Crazy Jar Lady
Trash Talk
Inside each trash can, down in the bottom, is the entire roll of trash bags. I can pull one off and reset the can really quickly without...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- May 4
- 2 min
Security
Almost 3 years ago I planted a garden at home. I wasn't living there yet, I was in transition. I went out on a summer day to collect...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- May 2
- 2 min
They Make Food, So....
This is a food blog. That means that where the food comes from is involved. Growing food and raising food is part of our vernacular....
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Apr 16
- 4 min
It's Always Something....
Hold tight, this gets a little confusing with all the brands.... Waaaayyyyy back in the day, when I was moving into my first house (at...
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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 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 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
- 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 21
- 2 min
Dishwasher Hacks
Do you have extremely hard water like we do? Do your dishes come out looking like crap? Try some of these things to help! First, make...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Feb 5
- 4 min
Haulin'.... Jars!
I drive a normal everyday farm truck and I can haul alot of things; all sorts of necessary items for living on a farm and having...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Water Filter Woes
The water here is very very hard and full of minerals. It comes from deep limestone wells below the plains in this part of the Midwest. ...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 30
- 1 min
Just Ladle it
I've not had access to a restaurant supply store; nor have I ever shopped online for restaurant style equipment. I have a blue...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Towel Dried
Paper towels are handy but I don't like to use too many of them. I do use them for wiping rims when canning. I have a set of everyday...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 2
- 2 min
Staged
Time to clean out the fridge.... Again.... When I'm working on canning up a large amount of product; I like to fill the jars, wipe the...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Recipe Keeper
You're probably wondering why I am so insistent on the 4x6 recipe cards.... I've got all my grandma's and my aunt's recipes and some of...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
Under Pressure
It's an odd thing, going from being scared of cooking and canning under pressure to being so comfortable with it, that there are 4...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Dec 3, 2022
- 2 min
Habits
I can still remember Dad yelling.... PUT IT RIGHT BACK WHERE YOU FOUND IT! Well..... I got so good at it, he couldn't even tell I used...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
Squishies & Flipper-dickers
Cooking is "serious" business. You have to know and use the correct terminology or you will be misunderstood..... Growing up, I never...
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