Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Nice that's very smart. I want to learn how to can. Maybe next summer I will start with tomatoes and pickles.
I’m doing the same, with food that is. Still learning. I’m really experienced pressure cooking grains doing mushroom growing but have never done foods per se. I was just gifted a bunch of various foods which were pressure cooked which got me thinking about it. Great reminder op. 👍🏼
Truth!! Yeah, I get into it. Currently shut down concerned my mist machine will introduce mold in my home. Looking at expanding into an external shed type building. It’s a lot of fun, sometimes tedious but I keep learning things which in retirement keeps me off the streets. -Peace
That’s great! I’m so scared of a pressure cooker. I’m probably overthinking it. I guess I got scared as kid seeing my grandma release the steam. Kinda scary for a little kid. I wanted an instant pot so bad and never could get the thing to work. Had water releasing all over the counter top. Hubby couldn’t get it either. Gave my to my daughter and she mastered it. Mushroom growing sounds like fun.
It is fun!! Couple tips for your PC adventures. Wash the rubber lid seal with soapy warm water after every cook. It seems to work best if it sets around unused to do the same before your next cook. Be patient during the cool-down period and don’t remove the rocker weight until it’s fully cooled down. Keep your cooker as clean as possible. I got a spare lid pressure seal in advance cuz they don’t last forever. I have a Presto 23 qt but the All American is supposed to be better. I like my Presto tho.
Glad you are having fun exploring with cooking. I bought myself a stainless steel pots & pans set for Christmas. I’m tired of non stick and it’s not safe. We also use very old cast iron that belonged to my grandma.