Gardening, canning, pickling and everything related
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102 degrees here today, cold and snow Tue. & Wed. Guess the gardening is done here. One more hot day and I’m heading to the field in the morning to pick tomatoes to can before the weather sets in.
@Fat-Bob You must be in Montana. I was shocked when on assignment in Montana as one day it was 106 & I did not realize it got that hot there, then a few days later it was down into the teens & 20s with snow. Amazing.
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cdavis Walton’s sales them!
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Tex_77 thank you sir I’ll look em up
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So I finally flund some wide mouth jar lids in stock today. I was nice and only bought two rather than hoarding them all.
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So I finally flund some wide mouth jar lids in stock today. I was nice and only bought two rather than hoarding them all.
Tex_77 Odd, my walmart had wide mouth lids as well, but I’m stocked up on them, just need regular mouth.
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Tex_77 Odd, my walmart had wide mouth lids as well, but I’m stocked up on them, just need regular mouth.
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I checked again just the other day & they were completely wiped out of anything canning, jars, lids, anything. Oh the only thing they had was Ball books & it looked like no one had even touched those good books.
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I checked again just the other day & they were completely wiped out of anything canning, jars, lids, anything. Oh the only thing they had was Ball books & it looked like no one had even touched those good books.
calldoctoday Had to go to the store for a few things and the few wide mouth lids they had yesterday were gone. One big empty isle. Not sure anyone but a Star Trek fan would understand this prase, but “message Spock?”
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calldoctoday Had to go to the store for a few things and the few wide mouth lids they had yesterday were gone. One big empty isle. Not sure anyone but a Star Trek fan would understand this prase, but “message Spock?”
Chef sometimes your local hardware store will have canning supply’s
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craigrice I bought them out 2 months ago
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Well I got after the canning this weekend pickles, salsa, and pizza sauce.

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Started a new project today making some fermented pickles.

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I did a little research on using grape leafs in making pickles and found out it is the tannins in them that keep pickles crisp. Other things more readily available I found you can use are bay leafs, coffee and even tea bags. I went with bay leafs so I’ll see how that works.
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Tex_77 growing up I never knew that pickles came in a jar, always went to get pickles and veggies from great grandma’s crocks. Her cold storage area reminded me of a mad scientist lab, sort of like the old Boris Karloff Frankenstein movies, but I can still remember all the smells of fermenting veggies.
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Getting ready to make horshradish and looking for some advice.I have been making it for years but it is always good at the beginning but looses its punch fairly quickly.Am I missing something?
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I did a little research on using grape leafs in making pickles and found out it is the tannins in them that keep pickles crisp. Other things more readily available I found you can use are bay leafs, coffee and even tea bags. I went with bay leafs so I’ll see how that works.
Tex_77 Wow, been meaning to took that up but that’s great. If it is the tannins, wonder if an acorn would work?
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Tex_77 Wow, been meaning to took that up but that’s great. If it is the tannins, wonder if an acorn would work?
Chef possible i suppose but didn’t see anything about that.
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Back at it today since the kids babysitter had an emergency. Finishing up some dill pickles I started yesterday.

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Back at it today since the kids babysitter had an emergency. Finishing up some dill pickles I started yesterday.

Tex_77 - Those look great
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Back at it today since the kids babysitter had an emergency. Finishing up some dill pickles I started yesterday.

Tex_77 They do look very good. Do you have a specific recipe? I see you are using bay leaf, I have never tried that.
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