Took up canning as a hobby

[KK4AMI]

Moving to North Carolina has some unexpected advantages. First we moved into a house that has a big pantry. Second we made friends with a neighbor who's husband is a farmer and knows where to get cheap locally grown Vegetables. Third we do live in farm country. So the wife is into canning in a big way. We bought a pressure cooker and all the paraphernalia to can to our hearts content. We have done green beans, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce and cucumbers (pickled). In the fall we hope to do apples. Using the pressure cooker seems pretty easy, but I always have a nagging fear that it might blow up.

[NQ6U]

Using the pressure cooker seems pretty easy, but I always have a nagging fear that it might blow up.

Never let the thing cook unattended or you could end up with beans on the ceiling. True story, guess how I know...

[PA5COR]

^my parents had that happen with pea soup.... nice green kitchen though, spectacular sight, took them weeks to clean it though....;))

[N8XE]

That is awesome! I canned pickles a few summers ago. They were the best pickles I have ever had. The one jar lasted two days.

The best peanut butter and pickle sandwiches ever...

I plan to do some more pickling this year. Just need to head to the farmers market and get some pickling cucumbers.

BTW, NC is one of the states in the Union I would love to live in. Especially the area between Ashville and the Smokies.

Jason N8XE

[KG4NEL]

Never let the thing cook unattended or you could end up with beans on the ceiling. True story, guess how I know...

Sounds like the aftermath of some Mexican places I've been to.

[KG4NEL]

BTW, NC is one of the states in the Union I would love to live in. Especially the area between Ashville and the Smokies.

Jason N8XE

If I didn't have to work, I'd move back to the mountains.

[KK4AMI]

OK, Thanks for the insight.The instructions do mention something about being careful when cooking beans, peas or gunpowder. That I know.

[XE1/N5AL]

I once had a boss who was really into canning. He got rid of one poor soul after his first day on the job.

[KG4CGC]

We used to do this back in the 60s. Fruits, vegetable but I wanted mom to do a jar of hot dogs.

She said no.

[WØTKX]

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[KG4CGC]

Yep. Meat in jar.

[NQ6U]

Yep. Meat in jar.

Barkeep, pour me a nice, cool glass of meat, neat.

[KG4CGC]

Barkeep, pour me a nice, cool glass of meat, neat.

Would you like that with a splash of dill?

[NQ6U]

Would you like that with a splash of dill?

Worcestershire sauce, please.

[WØTKX]

http://www.themeatclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/meatmartini.jpg

[NQ6U]

“Bacon-infused spirits and other so-called "carnivorous cocktails" are quirky options on the menus of some cutting-edge bars these days, and with the introduction this May of a mass-produced product called Bakon Vodka, flesh-flavored spirits are beginning to nudge their way into the mainstream drinking scene.”

Full story here. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-ap-us-fea-food-carnivorous-cocktails-story.html)

[NA4BH]

Barkeep, pour me a nice, cool glass of meat, neat.

Get a room

[n2ize]

Be careful !! Home canning is the #1 cause of botulism poisoning in the US.

http://www.cdc.gov/features/homecanning/

[NA4BH]

Free Botox injections? I'm in

Clostridium Botuninum one mean motherfscker.

[kb2vxa]

"Yep. Meat in jar."
You're talking about a popular girl in Rahway High School Class of '67, Beverly Canning.

[n2ize]

Well, better to take up canning as a hobby than caneing as a hobby.

[KG4NEL]

Maybe in Singapore.