Crazy Jar Lady
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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Crazy Jar Lady
- Dec 10, 2022
- 1 min
Meer - eh- poo-ah
Mirepoix - the trifecta of vegetables commonly used for base flavoring in recipes. Around here, that means celery, onion and carrots....
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Dec 10, 2022
- 3 min
Bestie, Queen of Broths
(Hopefully she won't be mad at me for the funny picture.) Bestie can make broth like nobody's business. She has the roaster set up and...
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Crazy Jar Lady
- Dec 10, 2022
- 1 min
Ciao! Carne de Cervo
The above is Italian for "Hello Deer Meat".... (Thank you Google Translate.) I've been racking my brain for different ideas to flavor...
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