Kathryn wrote:
> ps 13.7 sounds fine for two to me Pat. Though you will
> probably do less canning than you used to. Just make sure you
> have something filling any food free space - crumpled paper
> or whatever - so you aren't paying too much to freeze air.
I was thinking cones of wool yarn and bags of bird seed to fill the =
space
temporarily.....
Doing less canning, yes. But I have lots of glass jars, whereas I have =
very
few plastic freezing containers. No reason I can't freeze liquidy =
things in
the jars, right? Leaving ample head space for expansion, of course....
Pat
good idea, but you must thaw it out first, rather than dump it out
frozen, but on the other hand, you can put it in the microwave.
susan
> One friend of mine collects plastic Pepsi Max bottles
Pepsi Max? What's that?
Pat
One friend of mine collects plastic Pepsi Max bottles from her friends for
single portions of soup and for things like sauces. She swears by them.
Its the diet high caffeine Pepsi - the bottles are usefully straight sided.
I use margarine containers for individual portions of soup.
susan
Thanks for the corroboration, Moira. I plan to use the jars mainly for
freezing tomatoes (instead of canning them). Someone, maybe it was =
Susan,
pointed out that I'd have to remember to thaw a jar or two in advance; =
quite
a difference from taking a jar off the pantry shelf for immediate use.
Don't have a microwave.
Had a pleasant day today. Took some extra tomato seedlings to some nice
folks I recently met from this year's Master Gardener class and came =
home
with two "extras" from their garden: a kolkwitzia and a white lilac. The
couple live on a farmstead that's been in the wife's family forever, one =
of
the old farming families, and their yard is full of the shrubs, trees, =
and
flowers that folks in these parts have always favored: bearded iris, =
lilac,
phlox, hydrangea, among others, all growing in great quantity and
heartiness, unfussy and exuberant. It's the way I'd like our yard to =
look
in a few years, as if the plants had been in the landscape forever, =
inviting
one to walk here and there, always something lovely to be discovered.
Pat
Same here, I quit using plastic in the nuker quite a while ago, also
the plastic wrap.
susan
Patricia Ruggiero wrote:
> Kathryn wrote:
> ps 13.7 sounds fine for two to me Pat. Though you will probably do
> less canning than you used to. Just make sure you have something
> filling any food free space - crumpled paper or whatever - so you
> aren't paying too much to freeze air.
> I was thinking cones of wool yarn and bags of bird seed to fill the
> space temporarily.....
> Doing less canning, yes. But I have lots of glass jars, whereas I
> have very few plastic freezing containers. No reason I can't freeze
> liquidy things in the jars, right? Leaving ample head space for
> expansion, of course....
I really prefer myself to use glass storage containers wherever
possible, glass is so unreactive and I can be sure I will not get even
slight traces of contamination from plasticizers etc. One other
advantage is the ease with which glass can be cleaned especially of
grease, which is not always the case with plastic.
Do leave sufficient head room though. I have never had a glass container
actually burst, but I have sometime had lids pop off and contents bubble
over and make a mess as they cooled.
Besides using glass for storage, I always use glass in preference to
plastic in the microwave, where I understand contamination from plastic
is even more likely with the warm temperatures.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
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