We just ordered a set of preserving bottles thinking we could use our pressure cooker, but it looks like the ordinary pressure cooker may not be enough
Thoughts, knowledge, caveats from experienced canners/preservers?
Chuckles
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A loaf of potato sourdough with sesame seeds on top.
Woke up to cold, rainy weather—perfect for vegetable soup and a loaf of sourdough. I started the crockpot for the soup and mixed the dough, but while everything was underway the sky cleared, the sun came out, and it warmed up. Oh well. 😂
This is potato bread made with leftover mashed potatoes. 😋
Arlo Guthrie, son of Woody, a very long talking/singing song
The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout
theconversation.com/the-end-of-o...
Alice's Restaurant?
I’m glad that the Mad King isn’t going to commit war crimes right now, while once again it is obvious this bumbling fool has no idea what he’s doing.
The world is fascist
Maybe you have to be fascist to beat it
That is a very depressing thought
Interesting.
Israel learnt from the master, Joseph Goebbels
The IMF is worried the energy crisis could lead to a 'wage-price spiral'
But no mention of a profit-price spiral... 🤔
Even though last time war made gas prices spike, the IMF itself said HALF of Europe's inflation was due to PROFITS
@grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social #auspol
No essential service should be "for profit"
-The reprehensible Bondi, Chavez-DeRemer, and Noem are gone.
-The reprehensible Hegseth, Patel, and RFK Jr. stay.
-Women were always gonna be the first to get slapped around by the abusive convicted felon.
Story on ABC website about gas prices remaining stable in Australia during this crisis. The prospect of a gas tax have the big corps so worried, they decided not to gouge this crisis.
The PointLive is up. SO get on it to find out all you need to know about what is going on with the Gas tax committee
live.thepoint.com.au
It is worth remembering that a definition of "rent" is "unearned income"
"Landlords provide housing like scalpers provide concert tickets."
I am sure this has been around the block a few times but certainly worth reposting here.
Seems pretty accurate to me.
"So let’s take the hint. Let’s talk about AUKUS. Let’s talk about why every single Australian with a pulse and a pay packet should be screaming at the government to pull the ripcord on this thing before it becomes the most expensive lemon in the history of the country."
Headline from the AFR "Time to end welfare for the wealthy, says big business"
You mean the superannuation tax breaks? No?
You mean the CGT discount? No?
You mean the fossil fuel subsidies? No?
You mean the free gas for multinationals? No?
You mean the failure of the PRRT? No?
You mean the tax dodging trusts? No?
You mean the lack of a wealth tax? No?
No you mean the NDIS FFS
I think what a racist, populist dog-whistling arsehole of a politician they are, and ditto for the party they represent. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #auspol
Just a reminder that Angus Taylor slipped the term “genocidal protesters” into his anti-immigration racist rant last week.
Does anyone here know anyone who is protesting FOR genocide?
Don't go there unless you are stupid & crazy
"New phone, who dis?"
10 children were shot today in Shreveport, LA and 8 of them died. The police chief just doesn’t know how something like this could ever happen. But I think he knows exactly how something like this could happen and it has to do with the > 393 million guns in this country w/ very little regulation.
DON'T COME HERE.
They kidnap people off the streets & throw them in filthy holes.
They don’t care who you are.
They don't care if you're white, either, if you think that'll save you.
They have quotas.
(It’s all about money.)
THE US IS NOT SAFE.
STAY AWAY.
news.sky.com/story/englan...
Because what they believe had a terrible effect on my life and I stand against it pretty strongly
Add that whenever you click on something, they ask for an additional fee!
As an amateur genealogist I am really glad that I got my grounding in transcription & research before Ancestry.com started paying non English speaking & non English culture people to transcribe names they had no idea of
Also giving AI its insane head to suggest possible relatives
becoming chaos
