Are you a Canner?
Do you preserve food by placing it an airtight can or jar (Webster)?
Well, I am a canner. And a proud one!
I began my own canning journey in the early 1980's.
I was a young housewife and mother of four young children. Tim and I had just bought an old Victorian home on a double lot and we couldn't wait to till up a section of our yard for garden space.
We felt like we were homesteaders, of sorts.
We had purchased a wood stove to heat our huge home. We had planted fruit trees around the lot. And now we were going to become gardeners!
Fast forward a couple of summers and I could be found in my little kitchen (it had seven doors off of it) canning everything from our own homemade dill pickles, spaghetti sauce, vegetable soups, etc., etc.
It was thrilling!
Now fast forward again to the early 1990's.....
This was a time when Tim and I had bought out first business.
It was what we referred to as a Mom and Pop IGA Store in a beautiful, little tourist community in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, right on Lake Superior.
Needless to say, my gardening days quickly came to an end. Summertime was when our largest amount of revenue was earned. The community ballooned with summer cottagers and tourist. Tim and I were both working from opening to closing in our little grocery. We barely had time to eat, let alone garden!
Since those days there have been a few other business endeavours...
But finally, once again, I happily find myself with the time to pursue that long lost love of mine-canning!
Today when I can I still refer to the original canning books that my mother gave me so many years ago.
They are from the 1940's!
I do always double check with the on-line canning guides to be sure that I following the proper procedure. So far the 1940's guide has not differed
with today's safe canning guidelines at all.
Well, enough said. Now I'm off to do some actual work.
Today Tim and I are canning the sausage that he put together for us yesterday.
And, who knows, if the weather is agreeable I might have a tomato or two to can at this summer's end.
I sure hope so!
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Concerning my move to WordPress.
I have been informed that this old blog will refer you to my new site.
Whew, that's a worry off of my mind.
I'll keep you posted!
Kimberly
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