Basically, if you can cook it, you can 'can' it too. Why settle for just green beans when you can have green beans and mushrooms. How does Red Cabbage & Apples sound, yum....with bacon too! We don't just mean homemade Spaghetti and meat balls. Corn beef & Cabbage anyone? Spanish Rice? Potato, Leek, & Mushroom soup? Carrots with Ginger & Almonds? MMMM....Boston Baked Beans anyone? Got your attention yet? How about Clam Chowder? That did it, you're dreaming now aren't you! These are just a few that we do as part of our normal canning season. Dinner in a Kerr or Ball jar is far better than dinner from a box. We would much rather go to the pantry instead of the store when we want canned mushrooms.
Picture it....you had a heck of a busy day and the last thing you want to do is make dinner. Thoughts of fast food don't seem fast at all when you think about the lines. Who wants to shop after work? Money? The cost alone is enough to make you cringe. But what if.......you could have home cooked goodness, made by your own hands, MONTHS after you made it? Dinner you made, not McDonalds, not KFC, but a GOOD dinner that you don't have to cook on those days when you just don't WANT TO COOK. That's where pressure canning takes you places your hot water bath just can't. Your imagination is really all you need........ seriously!
Basically, if you can cook it, you can 'can' it too. Why settle for just green beans when you can have green beans and mushrooms. How does Red Cabbage & Apples sound, yum....with bacon too! We don't just mean homemade Spaghetti and meat balls. Corn beef & Cabbage anyone? Spanish Rice? Potato, Leek, & Mushroom soup? Carrots with Ginger & Almonds? MMMM....Boston Baked Beans anyone? Got your attention yet? How about Clam Chowder? That did it, you're dreaming now aren't you! These are just a few that we do as part of our normal canning season. Dinner in a Kerr or Ball jar is far better than dinner from a box. We would much rather go to the pantry instead of the store when we want canned mushrooms.
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Windows steamed with moisture, kitchen overly warm even on this cool day. You hear the gently rattling sound in the background as you sit down for a quick break from you endeavors. A sigh escapes your lips as you lean back in a tired stretch. You roll your eyes at the vegetables still lining your counters. Your 'war board' thinking swirls around your mind, as you plan out the rest of the day. Tomorrow? Maybe tomatoes tomorrow. Slowly, almost reluctantly you rise out of your comfortable seat, wiping your brow, with so much left to do today.
The familiar sights and sounds of canning season. How they entice you to use your imagination, planning the elaborate meals to surprise your family and friends with. As you snap that bean, shuck that corn, and dice this or that, you smile that tired smile, knowing that again, your family will be fed. Thoughts of how that Amish coleslaw will make you feel spring as you open that jar on a cold winters day.......salsa? Why you make the best and you know it! Many of us can relate to this picture, but what if you haven't canned before? Canning can cause you to sweat with dread, but oh......how nice would it be if you did! |
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