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on May 16, 2014

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Counted the tomato plants I grew this year-54!!

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Everything I Know About Canning (Not Much)

There are two types of canning: hot water bath and pressure cooker canning. Hot water bath canning is easier and requires that what you preserve has a high acid content. Mike and I hot water canned tomatoes. Here's how we did it. 1. Cut and boil 'maters until they reach your desired thickness. We'll eventually use ours for sauce so we cooked them down for several hours and added some tomato paste. You should also add some salt for preservation. I added 3 tablespoons for every 16 quarts. 2. Run mason jars through dishwasher with very little detergent. 3. Preheat oven to 300, put jars in and reduce oven to 250. 4. Put lids in boiling water to activate glue. 5. Take jar from oven, place on an even surface covered with a towel. Fill jars with tomatoes, wipe the top clean, add 2 teaspoons of lemon juice, place lid and rim. Leave 1/2 an inch at the top of the jar. 6. Fill your canning pot with four inches of water and boil. If you have an official canning pot, this would b

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A couple months ago, I picked up a part time gig as a visiting nurse. While an extra paycheck is nice, I had ulterior motives: One: I'm super curious about how and where people live. I love old mansions and falling down farm houses. I want to know what goes on in trailers and run of the mill suburban homes. How people live interests me. Why the hell else does someone get a sociology degree before deciding to go to nursing school? Two: I love Southerners. I love their sayings, their style and their swagger. Working in a big city university hospital certainly gets me some patients flown in from Alabama and Kentucky, but that's not the same as rolling up to some country folks house and seeing how they get down day to day. Three: Working in a cardiovascular ICU requires a very specific skill and knowledge set. I have days where I miss the diversity of the clinic or my old medical surgical psych floor. I want to keep all my nursing skills nice and fresh. Four: I lament

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