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Skriven 2008-06-09 22:54:18 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 8606 av Carol Shenkenberger (14734.cooks)
Ärende: Canning books
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Hi Carol!

>> > I keep hoping a bunch will drift over from the backyard neighbor as the
>> > leaves come over our communal fence, but no luck yet <grin>.
>>
>> hehe :)  Well, if they don't trim the vines back in the fall, they won't
>> produce as much in the fall, that could be the problem... with mine, I cut t

> Trim them back just before fruiting time?  Humm.  I know little on grapes and
> the new renters back there know less.

The vines get cut back well after you are done picking the grapes.. when the
vines are dormant.. I normally do it in September, October or in January...

>> usually... This years weather was so weird though, who knows.. first frosts
>> til last week?? then heat waves THIS week?? geez.. I dunno.. I don't even kn
>> if my garden will make it without any rain after these days of 90F.. it's
>> rough with garden beds since they don't hold water quite as well as a normal
>> garden even though I use a real heavy mix of peatmoss.. And the plants are a
>> "so young" relatively speaking :( Maybe tonight if I have the energy I can t
>> on the sprinkler..

> Hope so!  For here it is getting hotter but my Sasebo experience with heat is
> holding well.  Folks were bitching up a storm but i was comfy still.  Don
> even turned off the AC at 95F as there was a nice breeze.

That's something :)  Pretty muggy here for the most part, but we did get some
rain finally.. then just plain muggy (grin).  Relief is on the way though in a
few days.. we should be cooling off to 70's and 80's by wed. or thurs. I think.

>> was normally just "laying around" for long (grin).. especially the strawberr
>> jam.. I made yogurt and would use it the yogurt, etc. or I'd make cookies an
>> use it in the cookies. Same with the applesauce (applesauce cake, etc..) I

> I am sure i'll find uses for it all but one of the plans is just simple homey
> gifts to friends.

Really nice idea, and fun to do as well :)

>> still have a few jars of canned apples in my cupboard from last season for
>> apple pie from last year (grin)..but that filling came out so sweet, it was
>> too sweet (crummy recipe I found). I was trying a new one that didn't use
>> cornstarch so my grandson could eat it becaus of his allergy to corn :) Anyw
>> you get the idea :)

> Yes, would be useful to have about!

Yep, they do come in handy.. they go fast over here.. the grape jam goes really
fast here, especially.. I send my mom a bunch of jars since she loves it. We
demolish the rest (grin).  I think I collected about 14 quarts of grapes or
something last year.. it was a lot :)

> I let Charlotte free last night on a chat channel.  The rec.food.cooking one.
> She had a blast and so did they, chatting with a 14YO 'eat' with a rather
> varied background on what constitutes 'food'.

I bet she has some good insights with her experiences in Japan now :)

> I know this group and the chat folks are safe <g>.

That's good :)

Take care,
Janis

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