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• My glass jars were 25+ years old. Dont know about pressurizing and age with canning jars. Tho I would be careful with older jars. The company would probably know.??? waterbaby, just saw your get in touch with me under Tupperware. I don’t have gmail.…

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• On page 14 paragraph 1, of same book. “The oxygen in air robs stored food of freshness and nutritional value through oxidation.” Paragraph 5, “Vacuum packers for home use vacuum seal foods in flexible plastic or tempered glass jars.” Then they go on…

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• eeek! Where did I get the canning jar information! Hum I may have it in one of my books, or about 10 years ago I sold a lot of my, will never use again, lol, books. Glad I could help with the book idea….49cents!!!!! Was this by, ” The gardeners &…

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• Dont know the symptoms of a weakened jar. One thing I remember is that it said, not to use old canning jars in pressure canners. Read this information about 12 years ago. Your right to not hill up the beets. They would rot from the cut. Sounds like …

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• Concerning glass canning jars. I did hear that canning jars will get weak after canning with them over a period of years. Especially using them under pressure. Guess every thing does get old. Except me. lol

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• Good plan. Wide mouth pint jars are good for those blue berries. I put the leather in 2 quart jars and pressure them. When I was working away from home, my DH took to the dump 1000 canning jars.grrrrrr.

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• Hi waterbaby, hope your summer project of putting food away is still in progress. Got all the cantaloupe dried. Tried it in leather. Wont do that again,. to watery!!! Just starting to pick blueberries. Freezer for them. The dehydrator just takes to …

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• waterbaby really don’t know how cold it gets at your place, but in the valley where it will snow, they could keep them in a garage with out problems. If real cold the barrel or wooden box could be put in the ground with a cover over it Like I did wi…

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• Hi enjoyable, I live near the pacific coast, west of Portland , OR When we lived in Eastern OR the temp at times would get down to -30. But we still had fresh carrots in the ground . The way is covering them well. We covered them with extra dirt the…

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• I am on don’t know for how long.So will get busy. emtpdmom. Ha-Ha Just figured out what your name said. One day I will figure out more about pictures connected with computers and have McGee as my avitar. Yes, I understand your explanation. Will writ…

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• Hear I am! UNDER BEANY Cape and all. Confusion. That is just what I dry up+ An easy way to take the corn off the cob is to get a board, hammer, and a large nail.Hammer the nail through the center of the board. Lay the board flat, nail up, slide the …

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• No you can not can with a vacuum sealer. You see, we dry all the moisture out of the food first. You have to get the moisture out to prevent mold.I did try Sealing my juices for awhile. Very handy, but the tube goes bad fast, and the Food Saver Comp…

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• Sorry I didnt get on the computer this morning. Had to pick raspberries before it showered. If it does. Now. Yes you do use the metal lids but not the rings. After you seal the jars you can put the rings on LIGHTLY. Just to get them out of the way. …

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• I have “Food Saver”,This I use for most grains, nuts and seeds. I dehydrate fruit, tomatoes, extra thin sweet potatoes, peppers,and cereals.Of course corn would be great for drying. When it is dried.I vacuum them in canning jars, put them in the fre…

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• Glad I was wrong about straw berries. Read somewhere that all berries was acid so threw them all into one basket.We are never to old to learn.smile. I to recommend “The ph Miracle,” book. Always using it for a reference book.

  in Acids and Alkalizing Foods Comment by beanybeegan
• I don’t test the food with litmus. Right when I get up in the morning I put a dab of my urine on the paper. It will turn different colors depending on what the body is. There is a chart for color information. Before I went raw I was always between 4…

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• I think strawberries are acidic.If I see I am eating to many acidic fruits, nuts or grains, for the day or week, I like to do the litmus paper test.I try to keep the alkaline at 7+.

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• Most of my adult life I have been a home maker. So at 67 I am just as active as at 27. One of my priorities is to have a short quiet time before I get up. Then I cleanse the face, arms and hands then oil them. My face isn’t to dry but my arms and ha…

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• I would eat meat if it was between starving and not starving.As I read the posts I saw words like mercury, PC. Hum, does this say something? This summer I was feeling weak, then I realized I had replaced fruit for sprouts. Now I am back to sprouting…

  in Raw FISH and RAW cheese Comment by beanybeegan
• When I first started raw I bought a 7 cup Cuisinart processor. I just bought a 14 cup and will give my 7 cup to my daughter. I like to double and triple many of the items I will be putting in the dehydrator. It was such a problem with the smaller pr…

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• My DH is SAD. His body odors really can be bad. (to me) and the products he wears got me to the point that at night I woke up just barley breathing. I finally made him move into another bedroom. Some times those who don’t eat raw, cant understand ho…

  in Natural Perfume Comment by beanybeegan
• I have an allergy to conventional perfumes. When I go to meetings I have to sit in back just in case I start coughing or have a breathing problem from the “smells.” I also have a problem with mens deodorant etc.. I could never understand why mens de…

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• I use the green bags for those things that I cant put in the “Food Saver” containers. I also use quart and 1 1/2 quart canning jars for dried fruit and grains etc.Using the Food Saver for them. I live about an hour and half from our Health Store sp …

  in Vacuum-Sealed Storage Containers Comment by beanybeegan
• Yes, I use the vacuum seal containers for produce. You can not put brocc., cabbage or other brassicas in them. For when you open them up ohhhhhhhhh the smell. Celery of course is to long. Zucc.’s dont do well either, and spinach is so,so. but all th…

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• I wash nut bags by hand, tho sometimes, I have to use a soft nail brush to get them thoroughly clean.I bought mine through Allisa Cohens sight.

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• I worm my dog once a year and I do the same with me. After all I don’t want to give my dog parasites.

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• I have a Waring. Power plus, tho mine only has 2 speeds, would have liked a slow speed, that really is slow.

  in Blendtec or VitaMix? Comment by beanybeegan
• For dinner tonight I had two thick slices of a large heirloom tomato, slathered on both inside slices with zucc. pne nut hummus,slice of sweet onion and slices of avacado. Put together like a sandwich. For dessert was a1/4 of a watermelon. Easy and …

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• If cashews are not raw then why do so many 100% raw eaters use cashews? I stopped eating almonds because of the problem, now it seems like cashews are off the menu, too.At least we still have walnuts and pecans.

  in soaked cashews Comment by beanybeegan
• Thanks for all the information. Food for thought. I have two Excalibur’s, a 5 tray and my DH just bought me a 9 tray.Guess I should have read their information when I got them. Thankfully they both have timers. The higher temp for wet foods will rea…

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