Toddlers are Quackers

[BantyChooks]

I'd love to can, but don't have enough tomatoes to make it worthwhile... Next year I will plant two rows, and then I will can.

 

[BullChick]

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Just HAD to post this pic!

 

[BullChick]

Okay, she is gone for a while.
Those eyes! They are so blue!!

 

[Chaos18]

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Just HAD to post this pic!

 

[DwayneNLiz]

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Just HAD to post this pic!

So beautiful!!

 

[BullChick]

First, I hope I don't come off as a jerk to most of you. Despite the snarky comments some people leave me. I sometimes think I have a great idea. But, not everyone agrees. That is okay. Here are some of the things I was thinking about.

So, Liz, I hope you know I was teasing about you not liking the idea. It was only an idea.

 

[room onthebroom]

I mostly can jam. I YouTube-taught myself how to do it & only do the cheaper Bath method. I didn't can any this year & we've been out of jam for over a month. I keep staring at the jam in the store, but cant convince myself to spend all that $$ on HFCS. I'm gonna have to bite the bullet & make some quick refrigerator jam with frozen fruit. Until then, the kids will have to keep eating pb & honey a little longer. @DwayneNLiz if you're not sure if you're into it, or dont have the stuff (jars, giant pot, funnel, tongs & magnet on a stick) maybe try a little refrigerator jam. Its pretty easy & super tasty. I keep mine pretty 'clean'. Just lemon, sugar & fruit.

 

[BullChick]

I was never exposed to canning. It is like most other things. We just forget to teach our children the way to survive without all the conveniences of today. So, my mother and other elders never taught me how to can.
I remember one of my previous relationships, his mother and sister and sister-in-law went into the basement to can. I wanted to go to, but they said I was too citified. They could not imagine me ever canning. When my husband was on Workmen's Comp., I was given a chance to learn to can. I started with the discovery kit and a seven piece starter kit. All those starter kits are different for some reason.
I canned salsa and pickles.
I finally got a pressure canner two years ago. My first journey into pressure canning was potatoes. When that went over well, I moved on. I can't begin to tell you how glad I am to have my pressure canner! My very first time using it as a pressure cooker was when Fisherlady recently reminded me it could be used for that. You can't imagine the difference it made in the stock! The dog is asleep on my lap, or I would take a picture of the difference.

 

[Chaos18]

First, I hope I don't come off as a jerk to most of you. Despite the snarky comments some people leave me.
I sometimes think I have a great idea. But, not everyone agrees. That is okay.
Here are some of the things I was thinking about.
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So, Liz, I hope you know I was teasing about you not liking the idea. It was only an idea.

I think for the demographic that BYC serves and the type of people that enter the contests the drinking jars would be a better option, although personally I would rather win the actual canning stuff.

I mostly can jam. I YouTube-taught myself how to do it & only do the cheaper Bath method. I didn't can any this year & we've been out of jam for over a month. I keep staring at the jam in the store, but cant convince myself to spend all that $$ on HFCS. I'm gonna have to bite the bullet & make some quick refrigerator jam with frozen fruit. Until then, the kids will have to keep eating pb & honey a little longer. @DwayneNLiz if you're not sure if you're into it, or dont have the stuff (jars, giant pot, funnel, tongs & magnet on a stick) maybe try a little refrigerator jam. Its pretty easy & super tasty. I keep mine pretty 'clean'. Just lemon, sugar & fruit.

My wife makes a peach freezer jam. Probably similar to the refrigerator jam you make.

 

[Chaos18]

I was never exposed to canning. It is like most other things. We just forget to teach our children the way to survive without all the conveniences of today. So, my mother and other elders never taught me how to can.
I remember one of my previous relationships, his mother and sister and sister-in-law went into the basement to can. I wanted to go to, but they said I was too citified. They could not imagine me ever canning. When my husband was on Workmen's Comp., I was given a chance to learn to can. I started with the discovery kit and a seven piece starter kit. All those starter kits are different for some reason.

I canned salsa and pickles.
I finally got a pressure canner two years ago. My first journey into pressure canning was potatoes. When that went over well, I moved on. I can't begin to tell you how glad I am to have my pressure canner! My very first time using it as a pressure cooker was when Fisherlady recently reminded me it could be used for that.

You can't imagine the difference it made in the stock! The dog is asleep on my lap, or I would take a picture of the difference.

What brand is your pressure canner?