I buy canning supplies out of season. In canning season there always seems to be a run on needed items from jars to lids to pickling spices, etc. This year is worse than normal.
I use the pink boxes but stick with the yellow box recipes for sugar amounts. I have not had a failure to set using the pink boxes but have had a failure to set using the yellow boxes.
This is what I do using store bought raw, peeled garlic cloves when making my pickles that have garlic in them. After the sterilized jars are filled, I pour the boiling pickling brine into the jars and seal them.
I have my maternal grandmother's recipe for making catsup but have no idea if it is good or not. I know my mother tried to make catsup one time and it did not turn out right for her. It didn't stop her from having catsup sandwiches with it.
Using vinegar is fine if what you are cleaning is basic. Most cooking residues are acidic and using baking soda as your scrubbing medium works much better.
It depends on whether you put it in an actual freezer or if you put it in the freezer part of a refrigerator. The latter's constant defrost cycles does not keep things as well or as long as a true freezer will.
Irregardless of that, I have used frozen in the jar spaghetti sauce more than a...
There is only one of me so if I get around to making spaghetti, I use bought sauce from a jar, add mushrooms to it, return the unused portion to the jar and store it in the freezer until the next time I use it.
I got the 1935 issue because that is the one that my paternal grandmother had. I was able to borrow the original from a niece and scanned the pages that had been written on.