Posts by Lilith __
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Feed: Saints Preserve, in reply to Rosalie,
It works perfectly with the neighbours’ pears.
Brilliant! Imma try with a big catfood tin. I'm guessing a sharpish inside edge is helpful. :-)
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Feed: Saints Preserve, in reply to BenWilson,
good for nothing grapefruit
<cough> grapefruit marmalade <cough>
I think grapefruit’s divine fresh, halved, heated in the microwave with a sprinkle of sugar or a dollop of honey. Unfortunately my digestive system finds it not so good. Otherwise I’d eat it all the time!
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I’ve been researching ways of getting those teasing, elusive pears at the top of the tree. This DIY tool looks perfect!
I wonder if that Milo tin's still in the recycling bin...
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Feed: Saints Preserve, in reply to Bart Janssen,
a gardening blog
It’s called a lab book … and people call me a crazy scientist.
Meant as a compliment. ;-)
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Community Fruit Harvesting is a volunteer group that gathers, distributes and preserves surplus fruit, which is then donated to charity. Great stuff.
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Feed: Saints Preserve, in reply to Bart Janssen,
flushing with nitrogen
You crazy scientists! ;-)
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Feed: Saints Preserve, in reply to Russell Brown,
__The pop-tops will pop down again over your own preserves, voilà!__
I’ve been wondering about how that works with olives, which you don’t bottle hot.
You don’t? Oh. Hm, I’m guessing you need the contraction of the hot liquid to make it work. :-(
ETA: but same would apply to Agee jars too?
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I’m going to need to find some free jars
Any pop-top jar will do, unless the top has been damaged. Jam, relish, and pasta sauce often come in perfectly reusable jars. The pop-tops will pop down again over your own preserves, voilà!
The only trick is getting the lid off intact: this article has pictures of a good technique .
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Gilbert's original blog has now been published by The Press. Strong support for him from the community.
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I think it’s important for non-Chch folks to remember that immediately post-quake our power, water, phone, and cellphone services were all knocked out. Our many bridges became unusable or dangerous, many roads were impassable and the rest rapidly became gridlocked.
Nobody had the big picture. Not only were almost 200 dead at multiple sites, but thousands were seriously injured. Aftershocks continued, as Hebe says, and nobody knew how safe the buildings were that still stood, or whether there were people trapped inside. Brave folks systematically checked THEM ALL.
I don’t doubt mistakes were made, but don’t forget the level of chaos and uncertainty our emergency services had to deal with.