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The Basics Of Canning Anything

The Basics Of Canning Anything The canning process involves placing foods in jars or similar containers and heating them to a temperature that destroys micro-organisms that cause food to spoil. During this heating process air is driven out of the jar and as it cools a vacuum seal is formed. This vacuum seal prevents air …

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Learn The Basics Of Canvas Painting: Ideas & Projects

Learn The Basics Of Canvas Painting: Ideas & Projects You’ve got your paint, your work surface, and a blank canvas! But how exactly do you get started? I’m so pleased to share with you several simple tutorials that I found for canvas art. Note the key word is basic! Personally, I don’t want to spend …

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Hair Fix: Bobby Pin Basics

Hair Fix: Bobby Pin Basics Bobby pins are one of the most basic hair tools out there. They don’t involve harsh chemicals, tricky fasteners, or scalp-searing heat, yet they manage to keep hair in place—and they cost pennies per pin. But did you know there is a right way, and therefore a wrong way, to …

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Kitchen Basics 101: Making Half a Recipe

Kitchen Basics 101: Making Half a Recipe I have this handy chart taped inside my kitchen cupboard… Thought it would be nice to share this from robynsview.com. Sometimes a recipe yields entirely too much and then I often find myself cutting recipes in half so that I don’t have so many leftovers. Yeah ok it’s …

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Kitchen Basics 101: Making Half a Recipe

Kitchen Basics 101: Making Half a Recipe The simplest method — reducing all ingredients by half — works for most recipes, particularly ones that don’t require much precision or chemistry, like soups, stews, casseroles, and simple sauces. Click the link to follow this chart!!…… Kitchen Basics 101: Making Half a Recipe