From LEB@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Aug 25 17:45:30 1994 Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 23:18:45 -0700 (MST) From: LEB@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU To: london@sunSITE.unc.edu Subject: Rec.food.preserving Well, rec.food.serving passed its vote, as I think you are awa. I expect that the group will be created either by the end of this week, or the beginning of next week. One of the first things that I will post, for everybody's consideration (and hopefully as a FAQ) is a list of recipe conventions, because bad preserving recipes can be really bad. 0. Posters should be responsible for recipes posted, and if you are trying out a preserving recipe for the first time, extreme caution should be taken. 1. Recipes, if they came from a publication (book, pamphet, magazine), that publication should be stated, preferably at the beginning. It would be very wise to note the copyright date, too. If the recipe is an old family re- cipe, it should also be posted, too. 2. If you altered the recipe, you should post that. The best thing to post would be the original recipe, and your changes made to it. 3. Processing times for recipes are assumed to be for sea level. You should know your elevation, and that you should increase the processing time the higher the altitude that you can at. If are posting an old family recipe, you really should post your altitude, too. I'd like to post this periodically, and I'd like to know your thoughts on it. Leslie Basel