Feb Prep daily challenge: well, I did several things I feel good about today that needed doing. I had opened some time back a #10 can of powdered eggs. I use them primarily for baking and they work very well. The large can however is hard for me to handle so I decided to put them into smaller canning jars and seal them with my new Food Saver jar sealer thing. All went well but then three of the jars refused to stay sealed! Arg…but practicing my patience, I resealed each of them; but, then shortly thereafter I would hear a little pop, check on them and they had once again lost their seal. Bottom-line, I resealed those jars at least four times and so far, fingers crossed, several hours later the seal seems to finally have taken. Technique issue perhaps? Practice makes perfect they say.
Next thing I did today was rehydrate the mushrooms I dried last week to see how they turned out. Well, I was a bit disappointed in that they never regained their original size or softness I was expecting. Hmmm…I used them in a new recipe hoping further cooking might do the trick, but still not completely satisfied with results. Maybe the wrong type of mushroom? Try, try again is my motto, so next month I’ll buy a variety of mushrooms to see if there is any difference in how well each type rehydrates.
So good to read all your reports. They keep me motivated.