I was able to recover and the lids are, once again, safely in place. But I won’t know if they’ll seal until later this evening. Usually I get lucky with glass lids and wire and bale jars, but sometimes…..
I just watched one of my favorite YouTube cooks make what looks like a delicious vegan chickpea stew and I thought of this group.
https://youtu.be/YORLUzWd-HU?is=rEdD2UtA\_CQcLarN
He is not vegan and neither is the show, so if that’s an issue for you, you might want to take a pass on this one, but it still looks like a really good recipe. Enjoy!
I had simmered some black raspberries in a little apple juice, preparing them to make seedless black raspberry jam. Best stuff ever!
I’ve had and used this same attachment for well over 30 years now and it’s worked flawlessly all this time. Until yesterday.
I was happily ladling the berries into the top, watching the seeds come out the front and the liquid gold juice and pulp come out the back when suddenly, the mixer stopped. This has never happened before. Before I could reach around and turn the power off, there was a loud POP and raspberry guts went everywhere. WHAT. A. MESS.
I disassembled everything and discovered that the sieving cone had become detached from its retaining right and the spring loaded auger had popped out, shooting raspberry bits everywhere.
Further examination turned up what had happened. The end of the sieving cones had seeds jammed in it so tightly that I had to use a hammer and a nail to clear them out. And it wasn’t easy.
What the heck happened???? I’ve made *gallons* of seedless raspberry jam with this without a hitch. Why did, all of a sudden, the seeds jam up like that?
The only clue I have is that, when I reread the manual (which I haven’t looked at in decades), I noticed that it says to run the mixer on #4. I was using #1. Could that be it?
I did get on eBay last night and bought a replacement cone for $20, but I don’t want this to happen again.
Anyone have any idea about what might have gone wrong? Did I over simmer the berries? Maybe I shouldn’t have simmered them at all? I’m at a loss.
Thanks, everyone!!