Comments for Consider the Pantry

Comment on Sign-off by gen

gen — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:06:23 +0000

Ian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have been such a great supporter of this little endeavor. You are grand, my fellow pun-lover. Just grand. Big hugs to you and your beautiful brood. xoxo

Comment on Sign-off by gen

gen — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:04:31 +0000

Awww, Julia, you’ve always been so sweet. And I am amazed at your super-mom, super-blogger abilities. Truly amazed. Keep up the inspiring great work!

Comment on Sign-off by Julia

Julia — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:28:39 +0000

How adorable is that chubby little excuse for not blogging! Ha, ha. I think it’s wonderful, though I’ll miss you. See my latest post, because it’s sort of on the same topic. Take care of the canning in Montreal for us!

Comment on Sign-off by Ian

Ian — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:59:33 +0000

NOOOOOOoooooooo … I’m sorry to hear that this is the end. I may not have ever attempted to *make* any of the delectable spreadables you described, but I sure enjoyed reading about ‘em. May the internet preserve (geddit?) your jamtastic puns for eternity x

Comment on Sign-off by Sara

Sara — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:55:03 +0000

As a mom of two I hear you. All the best!

Comment on Kind of blue by Consider the Pantry › Sign-off

Consider the Pantry › Sign-off — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:47:50 +0000

[...] the wayside. This little foray has been fun, and I do continue to can, of course (just remade that plum-apricot jam from two years ago – yum!), but I simply don’t have the time or energy to be [...]

Comment on One tomato, two tomato by Meghan

Meghan — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:29:12 +0000

The acidity argument is an interesting one that I have been following recently. In my gardens I produce about 500 kg’s of tomatoes that about 3/4 go for canning or drying. My research has led me to question the modern tomato varieties for canning or drying ease. Older, heritage, or heirloom tomato varieties were meant to be processed for later use, and thus had a high acid content if they were a canning variety (dried is a whole other matter). Newer varieties are often purposefully bred out of the high acid because many people are sensitive to the acid, and many tomatoes are eaten fresh where it doesn’t matter about high acid (even better if low).
My personal take is, if you have old seed varieties, then canning the old ways without added acidity should be just fine!

Comment on Boozy fruit part three: life’s a jar of cherries by gen

gen — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:56:04 +0000

Ha ha! Exactly: SLEEP. It is the foundation for any proper brain function. I can only vaguely remember what a “full night’s sleep” even means, let alone feels like…

Comment on Boozy fruit part three: life’s a jar of cherries by gen

gen — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 04:54:49 +0000

Eek! Baby brain again- not sure about the yield – I think it was about four half-pints?

Comment on Boozy fruit part three: life’s a jar of cherries by Canadian Doomer

Canadian Doomer — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:38:14 +0000

Baby brain lasts until they are consistently and reliably sleeping through the night AND Mom is consistently and reliably getting a full night’s sleep. I figure that happens when they’re about … 16? No, wait, then you lie awake worrying about where they are …

Nope. Have babies, lose brain. It gets worse with more babies.