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[Ravynscroft]

I have dust?
Where? I see no dust.
I refuse to see it.

My bad... I need new contacts...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Beat this. . That jar of pears in that picture is probably ten years old. . it is the last jar I have of something my grandma canned. She has been gone now I think two years. . stopped canning probably 7 or 8 years ago. .
How much longer can I keep it before it blows up you think?

Still looks good to me!!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Still looks good to me!!

It will not look good splattered all over my kitchen if it blows. Its above my stove too so all that warmth is probably just asking for it.

 

[Ravynscroft]

It will not look good splattered all over my kitchen if it blows. Its above my stove too so all that warmth is probably just asking for it.

Lid will pop up/puff upwards before it explodes, so just chuck it if you see that happening... usually shows dark, nasty discoloration first too...

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Lid will pop up/puff upwards before it explodes, so just chuck it if you see that happening... usually shows dark, nasty discoloration first too...

Is there anything you don't know?

 

[Ravynscroft]

Is there anything you don't know?

Grew up a poor farm girl, lol... our whole family was members of a group called the Gleaners... we'd clear out the veggie and fruit fields after they were harvested for dirt cheap... brought home tons of one thing at a time, so everything that could be canned was... sometimes that was all we had to eat for months...

 

[Ravynscroft]

Btw, I can't remember jack about the canning process except that it scares the ever loving chit outta me, so I haven't done it myself since I became an 'adult'...

 

[orrpeople]

Btw, I can't remember jack about the canning process except that it scares the ever loving chit outta me, so I haven't done it myself since I became an 'adult'...

My parents canned or froze everything - my mom was very "depression era" minded so nothing ever went to waste. She also sewed everything we wore, down to our underwear!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Btw, I can't remember jack about the canning process except that it scares the ever loving chit outta me, so I haven't done it myself since I became an 'adult'...

I have my grandma's pressure cooker. We used to can green beans out the wazoo. Tomatoes. .apples pears. . pickles. They had a huge garden themselves and would also do like you were saying and get the leftover crop s from other places. I remember some. . I have done some open kettle canning but I am a sceerd of the pressure cooker. I thought I would try to get into it. . but that was before ducks took over my life

 

[Ravynscroft]

My parents canned or froze everything - my mom was very "depression era" minded so nothing ever went to waste. She also sewed everything we wore, down to our underwear!

I got one word... corduroys...

I have my grandma's pressure cooker. We used to can green beans out the wazoo. Tomatoes. .apples pears. . pickles. They had a huge garden themselves and would also do like you were saying and get the leftover crop s from other places. I remember some. . I have done some open kettle canning but I am a sceerd of the pressure cooker. I thought I would try to get into it. . but that was before ducks took over my life

I am so glad I'm not the only one scared of that danged thing!