It has Turned Me into a Canner!
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Before this book I'd make the occasional applesauce or blueberry jam and often they'd sit on the shelf beyond a safe consumption date. The recipes here are simple, but well thought out, tested and so very tasty that they rarely make it a month in the pantry. Mostly I'm so excited about them that I have to share! The slow roasted fig preserve is outstanding and beautiful enough to be served to the best of company. In fact, appearance seems to be as important in these recipes as taste, making me want to fill my shelves with jars of lovely deliciousness.
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Ive always had a drinking habit. Since I was a small kid it was glass after glass. I was unquenchable. As I grew my horrible habit grew worse. Now, I must have it both frozen and in liquid state and it almost cost me my marriage.

We got this fridge from a family friend, and it was well cared for. All the accessories were intact, so when my wife asked, does it have a drip tray? I galliantly stated, no, my love. As my habit worsened, (I was up to no less than 8-9 drinks per day, sometimes more!) the mess was inevitably compounded. On the brink of divorce, I found this aquatic shield against errant spray and irritated wives! God bless whatever two halves of steel vacuum-molded this miracle of moisture retention. It has truly saved this household.
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I am hooked on this stuff!!! Great on beer, spaghetti, beer, salad, beer, soups, beer, sandwiches and beer. Well you get my drift! I tried to make it on my own but just can't get that "Twang".
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Charlie Morgan has done me a huge favor! I didn't know something as simple has canning and preserving food or liquids could be made so much more efficient. I especially got a lot out of the steps for pressure canning. Good book!
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I love to barbeque and smoke marinated meats. Before I got this Eastman MariVac Food Tumbler, I would have to soak my meats for two days in the refrigerator to get the level of flavor I sought. With this Food Tumbler, I get that flavor in under 20 minutes. What a difference! This Eastman Food Tumbler works miracles.
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It's hard for me to get excited about kitchen products, but I adore this can opener!

When I make spaghetti sauce I use a lot of tomato sauce and tomato paste. My other can openers frustrate me as they catch, and I have to press down hard to latch onto it. After opening all those cans I'm not frustrated with this opener nor are my hands sore with grip marks from pressing down hard.

This is a smooth cut all the way around without a lot of pressure. The weight of the product helps too!! I love it!

I have very long nails, and the turning knob doesn't catch them as it's very large.

I don't know what took me so long to purchase this! Maybe the $15 was too daunting a number for a manual can opener????

I'm very pleased I bought this item. The same day I bought a kitchen aid whisk. It works better then my pampered cheif whisk that I had thought was the bomb!

I've finally discovered what it means to USE kitchenaid, and it's not often I get excited over little kitchen gadgets. Diamonds on the other hand........ lol
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This was on my wishlist for at least 6 months. I used a Christmas gift card to finally pull the trigger and order this bad boy. And bad boy it is! Whether you're an old hand at canning or just discovering the joys, I can't imagine you'd need anything more than what this comes with. Perfect size for quart and pint jars (the only sizes I've tried so far). My favorite gift this year!
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Omigosh- what a wonderful product! I'm giving away all my waterbath canners-- I bought two of these, and they are the bomb! No more hauling huge heavy pots of boiling water-- they come to temp quickly and once there hold temp with a very low stove setting.

The only downside is that if your jars of food are not really hot when you put them in the steam canner, it is easy to break the jars. (Ask me how I know!!!) So now when I am filling a lot of jars at once, I hold them in a sinkfull of hot water so that the contents are hot when I put them in the canner. Since the steam canner uses so little water, the temperature rises very quickly, and if the jar contents are not hot already, that temperature differential snaps the jars in half just above the base of the jar!
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I just received the can yesterday and was excited to know I could come home today without my dog having gotten into it.  I didn't put anything major in it for the first day's test, just to be on the safe side.  This first day has led me to two facts:  It is a nice sturdy can, and my dog is friggin' Houdini.

I have a 32lb beagle/hound/whatever mutt.  He's not the brighest bulb on the string.  When people are being extra kind he's been called "dumb as a box of rocks" and I can't repeat what I've called him on occasion as he's gotten himself into bizarre situations.  But now, I take it all back.  He has truly been underestimated for the entire eight years of his life.

I came home, let said genius out, and went to check on the can in the kitchen.  It wasn't there.  All I found were a couple of scraps of the bag from within it.  I thought to myself "oh, he really tried tugging on that bag.  I bet he pulled the can for ages and got frustrated that he couldn't get into it!"

I was wrong.

Down the hall and two rooms away I found the rest of the bag lying in the middle of the floor, shredded into a nearly unrecognizable pile of plastic.

Now I started to worry.

Upon further searching I finally found the trash can.  It was lying on its side, tucked neatly into the back corner of a bedroom closet.  I lift the can out to discover.....the lock is still locked.  He obviously managed to pull the bag out by bending the plastic edges.

Yes, my no-longer stupid as snails pup had managed to outsmart the trash can.  That is a sentence I never thought I'd be able to say.

To its credit, the can didn't have a scratch on it and it obviously has a good strong lock that would work well for small children and cats.  Just don't expect that to keep your dog from getting to the trash inside.

Oh, and speaking of that trash, it has now been over an hour and I still can't find any of it.  I'm guessing it will show up the hard way in a day or two.
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I waited to make sure that I was happy with this baby and sure enough it is a super winner!  I am a canner from way back and this steamer saves not only water but time.  It is easy to use and once it gets up to steam you can turn it down really low which helps with the energy also.  I used to have to start all over with warm fresh water with my water bath to keep from breaking bottles but these go in one right after the other.  The thermostat on top is a large help in that there is no guess work.  Soooo - WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG!  This woman is a new convert!
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The one I had just wasn't cutting it (yep). Figured I might as well fork over the money for a good one. Oh god this is so great, it just takes off the whole top of the can so easily, I wish I had it sooner
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I once believed that my adamant taste buds could withstand any spicy food thrown at them.  I was a titan in the realm of taste testing, able to devour entire buckets of habanero chilis without batting an eyelash.  I could take shots of pepper spray to the eyes without even flinching.  I would travel to restaurants all around the world, searching for that one bite that would melt my face off and force me to gulp down an entire lake's worth of water.  I believed that I was invincible.  Until now.

When the fallen angel Ba'al showed up at my doorstep offering me a bottle of this stuff, I was initially skeptical.  "Yeah...uh huh," I said with a cocky smirk.  "Alright, Red.  Pop that top and pass it over.  I'll show you what's up."  How naive I was.

This ain't your momma's habanero BBQ sauce.  No siree.  This sauce was bottled in the deepest, hottest layers of the Abyss.  It was taken from the same molten moat that encircles Beelzebub's fiery palace.  Suffice it to say, I wasn't expecting the disastrous effects that liquefied brimstone can have on a human trachea.

While the sauce was amazingly tasty, I now have a gaping hole in my throat and my face has now been literally melted off.  That's the only reason why I removed a star from my rating.  I don't think my horrid disfigurement is going to be helping me much in the dating department.  Also, this sauce isn't exactly what I'd call a "viable condiment", seeing as though it instantly incinerates almost any food item it comes in contact with (the exception being my grandmother's indestructible dinner rolls).

Touch, Satan.  It seems I have finally met my match.
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I was in an accident and have trouble with gripping and strength in my hands.  I was to the point where I was dreading any time I had to open a can with my funky old can opener.  I'm so glad I bought this one.

It goes through cans like butter!  And the grip is super easy to handle, and doesn't require much strength.  Really worth the splurge.
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Finally I can open jars without sqeezing flesh of my finger between the parts of other  "can openers". I don't need anymore another person to open a jar - I can do it with my arthritis hand without affort -one click, and voila! Why didn't I know about this JarKey years ago ???
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To say a can opener has changed your life is silly... but this can opener has changed my life! No longer do I dread making chili! Or spaghetti sauce. this thing is ah-mazing, and I would purchase it over and over and over again.
Love the non-sharp edges, and the fact it fits in the kitchen utensil drawer (doesn't take up precious counter space!).
Only been using it for a month though (probably 3-5 cans/ week) so I'm not completely sure how long it will last, but it does NOT MATTER. I would still buy it again.
Just set that little workhorse on the can. Push the button, and away it goes. Taking finished lid off took me a little to figure out, but I am in love! Best Christmas gift of the year! ;)
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I grew up opening cans with the stab can opener, and little by little they disappeared. Lately, I've been getting frustrated taking off the upper cover of one gallon olive oil cans. The edge is too high for the regular can opener. So I search for the STAB, which I didn't know it was called that way, and woo-hoo! I found it!  And love it!  However, one sugestion: could you make some with the handle more user friendly? I have to wrap a kitchen towel to it, because the hand hurts. But regardless, I went apes opening difficult cans!  LOL!
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I bought this back a while ago, and I'm still reaping the benefits of drinking this miraculous beverage.  I feel more alert, my social life has improved, and my urine has a wonderful neon yellow hue.

Even though it is sealed quite nicely in it's case, after you are able to remove the can, you may want to cool down your energy drink.  My preference was to put the cans in my refrigerator, but you could get a similar effect by setting the cans in a snow bank, or by using ice cubes in a glass to cool the drink down.  My first problem came when I was ready to drink the Diet Rockstar(tm).  I looked at the can and was perplexed as to how to open it up, until I noticed this clever "tab" at the top that would pop open a perfect sized drinking hole to use.

Once I opened it up, I quickly poured the entire contents of the Diet Rockstar(tm) into my mouth and then swallowed it.  I had heard of people not caring for the last few drops of a warmed can, so I figured that it would be best to drink it before it had the opportunity to warm up.  What a great decision that was!  Shortly afterwards I felt a burst of energy surge through my body and I was more productive then I have ever been in my life.  Normally I would take a 8:30am nap at work, but not today.  Was was ready to work and to get everything completed in a orderly fashion.  However, a problem soon surfaced as there was no more work to do for a few hours and I had all this energy to burn off.

I highly recommend this product and would suggest that everyone purchase as much as you can.  This drink will change your life and make you complete all of your activities with ease.