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Home Canning; Easy as 1-2-3!
August 11, 2007 | (15 comments) | Post a Comment
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Comments
Apple season is coming up...try my Crock Pot Apple Butter and save as gifts for Christmas. I love finding a great sale on granny smith apples and making a big batch of this. Pam
This might be a strange question, but I am making raspberry jam for the first time and I am going to be using the canning pot that was left behind in our house by the previous owner who used to do quite a bit of canning. However, the canning pot has a hole in the bottom with a bit of material tied in knots to keep it in place. Does anyone know what this is and if I can still go ahead?
I've never heard of one with a hole in the bottom - how would the water stay in? I would go to the canning forum and ask there. 
the above brought back memories... When my granddaughter was very young, I asked her if she wanted to help me can tomatoes. She replied, "Nana, I CAN'T tomatoes!"
Most people think I learned everything about canning at my mother's knee - not true! Anytime there was a question, I ran to the local County Extension Office - they have got the answer to almost everything, and brochures and books on top of that!
If there is a whole in your canning pot, you need to by a new one, it will not hold water
I am very afraid of canning my own preserves and relishes. I am a first timer and all I can remember people talking about a long time ago is people getting sick from homemade canned items. No one in my family past the art on to me. I really want to do this......
I never learned canning from my parents. We all did the picking but they did all the canning. I learned how to can by using a cookbook. I only do jam, fruits in syrup and apricot nectar. Too scared to dry veggies and meat. I will leave those in my freezer.
I am so excited to try this! I have been wanting to for a while now and this may just be the "push" I needed to get over my fear. Knowing that there are others there to answer questions make the task less daunting. Thank you!
This is my first try at canning and i'm hooked! I always thought it was too hard or took way too long. not so, i've found out!! I have successfully canned 3 different types of pickles, and made a fantastic zuchinni relish. Not bad for a first timer.
If you like to can, try these, they are FANTASTIC! Uncle Don's Relish Grammie Bea's Crispy Bread and Butter Pickles Flo's Special Hot Dog Relish Linda
I just posted a recipe, and it is waiting to be approved, but wanted to share it with you, so you can look it up in a few days... It's a recipe for Grammie Bea's Fabulous Mustard Pickles. Be looking for it... I thought I had posted it, but I can't find it, so I just posted it at Zaar. Linda
To me canning food is like baking for some people! I learned a lot from my grandmother who canned a lot. She was always doing something in the kitchen.
My mother left behind all of her canning supplies, including an old fashioned pressure canner. I "helped" "hindered" her so many times when she canned green beans. After she died, I wanted to carry on the tradition, so I taught myself how to can with some help from a neighbor. My mother's beans were the best and mine will never measure up....but they were decent. I hope to teach my kids how to can someday...in honor of my mother!
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