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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">What tools you have depends on how much (or how little) space you have for storing gadgets you seldom use. Trade that off with your tolerance of close encounters with boiling water. I'm glad to have a jar lifter for qt jars. General purpose kitchen tongs can be adequate for smaller jars.<div><p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Now let me back up
and say how I learned about the website in the earlier email.<br></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Pretty much every
county has a Master Gardener Program. Volunteers who have completed
a training program have access to information from UC Davis and UC
Riverside and make it available so ordinary folks can grow tomatoes
and other things. In the spring in San Mateo County, they have a
plant sale offering a variety of tomato plants.<br></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">In parallel with
that, is the Master Preservers Program. In San Mateo County they
partner with the library to have monthly classes. Free, but you have
to register to get the Zoom info.<br></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">Several universities
across the country did actual scientific research in temperature and
acid level etc and prepared the guide lines that are posted by the
USDA. Yes you can home process non-acid foods like green beans if
you follow the directions which include a pressure cooker. Oh, there
are a number of recipes for pickles that include the processing
procedure.<br></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="https://nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_usda.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National
Center for Food Preservation</a><br></p>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in">I tried to get the
URL for the San Mateo course, but the website wouldn’t load. Maybe
they put in a filter and found I was past the county line.</div></div></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 11:46:48 PM PDT, Syeed Ali <syeedali@syeedali.com> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">On Sun, 23 Jul 2023 13:40:57 -0700<br clear="none">Rick Moen <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> Quoting Josef Grosch (jgrosch@gmail.com):<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> > The two items that you should by is the jar handling tool and<br clear="none">> > the canning funnel. <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> I'm cheap, so have never bought either.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Hey everyone, gift ideas for Rick!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">----<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I recommend tools for anything involving heat, glass, or anything<br clear="none">that's hard to clean up (like spices). Canning tools are essential for<br clear="none">people with inconsistent dexterity or strength. I'd recommend them for<br clear="none">beginners if only for confidence.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Canning is on my long list of things to do (and I even bought lots of<br clear="none">little jars), but I also want to get into pickling and maybe even<br clear="none">fermenting. I think a lot of their skills are shared.<div class="ydp82076ac3yqt8737236028" id="ydp82076ac3yqtfd60599"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">conspire mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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