Hi, Marilyn!
Vrijdag 05 September 1997 Marilyn Boissoneault wrote to Maria Edelhausen:
 ME>> I'm afraid I can't finish them before next growing season.  So I will
 ME>> do like you and dry them in the microwave.
 MB> I've never tried drying them in the microwave. one word of
 MB> warning, they smell VERY STRONG when they are drying. I put my
 MB> dehydrator outside to do that job.  Let me know how your onions
 MB> turn out.
All right I'm warned, but I'll try it out in any way and give you a sign how 
it went on. Maybe all the house smell like onions. I'll do this when I'm 
alone at home and see what it will do. Keep you up informed.
 ME>> For most of the veggies I prefer canning above freezing. I'm
 MB> You put up a lot of veggies. I guess since I have such a long
 MB> growing season I just put up a little. There is usually something
 MB> in the garden to eat most of the year.  Right now is the start of
 MB> the best time of year for veggie gardening here in Central
 MB> Florida.
WIth the possibility of nearly all year round growing veggies, I also 
wouldn't be canning a lot. But here it can be froozing very hard and for a 
long time and then veggies are very expensive in the shops. So it's better to 
cann them when they are plenty in our garden in Summer and Autumn. 
Winter-leak can stay outside till spring, as well as the cabbages (green and 
curled ones), but celery, carrots, beans, tomato's and all others will be 
frozen then and no more good for use.
The advantage of canning is also : when in one year you have a real good 
rsult in growing the veggies and you cann them all, you can hold some for the 
year after, when maybe the weather is not so good and the quantity of veggies 
that you get from the garden is much smaller than normally.
The other advantage is that all veggies are cleaned and cooked and that the 
meal is quickly ready when using the canned ones.
Greetings
      Maria
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