Honey Jars: Which Size and Shape Suits Your Harvest
Honey is the one thing on this site that does not need preserving. It arrives shelf stable, it stays shelf …
Half Gallon Canning Jars: What They Are Safe For
The half gallon jar is the one that makes people stop and stare on the store shelf. It holds 64 …
Canning Lids: Which Ones Actually Seal, and Why
The jar is not the part that fails. The lid is. A flat disc of coated steel with a ring …
Canning Kit: What Is in the Box and What Is Not
Standing in front of the canning aisle for the first time is genuinely confusing. There is a pot, a rack, …
Freeze Dryer for Flowers: Bouquets and the Limits
Sooner or later every freeze dryer owner gets asked the same favor. Someone in the family is getting married, the …
Canning Jar Sizes: Which One Your Recipe Needs
Jar sizes look like a preference until you are standing over a recipe that says pints and holding a case …
Freeze Dryer for Eggs: Powder, Storage and Safety
Anyone with backyard hens knows the problem. In spring the birds lay faster than the household can eat, cartons stack …
4 oz Canning Jars: Small Batch and Gift Sizes
Every canner eventually opens a half pint of pepper jelly, uses two spoonfuls, and watches the rest sit in the …
Siphoning in Canning: Why Liquid Leaves the Jar
You pull seven jars out of the canner, all sealed, and three of them are down an inch of liquid …
Pickle Crisp: What Calcium Chloride Does in the Jar
It is a small plastic jar of white granules that sits next to the lids in the canning aisle, and …
pH Meter for Canning: What It Can and Cannot Tell You
The people who buy a pH meter for the kitchen are usually doing one of three things. Making fermented hot …
How to Make Crunchy Pickles Instead of Mushy Ones
You open a jar in November expecting a snap and get something closer to a cooked cucumber. The flavor is …