My neighbor and I are on a home canning binge. That’s a pretty normal activity for her at the end of summer but I’ve recently gotten back into it myself. Several years of a full-time job left little time for home canning but now that I’m home more, I’m all for it. Luckily, she’s [...]
Read the section of the Ball Blue Book “Learning About Canning” before starting. Assemble all of the equipment you will need, read the recipe through and wash peaches well. Put 3 pots of water on the stove and start heating. 1) The canning pot with washed and inspected jars 2) a [...]
As part of what is turning into “Canning Week” I thought I’d share another tip with you… The EASIEST way to peel peaches is to submerse them in boiling water for 30-60 seconds and then submerse them in a bowl of cool water. You can do this in small batches. Put 6-8 [...]
At this point in my family life we’ve gone from a family of 6 to a family of 2 plus random visitors. You moms with older kids know what I’m talking about – You may not see your offspring for more than 10 minutes before then they are off again – school, work, friends. [...]
My neighbor came to visit Thursday evening. And he brought me the most LUSCIOUS basket of fresh off the tree peaches. They are beautiful, juicy, and oh so YUMMY! I’ve been canning peach jam all weekend. I was going to make several different recipes but I got stuck on the jam. Regular jam and [...]
I tried out some pears this afternoon that the neighbor gave us last week that she had canned in the fall. YUM-O! She’s what I consider a Mega Mom. You know, ultra involved, 4 daughters, church, DH, ducks, chickens she home schools, leads a 4-H group thrives on crazy caos and is probably the best neighbor I’ve ever lived next [...]
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