[Community_garden] a final woid on Safe home canning procedures

[Mike McGrath]

Whoops--make that Ms. Sustainable!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike McGrath" <MikeMcG at PTD.net>
To: "Diane Dodge" <dianefaydodge at hotmail.com>; 
<community_garden at list.communitygarden.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 1:26 PM
Subject: [Community_garden] a final woid on Safe home canning procedures


> 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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