http://livingsmallblog.com/2007/09/06/canning-everybodys-learning-how/ Life, Literature, and the Subversive Power of Living Small Thu, 10 May 2012 18:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://livingsmallblog.com/2007/09/06/canning-everybodys-learning-how/comment-page-1/#comment-3554 cmf Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:02:32 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2007/09/06/canning-everybodys-learning-how/#comment-3554 Yeah, I know -- that's why I mentioned it in the first place. I've got one jar in the fridge, and one in the freezer and I'm really not planning on long-term preservation (they're too yummy to keep around, actually). But I didn't want anyone out there in the internet-o-sphere to miss on the garlic + oil = botulism problem ... Yeah, I know — that’s why I mentioned it in the first place. I’ve got one jar in the fridge, and one in the freezer and I’m really not planning on long-term preservation (they’re too yummy to keep around, actually). But I didn’t want anyone out there in the internet-o-sphere to miss on the garlic + oil = botulism problem …

]]> http://livingsmallblog.com/2007/09/06/canning-everybodys-learning-how/comment-page-1/#comment-3553 maryn Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:39:17 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2007/09/06/canning-everybodys-learning-how/#comment-3553 C, i am soooo sorry to say this, because the eggplant sounds just yummy, but unless you put a fair amount of acid into that eggplant, that mixture is just not going to be safe to keep. garlic in olive oil is a reliable setting for production of botulinum toxin, which is not a thing you want to be consuming. if you made the mixture and refrigerated or froze it quickly, you could be OK for a while ( C, i am soooo sorry to say this, because the eggplant sounds just yummy, but unless you put a fair amount of acid into that eggplant, that mixture is just not going to be safe to keep. garlic in olive oil is a reliable setting for production of botulinum toxin, which is not a thing you want to be consuming. if you made the mixture and refrigerated or froze it quickly, you could be OK for a while (

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