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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The sect around me does not vote as a rule. They use voting as a threat whenever the English try to enact some rule that affects their situation.

In the past 20 years these restrictions on their "religious freedom" have included the following:

License plates and road taxes for buggies

Helmet requirements for children riding bikes on state highways.

Requiring them to clean up their horse poop scattered on public roads and waterways

Requiring their children to receive a bare minimum of education.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"50L bag of nuts"

Oh you're European, so you're likely talking about the english walnut. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_regia

The harvesting process is very different from the black walnuts that we have in NA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_nigra

Your walnuts will be much easier to hull and much easier to shell. Enjoy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Have you ever harvested walnuts? It sucks to get any sort of quantity put together.

First you have to hull them, this will leave your fingers stained black for weeks even with gloves.

Then you have to dry them for a season, which involves either keeping the squirrels away constantly or a bucket taking up space in your house for an entire season.

And finally you have to shell them, which is not an easy or repeatable process. Doing it at home by hand will lead to a nice powder of shell and nut that you have to separate before you can eat a single walnut.

Forget all that. If someone wants to do that as a job so that I can buy them for 10 dollars/lb bagged in the store then be my guest.

 

Great bundle to purchase if you've got young kids just getting into video games.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I drive a prius as my main farm vehicle and for my factory job. With fold down seats I haven't had any issues with hauling stuff.

If I'm doing a project that requires 4x8 sheets or 12' long boards I get them delivered or I rent a truck.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It happens a lot less when you don't cramp billions of animals in extremely close quarters

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Does Raft require co-op to be fun?

I recently picked up The Forest and I found that The Forest is tough to enjoy without co-op because of enemy difficulty.

Does Raft suffer from this?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Their entire Luddite mindset is intended to keep their members tied to the church.

They can use gas and kerosene to power engines other than ones that allow them to travel at reasonable speeds. They can use any electric device unless it's attached to the grid.

Their entire cult is devoted to maintaining their bishop's creepy control over their members lives.

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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

I canned a few cups of apples this fall. Now that I pull the apples out for some baking, i find that my apples are just barely more firm than applesauce.

Does anyone have any tips on keeping apples firm after canning?

 

Attempting to can apples for the first time and I am pretty confident that I filled the can up to the 1/2" point before the headspace starts. But after I pulled them out of the canner I have a good 1" of only liquid that the apples are floating on.

Did I do something wrong?

Is there a good way to really pack apples into the can before they go into the canner to avoid this wasted space?