Crazy Jar Lady
EMERGENCY!
You've been running batches through the pressure canner all day... You're tired and on the last run. You walk through the living room...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 21
- 5 min
STOP the Insanity!
Recently, I've started seeing people wanting to pressure can items that really shouldn't be pressure canned. Everything from tomatoes to...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 20
- 1 min
Butter and Crumbs
Why is a crumb topping on a pie called "Dutch'? As in Dutch Apple Pie.... It merely means a crumb topping. How it got that name; seems...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Dripping
You ever finally get something taken care of and you find out that you didn't realize how much it was actually bothering you? We...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 18
- 2 min
A Frenchy Russian Dinner
Even though Beef Stroganoff sounds like it's a Russian recipe; it really isn't. It's French! "Beef Stroganoff, dish of French origin by...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Strawberry Pie
There just aren't very many things better than Strawberry Pie after a long, cold, dreary winter! Late February and March are strawberry...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 16
- 2 min
Take Your Time
Life is insane. We are all chasing our tail in one way or another. It's okay to slow down once in awhile. With canning, you're forced...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Gracefully Aged
Nah... I found myself in a discussion with a keyboard warrior the other day. This person was just sure that NEW jars were what they...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 13
- 8 min
Smaller Might Be Better!
Folks are really getting interested in canning/food preservation again and this makes me SO happy! I don't know if canning skipped one...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 9
- 1 min
Pete & Repeat
I miss my cows. Every year, there would be atleast one set of twins. If it was 2 bulls, they were named Pete and Repeat. I was thinking...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Apple... Syrup?
Soooo..... I"m in the middle of a big-time jelly failure. I haven't had one of these for a very long time. The last round of this...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 6
- 4 min
Four and Twenty
Nothing pisses me off faster than opening an expensive can of pie filling to find that it's mostly goop and not very much fruit! I've...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 3
- 2 min
Sterilized
It takes 10 full minutes at a hard rolling boil to consider a jar sterilized. At this point in my canning life, I don't even remember...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 2
- 2 min
Squeaky Clean
The number one reason lids fail to seal is because of an unclean rim. And you can tell me you wiped the rims over and over and I'm...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Mar 1
- 2 min
Water Can Can!
Huh? What I mean is water can be canned. Recently, there have been alot of folks starting to worry about the continued cleanliness of...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Feb 28
- 2 min
Processing....
When canning, you're going to experience some sealing issues. (see Crying Over a Broken Seal) I don't care how accomplished you are at...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Feb 27
- 2 min
J.O.U.S.'s
Jars of Unusual Size! Ha! (Well.... the dog thinks I'm funny....) I don't generally buy new canning jars. I started out with hand me...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Smash It
Instead of getting the winter storm that the poor folks Northwest of us are, we are getting rain. Lots and lots of rain that is making...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Fast Soup!
The other day, I was hungry for soup; specifically, chicken noodle. I have everything on hand to make it and a bag of egg noodles ready...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Feb 23
- 2 min
Used Chickens
This whole egg lady thing has taken off faster than I anticipated! Along with the chicken feed issues and with my original crew...
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