[Community_garden] a final woid on Safe home canning procedures

[Mike McGrath]

Great stuff (I especially like "Mr. Sustainable"'s writings; he's 
good!)--and all rife with dire warnings about the dangers of not pressure 
cooking veggies.
    I know that some people on this list have said they've been water 
canning low-acid foods for years, but these and other sources make it sound 
as reasonable to me as driving drunk or repairing a light socket without 
turning the power off. Just because you didn't crash or get electrocuted 
doesn't make it a good idea.
    Remember--the people who HAVE paid the ultimate price for taking those 
risks are no longer around to post warnings not to do what they did...
                                    ---Mike McG
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Dodge" <dianefaydodge at hotmail.com>
To: <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Safe home canning procedures


>
> Well gaursh (to quote a freqent poster to this list), I see that when I 
> typed the website for the U of M "Safe Home Canning Procedures", I screwed 
> the first one up, so I'll repost them so you can check 'em out:
>
> http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/nutrition/DJ0516.html
>
> http://www.extension.umn.edu/topics.html?topic-6&subtopic=35
>
> And the site from Wylie's post to me, which is really worth a read:
>
> http://casaubonsbook.blogspot.com/2007/07/low-energy-food-preservation.html
>
> Diane
>
>> Message: 5> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:41:37 -0500> From: Diane Dodge 
>> <dianefaydodge at hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Safe home 
>> canning procedures> To: Wylie Harris <trinity.red at gmail.com>, ACGA> 
>> <community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>> Message-ID: 
>> <BAY101-W77CD66E0723EFB9290CA3BBFF0 at phx.gbl>> Content-Type: text/plain; 
>> charset="iso-8859-1"> > > Great post, Wylie. Worth a read, CGers. Diane> 
>> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:18:48 -0500> From: trinity.red at gmail.com> To: 
>> dianefaydodge at hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] Safe home 
>> canning procedures> > On the subject of environmental footprints of 
>> different food > preservation methods, here is an interesting (if 
>> lengthy) article:> 
>> http://casaubonsbook.blogspot.com/2007/07/low-energy-food-preservation.html> > 
>> Wylie Harris> > > Diane Dodge wrote:> > Hi all, Here are a list of 
>> resources on safe home canning...and,perhaps the environmental footprint 
>> of your method of food preservation is an important part of evaluating 
>> your choice of process! Happy gardening and preserving, Diane 
>> http://wwwlextension.umn.edu/distribution/nutrition/DJ0516.html 
>> http://www.extension.umn.edu/topics.html?topic-6&subtopic=35 You can also 
>> google "safe home canning procedures" or "safe home food preservation"> > 
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