Yup, and then you trade with your cousin and your best friend and your sister-in-law until you all have a nice selection of “put up” food to take you through the winter. (I don’t, but my Down South kin always do this.)
Mom used to make grape jelly from Concords that grew on our back fence. She swore ifyou ate the purple foam that collected at the top of the cooking pan you’d die. Ummm, I still appear to be here, Mom. Hate to think you’d tell a lie. She sealed the jars with melted paraffin. Nobody ever got botulism.
My mom made strawberry jam and sealed the jars with paraffin wax. We had a small chest of drawers under an awning behind the garage, and that’s where she stored the jam (OC, CA winters don’t get very cold.) One day she went out to get a new jar for the kitchen and in several of the jars the wax had been nibbled away by rats and the jam half eaten. That’s when she found out you are supposed to put the lids on the jars, even with paraffin seals.
My relatives in the South both freeze and can food. Their freezers are so full you couldn’t wedge a popsicle in there. At times, like when a hurricane or tornado strikes, they never have to worry about getting out to buy food.
LuvThemPluggers over 9 years ago
Yup, and then you trade with your cousin and your best friend and your sister-in-law until you all have a nice selection of “put up” food to take you through the winter. (I don’t, but my Down South kin always do this.)
IndyMan over 9 years ago
Yeah, and they all taste better than what comes off the shelves at the grocery store—particularly the beets ! ! !
LuvThemPluggers over 9 years ago
Mom used to make grape jelly from Concords that grew on our back fence. She swore ifyou ate the purple foam that collected at the top of the cooking pan you’d die. Ummm, I still appear to be here, Mom. Hate to think you’d tell a lie. She sealed the jars with melted paraffin. Nobody ever got botulism.
JanLC over 9 years ago
My mom made strawberry jam and sealed the jars with paraffin wax. We had a small chest of drawers under an awning behind the garage, and that’s where she stored the jam (OC, CA winters don’t get very cold.) One day she went out to get a new jar for the kitchen and in several of the jars the wax had been nibbled away by rats and the jam half eaten. That’s when she found out you are supposed to put the lids on the jars, even with paraffin seals.
choo choo willy over 9 years ago
We made about 30 quarts of applesauce this year out of about 2.5 bushels of apples plus apple butter and apple cookies. Good stuff
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Wait! Where are the strawberry preserves and grape jelly?.I’m going over to see choo choo willy…
gaslightguy over 9 years ago
If you’re gonna do it, buy a good pressure cooker!
LuvThemPluggers over 9 years ago
My relatives in the South both freeze and can food. Their freezers are so full you couldn’t wedge a popsicle in there. At times, like when a hurricane or tornado strikes, they never have to worry about getting out to buy food.
LuvThemPluggers over 9 years ago
My home-canning kin are modern enough that they do have generators to keep their freezers going during those scary storms. ;^)