Posts by joyfulheart

Quote: Originally Posted by ElsieLC  Homeopathy fixed my debilitating fear of flying (that apparently came from nowhere--DH is a small plane pilot, BTW). I was paging through a home-remedy book in a health foods...

Quote: Originally Posted by Softmama  can you post pics of decorated jars?  I made jellies as gifts last year but was stumped on the decorating part and mine didn't look so good...

Quote: Originally Posted by cocoanib  I don't have any real advice for you, but wanted to say I know how you feel. The strange thing is this did'nt start for me until the past few years. I've flown small...

Quote: Originally Posted by rere  Anyone have any food gift ideas that they really like? I make jams and jellies all summer long when different fruits are in season and decorate the jars really nicely. ...

I am afraid to fly in an airplane, even though I flew for 40 hours last year.  My fear doesn't stop me.  However, I am a wreck in the air.  I can't even read or knit, I am so preoccupied that something will go...

Well thank you so much.  I bought the pear juice and will make the jelly tomorrow morning.  I'm excited.  I haven't made jelly since I made a cranberry one last fall!

Okay, I'm not going to be much help with recipes,  I just wanted to say I'm jealous that you harvested a squash in May!  Wow!

Does this help?  http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_health.aspx

I have a recipe for pear jelly that uses bottled pear juice.  I found an organic, 100% pear juice, but it has absorbic acid added to it to preserve the color.  Will this interfere at all with the jelly's set??  I don't...

I am so inspired by your responses.  I will definitely need to play around with my recipe using the ideas posted here.   Thank you!!!