I hope y'all are having fun canning as everything starts to come into season. I've been pressure canning a lot recently, and just read this observation about the USDA pressure canning guides:

“Up-to-date pressure canning times are designed to achieve a 12-log reduction in spores. In plain English, this means a survival probability rate of one survivor in 10 to the 12th power jars, or one live spore per one trillion jars.”

this whole page is worth a read

https://www.healthycanning.com/safety-margins-in-home-canning-recipes/

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I hope y'all are having fun canning as everything starts to come into season. I've been pressure canning a lot recently, and just read this observation about the USDA pressure canning guides:

“Up-to-date pressure canning times are designed to achieve a 12-log reduction in spores. In plain English, this means a survival probability rate of one survivor in 10 to the 12th power jars, or one live spore per one trillion jars.”

this whole page is worth a read

https://www.healthycanning.com/safety-margins-in-home-canning-recipes/

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What culinary skill or technique do you intend gaining or improving this year? I'm getting back into pressure canning. Take advantage of sales and put up shelf stable meat or whole meals in a jar.

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Had a father/son bonding moment with my son just now.

We're making next year's mincemeat. The mince pies I make this month will be the last of the 2018 batch we made.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincemeat

Made it with the Ball Blue Book recipe which is suitable for hot water bath processing. (I'll write up the recipe and post it).

And yes, he managed to slice his finger and now has a band-aid :)

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Had a father/son bonding moment with my son just now.

We're making next year's mincemeat. The mince pies I make this month will be the last of the 2018 batch we made.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mincemeat

Made it with the Ball Blue Book recipe which is suitable for hot water bath processing. (I'll write up the recipe and post it).

And yes, he managed to slice his finger and now has a band-aid :)

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🥓 Yummmy 😋

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Yummy 😋

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If y'all are finding it hard to find corn syrup, you can substitute it with golden syrup. Here's the recipe:

https://www.addictedtocanning.com/blog/2017/03/24/treacle/

BTW, if you make your pecan pie or pumpkin pie with golden syrup (or dark treacle!) instead of corn syrup, you'll probably never go back to corn syrup!

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@Blackbirdearth @NancyFancyPants @DrFell @MMA @Bleukitty @TXHolly

If y'all are finding it hard to find corn syrup, you can substitute it with golden syrup. Here's the recipe:

https://www.addictedtocanning.com/blog/2017/03/24/treacle/

BTW, if you make your pecan pie or pumpkin pie with golden syrup (or dark treacle!) instead of corn syrup, you'll probably never go back to corn syrup!

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what are y'all doing to frugally bulk out your meals? I have loads of rice and beans and am using them for bulking.

For the kiddo's camp this past weekend I made beef chili, 4:1 ratio of red kidney beans to ground beef. The whole batch was eaten, no leftovers!

Soups and stews are a great way to use bulk legumes. Tonight's dinner is bacon and lentil soup, incorporating leftover red kidney beans to bulk it out more.

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@Blackbirdearth @NancyFancyPants @DrFell @MMA @Bleukitty

what are y'all doing to frugally bulk out your meals? I have loads of rice and beans and am using them for bulking.

For the kiddo's camp this past weekend I made beef chili, 4:1 ratio of red kidney beans to ground beef. The whole batch was eaten, no leftovers!

Soups and stews are a great way to use bulk legumes. Tonight's dinner is bacon and lentil soup, incorporating leftover red kidney beans to bulk it out more.

#FAFoodie #FJB

@Blackbirdearth @NancyFancyPants @DrFell @MMA @Bleukitty

here's a nice, frugal recipe. British flapjacks (kind of a baked granola bar, sorta).

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Basic_Flapjacks

Golden syrup is really easy to make. If you don't want to, use corn syrup. It won't have quite the flavour. If your store sells Golden Eagle syrup, flavour is very similar but it's mainly corn syrup & HFCS.

Extras: toss in a handful of raisins or similar. Throw a slug of bourbon as well, I won't judge,

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@Blackbirdearth @NancyFancyPants @DrFell @MMA @Bleukitty

here's a nice, frugal recipe. British flapjacks (kind of a baked granola bar, sorta).

https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Basic_Flapjacks

Golden syrup is really easy to make. If you don't want to, use corn syrup. It won't have quite the flavour. If your store sells Golden Eagle syrup, flavour is very similar but it's mainly corn syrup & HFCS.

Extras: toss in a handful of raisins or similar. Throw a slug of bourbon as well, I won't judge,

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what's for dinner?

Tonight I'm making "Hoover stew". See this for one example:

https://www.acoalcrackerinthekitchen.com/2020/03/29/hoover-stew/

I'll name this one "Brandon's Stew" to say thanks to the dementia patient for the way our food budget has gone *poof* over the last few months.

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@Blackbirdearth @NancyFancyPants @DrFell @MMA @Bleukitty

what's for dinner?

Tonight I'm making "Hoover stew". See this for one example:

https://www.acoalcrackerinthekitchen.com/2020/03/29/hoover-stew/

I'll name this one "Brandon's Stew" to say thanks to the dementia patient for the way our food budget has gone *poof* over the last few months.

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@Blackbirdearth @NancyFancyPants @DrFell @MMA @Bleukitty

There are times when the peanut butter hits the fan that you really need a hug. Rice pudding is a good hug.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/nov/18/how-make-perfect-rice-pudding

Pudding rice is really any short grain rice. You can use sushi rice or others such as Arborio to make it. I am making it with Calrose, which is technically a medium grain sushi rice but if you bring it to a boil in the pot before you bake it, you get a wonderful result.

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@Blackbirdearth @NancyFancyPants @DrFell @MMA @Bleukitty

There are times when the peanut butter hits the fan that you really need a hug. Rice pudding is a good hug.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/nov/18/how-make-perfect-rice-pudding

Pudding rice is really any short grain rice. You can use sushi rice or others such as Arborio to make it. I am making it with Calrose, which is technically a medium grain sushi rice but if you bring it to a boil in the pot before you bake it, you get a wonderful result.

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