Since...

I planted some Beets this year thinking I might try and can some pickled Beets. So now I have 2 questions. #1 I think I let the beets grow longer than I should have but I am not sure. Some of them are close to the size of my fist. I pulled one tonight and cut it open and for never having...

I just got a couple plants and I was wondering if anyone knew how well they freeze? Bolth say they are good for Jams Jelly's and fresh eating.

I reuse the jars and bands to.

New and unused.

Thats different. Never heard of that before.

I think the canning gods are agsinst me today. went out yesterday and bought 75lbs of peaches. I checked them at the stand and a few were bruised bu no big deal. After an hour drive home I went though the boxes. Layed peaches on towels and 50% were bruised from their own weight. :mad...

I have bought boxes of jars befor that have had some lids sealed on to the jar. From either being stored in a how wearhouse or in the sun. I never use those. So was just wondering if there was a reason not to use them.

I was just wondering if those who can use the lids that come with the new jars they buy?

This is my second year doing a garden. I planted a bunch of onions. Two different kinds. One of them are Walla Wallas that I plan on using in spagetti Sause, Salsa, Bread and butter pickles, etc. The second kind I planted I can't remember what they are and I can't find the tag for them that...

Yes velochic! I figgure this was the case. If I used it I was planning on putting 1 tbsp per pint jaw of spagetti sauce. My main concern is if their was anything in the first recipie that isn't recomended for canning any more. I have heard that some spices can cause gas to build up even...

I was thinking of adding the 1tbsp lemon juice and using the cook time for the "Seasoned Tomato Sauce" recipie in the Ball Blue Book. I don't think you can really over cook the sauce by increasing the processing in the jars time. I just don;t want to get someone sick.

I am talking about processing in the jars time.

Well because I think this book is from 1973 and cooking times have changed on a lot of things back than. I compare the recipies that are the same as the Blue Book and the Blue Books recipies call for longer cooking times. My Blue Book doesn't have a spagetti Sauce Recipie. This is the...

Well I've been giving the neighbor down the road a ton of tomatos from my garden this year because I really don't have a ton of recipies for them. She pulled out a book that she has always used called: Farm Journal's Freezing & Canning Cookbook". I think it is the 1973 edition. Here is the...

It seams theliquide in all the jars is about 1.5 " from the lip when I pull them out. I will try increasing the head space on the tomatos for next time. I have been doing a canner load every week or so.

I used the Ball Book recipe.

Looked at them this morning and they look a lot different. Not a weird as last night, lol. Made a second batch today and they look real good. I canned some tomatos in theor own juice again todayto and I am still loosing liquid. I payed very close attention to everything and did it by the...

Canned some Bread and Butter Pickles tonight. They look weird. Maybe just the recipe. Maybe because I have never seen them until after they have been in the jar a few months. Does the apperance change some after a month or so? After the cucumbers have time to absorb the liquid? Goingto try...

Is it ok if it acidentally gets up to 12 -13psi. As long as I use the stove to turn the heat down to adjust it. I will not purge this time when I can my tomatos and see what happens.

What are Dilly Beans? I plan on pressure canning some green beans this year. Maybe a dozen or so pints just to try out. Is it green beans that everyone freeks out over getting botulism (sp?)? Someone at work told me she would never cans corn because she has always heard bad things...

I have been paying close attention to the head space but seam to still have problems with stuff I use in the pressure canner purging liquid. I have been waiting til the pressure valve on my canner drops andthan open the canner. I don;t seam to hear or see any purging going on. By than the...