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Care Packages From Home

Care packages from home can give a sense of  joy to the recipient. This year I have been trying to send more care packages to my daughter who is away at school. Many times they include photos, poems, wall hangings, socks, t-shirts, and food from home. For her the favorite part seems to be the food, of course it is usually food that she can not get at the cafeteria and it many times invokes found memories of home. When I first started
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Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater

Pumpkins, what a wonderful symbol of fall. Whether you associate it with Halloween or Thanksgiving, pumpkins are enthusiastically embraced by many at this time of year. Fresh pumpkins, which are a member of the gourd family, are readily available in the fall and winter. Large, round and orange pumpkins are wonderful for those crazy jack-o-lanterns. However, if you are looking for one to cook with, the flesh from smaller sizes will be more tender and succulent. When you purchase a pumpkin choose
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Let’s Preserve

Check out the following Step-By-Step Pictorial videos on using the pressure canner and boiling water bath canner. Hopefully for first timers, you will find it useful and not intimidating. For those who are veterans, I hope that you will find a couple of new items that will make your produce that much safer for you and your family. Please let me know what you think. more

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