"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Green Newb" > wrote:
>
>> this post. How many years afterwards have you eaten one of your products?
>> What is the longest time?
>
> zxcvbob has some stuff he's had since Christ was a corporal. "-0)
> I'd want it gone within 2-3 years.

Having a laugh. Yes me too.
>
>
>> What do you mean bout the lids popping off?
>>
>> I've been worrying about, how do you know if it hasn't sealed properly.
>
> Remove the screw band. Using three or four fingers, lift the jar (over
> a padded surface, just in case you've a dud) by the edges of the sealed
> lid. If the lid stays on, you're good. If it comes off, you didn't
> have a good seal.

I have brand new pop tops. Like the ones on commercial jars.
>
>> Today I'm making a Beef stew, its pretty basic so I hope it goes good!
>
> Consider canning the beef chunks alone and adding them to some
> fresh-cooked vegetable chunks when you want to have dinner. The
> vegetables shouldn't take more than 20-30 minutes to cook for stew;
> allow maybe 10 minutes for prep, you've still got dinner in under 45
> minutes. JMO.

I'm a lazy creature at times, so I wanted it all in the bottle except for
the thickener. I made the meat chunks 1" and made the vegie chunks very
large. Looks great in the bottle but not sure what will happen when I heat
it up so I'll keep your idea in mind, thankyou.
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