The Joneses wrote:
> Kathi Jones wrote:
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>>"Brian Mailman" > wrote in message
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>>>TDKozan wrote:
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>>>>In the long run, pressing the argument with her about it is only
>>>>likely to cost you a friend.
>>>
>>>It's a lot worse than that.
>>>
>>>She said "co-worker." It's not someone she can choose to avoid, and
>>>someone she has to co-operate with on some level or another.
>>>
>>>B/
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>>I had a similar problem with my step mother and her antipasto recipe. I
>>actually posted my dilemma to this group. You all know the recipe - posted
>>here, on the net etc - totally not safe, but people keep making it
>>anyway...........
>>
>>I had to tell my STEP MOTHER that her recipe wasn't safe and she responded
>>with 'well I won't give you any..."
>>
>>......ok, so that wasn't good enough for me. So I found as much
>>documentation on the subject as I could find and sent it to her - by email
>>and in hard copy. And you know what? We never talked about it again, but
>>she's not making antipasto anymore......
>>so one would risk a friend or a co worker....imagine what I had to risk.....
>>not to mention what/who my step mom was risking.......
>>Kathi
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> That "winter mixed sweet pickle" in Small Batch Preserving makes pretty good
> antipasto. But I do the meat separate. That lady at the market last year swore
> up and down her cake in canning jar was safe as the hot sun condensed water
> rolled down the interior.... I didn't make a big deal at the market, but I
> didn't buy any either. OTH, for the picklers and jammers that could explain the
> boiling water bath thing and knew their craft, I yummed and yummed. Mostly was
> good too.
> That co-worker thing is a pickle all by itself... I believe I'd say "Y'all make
> this and keep it cold always, don't ya? You don't say! Well, that's not the way
> I learned it."
> Edrena
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I guess I'm not as diplomatic as you folk are. I question food gifts
from people with whom I am not familiar, particular with their methods
of cooking and canning. I've already got a compromised immune system, I
don't need some one who is living in 1840 poisoning me. A few of them
have gotten angry but most are willing to learn a "new" method of food
preservation.