Intro and QOTW - steff

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hi stef,

 

welcome to the group. thanks for the introduction.

 

have you ever pickled turnips? you throw a few

slices of beet in with the turnips and it turns them a

beautiful purplish-pink color. they are wonderful and

go great with falafel and hummus.

 

glad you came out of lurkdom,

susie

 

--- steff davidson <steffdav46 wrote:

 

> Hi! My name is Stef and I live on Vancouver

> Island in BC, Canada. I am new to this group and

> after lurking for a couple of days, I thought that I

> would jump in. I am an ovo/lacto vegetarian but hope

> to become vegan in the near future. I'm not one of

> those people that does well with just jumping into

> things so I tend to take my time. I have been

> vegetarian for about 2 1/2 years now and I have not

> regretted it in the least. Oh...and just for fun, I

> get up between 5 and 5:30 every morning. My family

> thinks I'm crazy.

> I've noticed that the subject of canning came up

> in the last couple of days. I just finished canning

> 10lbs of pickled beets on Sunday. We missed out on

> the dill pickles this year but we usually do those

> too. I can mostly things with high acid, like

> pickles, tomatoes etc., because that way I can use

> the hot water bath method. I don't want to have to

> go out and buy a pressure cooker. For the person who

> was concerned about jars exploding, I don't know

> anyone that that has ever happened to and TBH, I

> have loads of fears, but that was never one of them.

> Then again, nowadays, canning jars are so improved.

> So, I would say to you, " Go for it! " You will

> probably have loads of fun. My suggestion though is

> to not over-do it the first couple of times. Canning

> can be tedious and time comsuming and you wouldn't

> want to end up disliking it because of trying to do

> too much at one time, to start off.

> Thanks for letting me join!

> Stef

 

 

 

 

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