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@_donutninja Looks like it will work! foodinjars.com/blog/canning-1…

@beadlizard7 No crab apples. As for pH I would need to test it. It set up nicely but I followed directions for a looser jam.

Not a ton of stuff, but what I could do short notice. Sadly no pop-tarts. Had a high leak rate. Jam needed to be thicker. Will work on a solution and try again. Sourdough granola bars turned out fabulous though. Will make a larger batch with more flavor options for Monday.

Sending prayers. Not T1D but very fragile, so when I visit the hospital, the area around my hospital bed is full of yellow fall risk signs and I add my own signs. No, you cannot approach me and most definitely cannot touch me if you have used hand sanitizer -- here's a bottle of rubbing alcohol -- go wash up properly with soap and hot water, then rub down with the rubbing alcohol and let's try this again. No, I will not eat food that can kill me. No, I will not drink that water. That kind of thing. It takes a HUGE amount of energy at a time when I'm at low ebb, but my daughter has grown up defending my boundaries and she takes no guff. Good luck supporting and protecting your mom.

My mom had to stay in the hospital overnight for a low sodium issue. She’s a type 1 diabetic and the meals she has been offered are all carbs 😡. Their low carb offerings are oatmeal, white toast, pasta, and bananas. Shameful. I had to insist she manage her own diabetes while here. I’ve found most healthcare workers know very little about #T1D

@thomas_garrard Sending prayers. Loved seeing your posts about Mama B's surgery being successful.

I might not be on much today. Got some personal things going on that have my head and heart kind of messed up. Probably won’t be a Friday Safety Brief, either. I hope you all understand.

@_donutninja I have never used liquid pectin, only very rare use of dry and very often use of unripe apples. Do you have access to any crab apples? They're amazing for pectin. Is your pH good?

@beadlizard7 I think I still have pectin from making the jam but it’s liquid. Do you think boiling the jam with some of that would be ok or should I get powder? I don’t make a lot of jam. This was the first year I made and water bath camned a ton.

@GPaganel64067 @CrubersGate We ferment many things and it's made such a difference. Thank you for the link!

@beadlizard7 @CrubersGate This is one of the longer videos for it, iirc. You can also malt the grains.that is,sprout them and dry them before grinding if I remember correctly. youtu.be/Qh4jxkJJKs8?si…

And now I have a quart of the buttermilk that drained off the butter…. What can I do with this? Can I put it back into my milk that I clabber????

@_donutninja @AimeeJamieX I just read this aloud and my family is cheering you on. So amazing.

@AimeeJamieX I’m going to use my dough press and make little half circle ones. I have the perfect packaging for them too. They are absolutely ridiculously easy to make and you can fill them with any kind of jam. Store bought are so full of garbage I started making them for the grandkids.

Farm store messaged me a little bit ago. “Can you do a drop tomorrow morning?” I asked what they needed. “We’ve sold out of everything.” Ok I’m limited because I only had 400g of discard in the fridge as we thought they’d be ok through Monday morning. Luckily I have 3dz soft baked cookies balled up and frozen in the fridge. Just fed the starter so I’ll have discard in the morning. I’ll make a couple of batches of mini muffins (blueberry,chocolate chip, and double chocolate) bake the cookies and make mini strawberry vanilla pop-tarts with a vanilla glaze and vanilla artificial dye free rainbow sprinkles. I’ll have to bulk the starter so I have plenty for all the usuals come baking hours early Monday morning. I really like this. Like, baking for their little store makes me so happy.

@CrubersGate This is so cool!

These were my tools and all the pans used. It was much easier for me to do this in quart batches as a newbie. I think part of where I messed up the first time was trying to do a HALF GALLON batch 🤣

@GPaganel64067 @CrubersGate Oh, that's interesting. Off to look for the video. Thank you!

@CrubersGate I've heard folks use it to treat grain they grind, or whole wheat flour. Many grains and even legumes have Phytic acid, which blocks some nutrients from absorbing. By soaking the food in a slightly acidic solution, you break down Phytic acid. Mary's Nest on YouTube has videos.

@CalicoJack65 Those will do it! I hope things improve for you.

@beadlizard7 Yeah, I've been keeping track. This last big flair was because of weather and stress.

Asking for tips. Anyone have osteoarthritis? What works best for you during a flair? ATM, I can't walk. Ugh Let's attach a poll just to make it interesting. I'll put one in just for the trolls.

@CrubersGate Love this!

So far this is going much better!!!!

@CalicoJack65 I splurged and ate roasted potatoes yesterday, and woke with swollen joints. I had hoped I could maybe add them back in to my diet, but nope. If you figure out some foods that trigger yours, That can help a lot. It isn't everything, but it's one part of the management.

@beadlizard7 I do fish oil and Epsom occasionally. Thank you.

If your sweet man does decide to go over there to talk to the guy, maybe he could make it real casual and bring one or two friends along as witnesses, and it can be something like, "Hey, I texted a while ago offering to show you what I'm working on in my shop, and I was about to show my other friends and thought you might want to come with." Can add a food inducement, like "I've been helping my family bake cookies all day and I need some shop time" and then have a plate of cookies there in the shop. It's setting the scene for the best possible outcome. The guy might just say no, the wife might come out screaming, you never know, but your man would be safe and would have his friend(s) to talk through about it after.

My husband sent our neighbor a polite text. Neighbor replied calling him a “shit starter…” Well… my husband thought he was joking around so he replied sarcastically. Apparently… the neighbor was NOT joking and the sarcasm was not perceived. 😭 The wife called screaming that my husband was “threatening” them, while my husband sat there completely confused because he thought they had a good relationship and were bantering. At this point he’s wondering if he was texting with the wife the entire time and not the husband at all. It’s very out of character for this guy 😬 Was it not clear my husband was joking? My husband had to hang up on the woman because she wouldn’t stop screaming and wouldn’t let him explain that there was a misunderstanding. What do we do now? 😭

Yogurt worked pretty well, but I woke up with my ring finger and one toe a bit inflamed. That's what I get for eating potatoes. Won't be repeating that for another couple of years. Sure do enjoy them when I eat them, but the metabolic cost is too high. Used to be all my joints were swollen and ouchy, even my spine and jaw, so these tiny spots of inflammation are a reminder that indulgences need to be rare. Still feeling warm and centered after the evening with my friend. Such a blessing to have a friend who can finish my sentences and who can look at me sideways and make me laugh. There's a group of us, all handspinners, and we supported each other through some really tough times and it's still all there, this solid friendship and bonds of trust. Life is good.

@beadlizard7 Oh it’s been so long for me traveling I forgot about Lyft… hopefully the yogurt will quiet the rumble!

Good Wednesday Morning from a cabin in NE ‘Sippi! I’m in my coffee spot. Digger is fed and I see pop pop out in the courtyard yelling at “cat people” somebody must be acting ugly as the kibble dishes are being served. He’s got five tom cats from last year that are making a big problem. I’ve policed that for three years and grown tired with it. He’s got live traps set and there’s fixing to be a ball roundup and a neuter event. There is no use for an un-neutered tom cat, the worst one is a Russian Blue throw back; he’s big and not being nice. The sun shines golden today, a complete 180 from yesterday’s ethereal blue. It has shifted too, see the rays coming in? It was 06:30 when I snapped that pic and those rays mark the first day of summer for me. I’ve been having my coffee on this perch for four years now, this is our fourth spring here. Soon there will be enough earthly tip on its axis that the morning sun will come straight in the French doors, until it don’t. And, the next point of advancement will mark the beginning of fall. Pop Pop hasn’t noticed yet. But when he does, he will idly say “Well, the sun has moved to the front of the porch now…it’s going to get hot soon” and I will say “the sun isn’t moving, we are…” but it’s hard to explain that to a flat earth’er. He was fine until he got hypnotized by a floating head tiktoking over on instagram. I just leave it. Today is “fetch the milk” day and I’ve got a side plan. I see they have built a Rural King a click south of the Columbus Air Base, ohhhhhhhh Lordy. Idk if we have enough time for that this morning though. Visiting a Rural King is really not fun if you have to hurry through. I’ve only ever been in one, and I tbh think it was dark when I finally came out!!! We will have to see… I don’t have anything philosophical much to say this morning. I’m feeling a bit better every day! Pop pop got an adjustment at supper last night for being snide. I should have been a speech writer for politicians because after I got done he was quiet and no apology was needed; I could see on his face the “state of the union” had been absorbed. I let him sit on it a while, then I plated supper as if the matter never happened. You don’t have to keep harping on a subject if the speech is articulated concisely, factually intact, and delivered as “indisputably un-debunkable”… Now, whether it sticks is another matter, but i can easily re-visit the subject; if it flares up again. I often mentally prepare speeches while I go about monotonous cabin chores; and can seemingly pull them out of the air. I learned this in Iowa having to speak at corporate construction POD meetings 🤣; my “union flavored” speeches were the best. But if the company isn’t unionize it’s a bit trickier to reel folks in. That group is often made up of misfits and felons; you need an entirely different approach to the message delivery for that group. Oh it’s all fine. He’s in a cheery mood this morning… I have sent a quart jar of pickles to give this morning’s truck driver. Also a pair of new Red Wing work boots for the man’s grandson; that family don’t have much money. So now pop pops off to the pit. I have a fleeting hour (or so) of quiet and solitude. I do enjoy my coffee and cigarettes in the morning. Odd how mentioning enjoying smoking triggers some people. I can’t help it if my gene pool has been sucking on a cig for hundreds of years and nobody got lung cancer. If you are going to get lung cancer you will get it anyway; that is why people that never even tried a smoke still get it. Cancer is mostly familial tendency, a gene predisposition. Like in dog breeds. But if they told you that, they couldn’t tax the product and get more money. It would do to remember the same people that told you smoking was bad, also told you to eat seed or vegetable oil; and that animal fats or eggs would kill you. Well that’s all I got today! I hope you all have a great HUMP DAY we are headed toward the weekend now!

@_donutninja @badbake_offgrid Spinning wheels here.

@badbake_offgrid 🤣 I do this with precious things too. My husband always rolls his eyes when I buckle in a mixer, sewing machine etc.

Off to the local post office! 🥳 Safety first 🤪

@CrubersGate Four legs or two? (Or 8?)

OKAYYYYYY something VERY LARGE just RAN ACROSS THIS ROOF (right over my head) and the dog is loosing its 💩 out on the porch!!!! I heard sheets of tin FLEXING as it ran and yes there is a tree on this corner and the cats do get up on the roof - was not a “cat” 😵‍💫!!! Pop Pop never moved he’s still sleeping but digger flew off the bed… AND NO IM NOT going out to look!! 🤦🏼‍♀️ and my doorbell camera was off BUT ITS ON NOW!! WTAF!

@Pinkles6 YES. Learning to ask for help is hard, and harder when sometimes help turns into harm or simply doesn't show up, and then we try again until asking for help brings actual help.

Note to self: Doing everything alone isn't strength. It's the trauma response of a child who learned no one was coming. The bravest thing you can do as an adult is let someone come.

Love the photos of the airstream -- it looks like a home away from home. I took a Lyft. I've had only really positive experiences with Lyft but gave up on Uber a while ago. My friends drove me home so we could talk longer. My tummy is asking me WHY but it doesn't hurt. I'm going to eat a little yogurt before bed and then probably have Lizzy level dreams after all those carbs!

Oh I’m so happy you went out for a fun dinner!!! What a blessing it is to be able to old friends and I can really appreciate how it feels because my childhood friend and bestie in the whole wide world I only get to see maybe once every 5-10 years. Airstream folks are their own breed. I deeply love mine and he’s a 1973 that has been loved by two family’s before me. His first owner bought him new, a couple from Oklahoma when they retired and after their death he sat neglected in a cow field until rescued by a sweet couple in Iowa that took his disheveled remnants back to Iowa and painstakingly removed and restored each original piece and put him back together 🤗 Miss Jenny hand made his curtains and when they outgrew his 31’ body she INTERVIEWED 28 people over a month and chose me. I promised her he would never be sold and I shall keep that promise. I paid $6,000 for him and it would cost me today $172,000 to replace him with EXACTLY THE SAME (but modern) model. I write what comes into mind, you would have enjoyed my Facebook and sadly I had it set to “friends only” when the bad actors hijacked my Apple account, erased my devices, and changed my social media two part authentications - forever locking me out. I will DM you my FB profile and maybe you can see some of my albums that contained my equine photography and perhaps some of my magazine work. My life from 2009-2024 was blogged there and I lived fast and furious 🤣😂. I always thought “one day my grandchildren will be able to start in 2011 and see the original Oma… but, no. I never dreamed I’d be locked out and never be able to reach a live person to get me back into the account. Tbh I’ve been thankful on many occasions that it happened, because had it not I would have never found you (or any of the wonderful people here) that I enjoy so much!!!! Those clothespins are TREASURES I just ordered another set… And they are the perfect gift for RV’ers because the uses are limitless. We were naughty on the food today as well and ate a southern delicacy 😂 fried chicken gizzards from a VERY BLACK gas station near the cow share farm when we fetched milk. The only thing that might save us is that their friar grease is peanut oil and for some crazy reason we seem to tolerate that (in moderation). May regret it in the morning but for now it’s ok BUT this time when we got home we directly had big glasses of cultured buttermilk. Did you take an uber? I don’t know that pop pop has ever used uber, but I have a LOT!!! It was my preferred method in any city that I was not familiar with, even if I had a rental or my own auto. It was easier and more relaxing to not have to fumble around with a gps or get into some bad area.

His old house was 3 stories and he had a full plumber's toolkit and a full electrician's toolkit in color coded work bags on each floor. If he had a leak on one floor and needed to check the next floor down, he didn't have to carry tools downstairs and back up again. So smart. He waited for sales on sets and bought three at a time and made it work so well.

@beadlizard7 @iceberge80 @Seedsoilsunrain Dang!!!

The power just went out. Welcome to third world California.

@FloreFlos I'm wearing a jersey knit shirt and jersey knit pants right now and they do NOT look good. Unders are comfy, so I don't care whether they look good or not. My handknit socks, though, look fantastic and feel great.

Jersey knit doesn’t look good on anyone. I said what I said. It’s for socks and panties. Fight me