Category Archives: Food Preservation

Egg Safety IS All It’s Cracked Up To Be

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Salmonella is a word that cooks do not want to hear.  With the recent outbreak, eggs could get a bad name.  Interesting enough—the sale of eggs have actually risen since the outbreak.   That’s OK!  Eggs are the perfect source of protein, and should be a healthy part of everyone’s diet.   As far as safety goes, only 1 in 20,000 eggs might contain Salmonella.  They say that equals the chances of you getting it once every 85 years!  Still—you should handle
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We Be Jammin!

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My cousin gave me a jar of homemade strawberry-rhubarb jam last fall.  I had forgotten about it until around Christmas.  I opened it and used it with peanut butter for breakfast.  It immediately brought me back to my childhood days camping with my Aunt Susie.  She always brought this type of jam!  It was terrific.  I hoarded the entire jar!  I even worked this jam into my Weight Watcher’s points!  (It really is that good!) Two weeks ago I was lucky
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Preparing Your Pressure Canner for the Season

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Pressure canners have many parts that must be checked on a regular basis to ensure accurate processing of low acid foods, such as; vegetables, meat, poultry, seafood or combination recipes. →To check the vent pipe or petcock hold lid to the light to see if the tube is clear. To clean the vent, draw a string or pipe cleaner through the opening. Your one piece safety counter weight should be clean and uncracked when placed on the vent pipe. →The safety rubber
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