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To: CottonBall

>>>I think canning scares me - it sounds complicated, hot, and I can end up poisoning the family. <<<

Hmmmmm, complicated?

Cut it up, put it in jar, put lid on, heat for a set amount of time, let cool, take out..... Make a card, put steps on it and even little check boxes if necessary... Simple!

It is NOT complicated.

Might poison the family?

If you follow the guidelines, they are less at risk than eating a salad, eating chicken, drinking milk, or any of the other foods you eat. Hey, if you read all the warnings that are out there for anything you use, you would never use them. Caution! Coffee is hot! May cause severe burns! Keep our of reach of children! etc., etc. - You may never enjoy the aroma, experience the taste, feel the reviving natural ‘lift’ it gives you, all because of the cautions posted...

After you do it once, you will say - ‘Hey, that’s easy!’


7,545 posted on 05/11/2009 8:18:24 AM PDT by DelaWhere ("Without power over our own food, any notion of democracy is empty." - Frances Moore Lappe)
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To: DelaWhere
Cut it up, put it in jar, put lid on, heat for a set amount of time, let cool, take out..... Make a card, put steps on it and even little check boxes if necessary... Simple!

Sounds easier than most meals I cook.

How come both the 15 1/2 Qt and 21 1/2 Qt All American canners say they will hold 7 quart jars? I'm guessing the bigger one can double-stack the pint jars? ( See, I'm getting closer - I'm now looking at the specs on each of 'em!)
7,549 posted on 05/11/2009 11:31:04 AM PDT by CottonBall
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