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GREAT NEWS TO REPORT!
LOCATED SAFE!
Message from family:
“I just got off the phone with the sheriff. Yes they were confirmed to be found and safe thank goodness!” 🙏
Thank you for all of the sharing and caring! The willing and able can make a difference. 💙❤️🧡💛



PLEASE‼️It only takes one second to share this missing mother and her son. The willing and able can make a difference. 💙❤️🧡💛
🚨 MISSING PERSON ALERT 🚨
From A Voice For The Voiceless, Inc.

‼️MISSING SINCE HURRICANE HELENE‼️
Maggie Valley, North Carolina

We’re asking for your help in locating Amber-Lynn Bates and her son, Draven Green. They were last seen before the hurricane hit, driving a reddish-orange 2006 HHR that had broken down in the Maggie Valley area. The family confirmed Amber was safe as of October 4th, but they haven’t been able to reach her since then.

If you’re in Macon, Jackson, or Swain counties, please stay alert and keep an eye out for them. Any information can make a difference. If you know anything, please reach out to the family directly.

Help us bring them home safely. 🙏

Pineapple Pepper Jelly

Here's the Pineapple Pepper Jelly recipe I promised you all.
After I canned my pineapples the other day I boiled the peels and cores and used the juice I got from boiling them to make my jelly.
You can also use store bought pineapple juice to make this jelly if you want.

Ingredients:

Pineapple Juice - 5 cups

Sugar - 7 cups

Pectin - I box plus an extra tablespoon. I use to use 1 box of pectin but, it seems lately that unless I add extra pectin the jellies and jams don’t jell as good as they should. You’re welcome to just use one box, but I recommend adding the extra. If you're using bulk pectin that comes to 7 tablespoons.

1/2 cup diced pineapple pieces
2 cups red bell peppers - diced fine
2 cups jalapeño peppers - diced fine

Directions:

Mix 1/4 cup sugar with the pectin in a small bowl

Pour your juice in your pot

Add the peppers and pineapple

Add the sugar & pectin mix.

Bring these to a full rolling boil.

Add the rest of the sugar and return to a full boil.

Boil hard for 1 minute.

While I’m making the jelly I have the water heating in my water bath canner. I keep my jars in the hot water (the jars have water in them) until I’m ready to fill them with the jelly. When that time comes, I empty the water out of the jars into the sink and then proceed with filling the jars with jelly.

Fill your clean hot jars to 1/4 inch headspace

Wipe rim with a paper towel that has a bit of vinegar on it (or just water if you prefer)

Place flat lid on jar and then screw on the band/ring to fingertip tightness.

Put the jars in your water bath canner, that has hot water in it, make sure the water covers the tops of the jars by at least an inch.

Bring to a boil

Boil for 5 minutes.

When the 5 minutes is up, turn off the heat and let the jars sit in the water for another 5 minutes.

Using your canning tongs remove the jars and place them on a clean towel.

Let them sit undisturbed for several hours.

You will begin to hear the ping of the jars sealing! I still say ‘YAY’ every time a jar pings! 🙂 ❤

This recipe gave me 13 jelly size jars (which are 8 ounces)
Enjoy!!

Lunchroom Ladies Brownies-50 year old recipe!
Ingredients:
1 cup butter
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cup flour
2 cup sugar
4 eggs
4 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
Directions :
Mix ingredients then pour in 9 x 13 pan
Bake 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees
Check at 20 mins
Icing:
1/4 cup softened butter
¼ cup can milk (regular milk is fine)
1/4 cup cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
dash salt
Mix together & frost Brownies.

After many years we’re sad to say City Bait and Tackle is closing there door. We want to thank all our great customers for all the many years of fun times and support. Be happy and safe. THANK YOU

Happy Holidays From City bait.

it's time to shake off the winter blues and come on down to the Bait