Recent content by luv2bbq

Yes, thanks, that helps. I'm going to buy a tester from a hydroponic growing place, so I figure it's probably not set for heat. The cost is around $100. I bought one off Amazon, but it didn't work, paid $50. Any recommendations?   I will be using hot water canning, not pressure canning.

I'm going to can some hot sauce, but I know I have to check the PH of the product. At what point do I test? Is it at the start when all the ingredients are mixed, or after cooking?

Thanks, lots of good info there.

I want to make some hot sauce that is shelf stable. Can I use bottles with plastic tops and how do I do that? I make a lot of pepper jellies, but use metal lids and hot water bath can them, and those jars aren't the ones I want to use for a pourable sauce. Is the sauce good to go when you pour...

Barrie will be nuts today, welcome to the Bayfield parking lot! :) I think hot, and mild. I can buy a bushel of the red local pretty reasonable cost. So you start the seeds inside? I've never done good with that, but I did see a system over in Barrie for hydroponic growing that costs about $50...

Thanks again for all the friendly welcomes! Yes that's my husband's picture now and he does the home inspections, and I get to play in the kitchen trying all kinds of fun stuff. I would like to try growing a few peppers this summer, hoping that the rabbits don't like them, and leave them alone...

Hi to everyone, thanks for the welcome! Yes, that was my shop with the sign outside of the girl stomping grapes, I called her Lucy. :) She's now down at the end of the beach. Good to meet you, Penny! Couldn't get much closer.

I am a grandmother of 5 boys, mother of 4 daughters, 1 son. Married almost 40 years. I had a wine making shop in my house/commercial zoned building for 10 years and sold the business a few months ago. I took the shop part and turned it into a separate kitchen and have been making all kinds of...