Crazy Jar Lady
Seeing Green
Back in the day, I would grow dozens of broccoli plants and put up 30 gallons of frozen broccoli each year. That hasn't happened for a...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- May 10
- 2 min
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
- Apr 18
- 2 min
Just Why?
As we have discussed before, I cook mainly from scratch. I don't use many pre-made mixes and etc unless they are shared with me or I...
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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 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 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 16
- 1 min
Drippy
It's another gray-spitting-freezing-rain day in February.... Blah! Time to raid the pantry for lunch! Thank goodness for all that...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Feb 2
- 3 min
Gardening = Food
You're probably wondering why I'm including gardening posts in a food blog. While I do grow a significant amount of flowers; I have to...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 29
- 2 min
Kitchen Day
I needed a kitchen day. I was desperate to get some of these jars put away, the fridge cleaned out and cook some real food. Usually...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 28
- 1 min
Quick & Easy Meal
Paperwork was the name of the game for the day. I still needed to eat. Handsome and I had already eaten all the yummy food from my...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 27
- 2 min
Tummy Filler
Winter weather requires substantial meals. Handsome is out working in it all day. Even so, I still fix this occasionally during the...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Fresh, Creamery Buttah....
Remember that movie? Kate & Leopold? Anyway, he was a Duke from the past that time traveled to the present accidentally. And she hired...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 13
- 2 min
Colorful Caps
Another Don't Look post..... We take such precautions to can our food carefully and correctly. We make sure our processing times are...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 10
- 3 min
Leaving Room
When canning, headspace can become a hot topic. Let's discuss.... Every canning book and instructor will tell you to leave so much...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 9
- 3 min
January
Month of organization and inventory.... and... weight loss? Nah.... I'm seeing alot of folks doing a pantry challenge this month; meaning...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Barley Stewed
I orignally wrote this December 13th. With everything going on, I am just now getting the recipes cards written up. So sorry for the...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Is it False?
Found a jar with a false seal from the canner loads last night. Let's talk about it. The conventional advice is to wait and allow jars...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Dec 31, 2022
- 2 min
Wash 'em and Stock 'em
My biggest challenge is getting everything cleaned up, labeled and stored away. I can make batch after batch of something and those jars...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Dec 12, 2022
- 3 min
Rack 'Em Up
No, this isn't my pantry, just a stock photo. Isn't it purty? A dozen years ago, I had an entire pantry room in the basement. I worked...
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