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  1. jawnn

    Canning hot Peppers with citric acid in oil

    leaving more expansion room is good but I would like to know more about the "cold" spots when when canning in oil.
  2. jawnn

    Canning hot Peppers with citric acid in oil

    [Ghee boils and smokes at 482f [250c] olive oil boils at 570f [298.889c] and smokes at 374 to 419f [215c] extra virgin.] olive oil boils at 570f and smokes at 374 to 419f extra virgin.] Hot peppers will retain most of their Capsaicin but is destroyed at 400 degrees f [204.444c] so boiling oil...
  3. jawnn

    Canning hot Peppers with citric acid in oil

    I haven't fried them yet, but I think if I boil them long enough to evaporate the h20 it should be hot enough. other wise I am going to drain out most of the oil and then save that ghee after reaching over 250 degrees. then I could washout most of the oil from the peppers with vinegar. possibly...
  4. jawnn

    Canning hot Peppers with citric acid in oil

    I have several quarts of pepper puree ready to can for the winter, cooked and immersed in ghee. I can't find any information about this project other than to use a 240 degrees (11psi) canner. But then I wanted to make it even safer by using Citric acid. So far I found an article about using 1/2...
  5. jawnn

    Lost Art of Pickling w/o sugar and vinegar?

    Lecture 4 KimChi This maybe the easiest way to preserve vegitables without canning or refridgeration. If anyone cares.... I have made it several different ways over the last several years, I started with using brine [which can cause water to spew out when fermenting hard]. But soon found...
  6. jawnn

    Lost Art of Pickling w/o sugar and vinegar?

    This is a good article, the one you guys showed me had nothing usable about acidity: “Pickle Science: How to Master the Preserving Power of Acids” [use google to find it; read the whole thing, it is very good with lots of photos.] “Not all acids are created equal—a wide range of acidity levels...
  7. jawnn

    Lost Art of Pickling w/o sugar and vinegar?

    How does the Tannin in leaves maintain firmness? And why do you think it is not the acidity? I got some asian pears to put in my last batch of pickles. That should create more acid to help keep out the yeast etc. But not help keep them firm??
  8. jawnn

    Lost Art of Pickling w/o sugar and vinegar?

    so how do they make vinegar [acetic acid]? if not by fermenting.... Is salt an acid? I was looking at Ph meters and someone said they read salt particles... This started out to be just a simple quest but now it has turned into a real learning project. But it must be good for my 70 year old...
  9. jawnn

    Lost Art of Pickling w/o sugar and vinegar?

    Apparently it is a lost art to make pickles without all the modern garbage, like sugar, distilled vinegar and even pickling lime. Then refridgeration came in and now it is hard to find details about the lost art of pickling. What is Alum and how much to use? I have been pickling cucumbers with...
  10. jawnn

    Fermented Pickle Question

    I believe it is the Ph of the water, the symptoms sound like your water is more acidic where you live now. I am not an expert, but all the info I've been taking into my brain points to needing more acid at the start of a ferment. But I think you have enough. Another thing might be how you...
  11. jawnn

    How to preserve live cucumber pickles?

    The answer to my original question: Someone in a video mentioned that pickles can get soft at different rates; that being a reason to stop the fermentation. I think that is due to lack of acidity. [Like the water being used for brine should not have a high Ph]. And if so use more tannin leaves...
  12. jawnn

    Fermented Pickle Question

    this is intersting: Influence of the tannin structure on the disruption effect of carbohydrates https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000326700301153X
  13. jawnn

    How to preserve live cucumber pickles?

    Tannic acid is a particular type of hydrolyzable tannin commonly found in the bark and wood of oaks and other plants. Tannins are very important to fermenting [red wine for instance because the reddish purple has tannins]. They provide color, flavor and structure to a fermented vegetable as well...
  14. jawnn

    Fermented Pickle Question

    I think you answered my question, or part of it....http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f18/how-to-preserve-live-cucumber-pickles-102839.html#post1603200
  15. jawnn

    How to preserve live cucumber pickles?

    today I was looking through the forum listing and could see this clasification: Canning and Preserving - Discuss Cooking - Cooking Forums [canning and fermenting under farm to table] so if you want to move this ove there...... This maybe part of my problem...
  16. jawnn

    How to preserve live cucumber pickles?

    The main thing I wanted to know is why do people take their pickles out so soon? I pickles plums last year and they lasted all winter. the brine takes a while to soak all the way in. and I believe that is what cucumbers should be like also. so maybe the reason a couple got mushy was too much...
  17. jawnn

    How to preserve live cucumber pickles?

    the first question is: How long can cucumber pickle stay in the fermenting jars? Sauerkraut can stay in there for a whole winter and summer. I'v been looking at a lot of videos on youtube to find out if it is possible to can my pickles after before they rot. I spent too much money on the baby...
  18. jawnn

    What are your favorite diabetic snack foods?

    So how did these researchers figure out how the fat raises blood glucose? Was it a statistical study? Or a scientific clinical study? I am not sure I believe anything any more. Every one told me I should eat fat then they tell me not to eat fat. Infact there is nothing else to eat.....I think it...
  19. jawnn

    High fiber crackers for diabetics?

    I tried making these in a pan. Nothing but dry flaky mush. Then I found some crackers with coconut flour in them, it added only 2 grams fiber. What a travesty industrialized food is.
  20. jawnn

    What are your favorite diabetic snack foods?

    If every one agrees that we need to eat much more fiber and get plenty of bacteria {I hope KimChi has B12} I need a book on this non-fad diet, I can't deal with fads, I don't even eat much kimchi. But chocolate is one the top; of the food pyramid, right? Unfortunately it has sugar in it. And it...
  21. jawnn

    High fiber crackers for diabetics?

    I like ryvita but I think home made crackers can be made with more fiber.
  22. jawnn

    High fiber crackers for diabetics?

    Please try making these with variations and give me some feed back? I have been looking at recipes for almond or coconut flour crackers. But non of them have a good binder. Because there is a new concept that fat raises blood glucose. So what kind of fat has a bad effect? I suspect that it is...
  23. jawnn

    What are your favorite diabetic snack foods?

    How much fiber can you eat? how much fiber can you eat? https://dtc.ucsf.edu/living-with-diabetes/diet-and-nutrition/understanding-carbohydrates/counting-carbohydrates/learning-to-read-labels/understanding-fiber/ Coconut flour crackers 1 cup coconut flour [soaks up a lot of liquid so don't...
  24. jawnn

    What are your favorite diabetic snack foods?

    no fat no carbs only vegitibles? Last year my knees' arthritis got so bad I could not longer ride my bicycle. So the lack of exercise helped my diabetes get so bad I am taking experimental meds like Truelicity. In small doses, because large amounts makes me feel nausea. I don't want to...
  25. jawnn

    What are your favorite diabetic snack foods?

    wow there is so much good stuff on here, I was thinking about this last night, I desperatly need a good snak food. thanks.
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