I just wanted to share my favorite design for a canning funnel. For those that don’t know, a canning funnel sits in or on the lip of mason jars to funnel whatever you are trying to preserve into the jar without getting crud all over the lip.
This is important because if you have any remnants of food on the jar lid it can prevent the jar from achieving a seal.
I have owned many kinds of canning funnels in my attempts at learning how to do things, but the type pictured is my favorite. It has an outer cover as well as an inner funnel so it sits in and on the jar so it is sturdy.
It also has measurements on the outside which help you determine headspace.
All in all, I think this is the best type of canning funnel you can get.
My wife got into a no BPA phase, and since I agree that BPA is bad when ingested, and I love buying new gadgets I jumped with her and landed with both feet in the gadget aisle of the store.
We started using glass mason jars for all sorts of stuff, from salad containers, to salt shakers, to cup (well I am Southern so mason jar glasses is not new).
One thing we found is a Mason Jar Straw Lid. This was awesome as the boy loves drinking out of a straw.
Actually, he mostly likes blowing bubbles in his milk through a straw. However, the lid keeps the bubbles in the jar.
As you well know, my Genny is pretty serious in her quest to get healthy. I never thought she would stop drinking diet mountain dew but she quit cold turkey.
I figure that I should do something to support her, especially since I now know exactly how serious she is.
I figure that the best way I can show I am thinking about her goals and how I can help her is to find a replacement for her favorite drink. To do that I looked to infused waters. Then I found this Mason Jar Infuser lid.
The lid fits on a mason jar and has a compartment under it that holds fruit under the water so that you can infuse the water with some of the fruit taste without a lot of the sugar.
Cucumber water has long been a favorite of many celebrities and now my wife can have the benifits of it without being too fancy.
All she has to do is slice up her favorite fruit and insert a few slices in the Mason Jar Infuser, fill the jar with water, close the lid, and wait.
She can do this before bed and have a drink ready to go in the morning.
I recently purchased a set of conflicted cards and used them to discuss survival issues with my wife.
When I first saw the cards I knew I would have to get them, I wasn’t sure how good they would be, but I immediately recognized the value of the concept.
I am pleased to report that these cards are really well thought out and I got a lot out of using them.
They are designed to be used as a game – and each card has a survival scenario and to play the rules are simple:
Every scenario assumes the world has gone into chaos and that the apocalypse has taken place.
When dealing cards, feel free to shuffle and pass around the cards between the players or leave the deck in the center of the gaming area and everyone draws a card, or any other way you see fit.
Each turn starts with a player reading a question card to the person next to them, moving clockwise.
Once the card is read, discard it aside.
The answering player has 3 minutes to describe exactly what he or she would do in order to deal with the scenario.
The remaining players will grade the answering players question on a scale from zero to three.
The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Feel free to vote openly or in secret, depending on the maturity of the group. If in secret, one player must be chosen to add up the grades and announce a winner.
Always take the scenarios on the cards at full face value. When in doubt about the complexity of the scenario of a card, the asking player will have the right to frame the scenario or question as they see fit, keeping it close to reality.
Although Conflicted: The Survival Card Game has no foul language or nudity, the content is aimed at mature audiences only. Life in a post-apocalyptic world isn’t to be taken lightly.
My wife and I take turns digging through the cards and selecting a scenario that resonates with us and then asking the other what they would do in the scenario.
By using the cards In this manner we can feel out the similarities and differences in our mindset. Its amazing how this simple card set can break through assumptions and point out true beliefs.
As SouthernPrepper1 said in his review , I also see some use as a method to vet potential survival team members, but I have yet to use it in this context.
At $14.95 I think this is a very good deal – the discussions this game facilitate are worth much more than the price of the cards. Personally I plan on bringing this to the next family gathering and seeing just what other members think…
As you well know, my Genny is pretty serious in her quest to get healthy. I never thought she would stop drinking diet mountain dew but she quit cold turkey.
I recently purchased a set of conflicted cards and used them to discuss survival issues with my wife.