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Kilner jars.
On 02/09/2013 22:18, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 19:00:43 +0100, David Hill wrote: On 02/09/2013 15:44, Martin wrote: On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:16:38 +0100, David Hill wrote: I would use then judiciously, I remember my parent laughing that they bottled new potatoes, thought they would be lovely for Christmas. After a couple of months there we several very loud explosions, on investigation the potatoes has fermented and exploded. Took them a while to clean up the mess. Incidentally I remember mum preserving rings of apples by salting and drying, when soaked they made very acceptable apple pies! Mind you this was during the war, when she also preserved runner beans in a similar fashion. Remember, if you are going to try this, the salt then was different to the bulk of what you get today, it was either rock salt or sea salt without the additives that we now have. Which additives? http://www.british-salt.co.uk/Produc...iedVacuum.aspx Anti caking agent Sodium Ferrocyanide in very tiny and safe amounts http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=166139 Possibly, but still causes the beans go slimy |
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