Thing have been busy around here! I have been canning my little heart out. I love canning, then I dislike canning, but I love it all the more after seeing all the rows of canned produce on my counter! I love it more than I dislike it so I keep on going! Interested to see the list of things I've canned so far? You can click over to my page, Putting Food Up - 2013. My jar count is at 205 right now. I've yet to get apples for applesauce, and I would really like to get some more Concord grapes to make some jelly. Oh, and I would love to can some more beans!
I read canning recipes in the winter and dream of canning in the summer. My main "dislike" with canning is truly the accompanying dishes. It seems like my whole summer's story has been, "Do the dishes so I can can; do the dishes from canning". LOL
I've mostly had enough jars, though I had to buy a dozen pints, and a dozen jam jars. Not too bad. I dug into jars I bought off Craigslist a few summers back, and thought it was funny to be canning in "antique" jars that are as old as myself:
A friend has Concord grapes, and kindly offered some to me. I canned 14 quarts of grape juice:
My friend makes her juice this way, and I'm anxious to see how it turns out. One jar unsealed when I was putting them down in the basement - the jar had a tiny chip on the inside. The juice wasn't very strong, but from what I read you're supposed to wait 3-4 weeks before opening it. I got some mineral water and made "soda" for my daughter and myself. Since we don't drink real soda, she was easily convinced. ;-)
And then, moving on to other randomness: I picked up a new pair of glasses tonight. They are quite a departure from my other glasses!
My daughter asked me to measure her recently,
making me realize that the reason she's been proverbially eating us out of house and home is that she grew 3/4" in a little over a month!
Well, that's it for randomness for now! Happy fall, y'all!
3 comments:
Isn't it amazing how fast they grow sometimes? A. grew 1 1/2" since May.
You are such a canning queen!
I've never done any canning. My grandmother used to - she was a farmer's wife! :) Pretty new glasses too!!
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