Comments on: Gifts in Jars, Elsewhere

By: Dennis

Dennis — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:51:27 +0000

I just came across your site and was reading some of your recipes, which I will be trying soon! I had to laugh at your comment above about having 15-20 tabs open at one time and leaving your computer on way too long. I totally do the same! Anyway, I’m happy to have come across across your site! – Dennis

By: Emily

Emily — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:19:37 +0000

I use the Print to PDF function to print recipes that I’d like to try to a pdf document. Of course now I have hundreds of recipes that I often forget about, but at least when something I saw comes to mind, I don’t have to go searching for which blog it was one.

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:37:56 +0000

When I don’t have time to read something on a website, or I want to grab a recipe or other tidbit, but I don’t want to bookmark it I use a Firefox add-on called “read it later” it’s GREAT! I have also been trying out a few different ways to “clip” pieces of web pages, recipes & the like and Springpad.com seems to be shaping up to do that pretty well.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:16:11 +0000

My MacBook stayed open for days at a time for exactly the same reason. I even avoided doing the mandatory software updates because it would involve taking time to decide what to do with all the open tabs and windows I had before the necessary restart.

BUT…have you ever heard of Evernote? It has changed my life. You can clip an entire page or just a screenshot into the database, and save tons of recipes, design ideas, and wish lists, etc. It also has text recognition, so even if you don’t title or tag a recipe with a particular word, if it’s in the body of the entry you can find it. Even if that word is in an image. Seriously. Try it.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:26:30 +0000

Kelly and Elaine, I’ve done a lot of looking into methods of safely canning dulce de leche and I’m not finding anything. The USDA does not recommend canning milk products. However, it’s still a lovely gift to give, you just have to gift it with the recommendation that it’s stored in the fridge, even before it’s opened.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:05:05 +0000

I had the same question as Kelly….Any thoughts on how long to process the dulce de leche in a boiling water bath?

By: Doris the Goat

Doris the Goat — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:08:37 +0000

Clearly, I need to make all of these for all of my loved ones. Any update on the dulce de leche preservation process?

By: Julia

Julia — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:19:28 +0000

So totally cool. But now I have ten more things that I want to make! At least I can just save the link to this post for now…

By: Chef Gwen

Chef Gwen — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:01:16 +0000

Thank you, Marisa, for including my mandarin dust in your round up. I don’t know exactly how you do all the things you do, but I am in awe. Superwoman.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:51:40 +0000

That Dulce De Leche sounds AMAZING, and it just changed my tactics for this holiday season. My only question: since the recipe says to turn the jars upside down to get a shelf stable seal, and that is known to be unsafe, do you think you could can these with a water canner? If so, how long would one process this?

I’m not sure I’d trust it, because it’s not acidic at all, but I’m wondering what your take on it would be?