This is the first year I have really embraced putting up food... I think I like it. It's very rewarding and I love seeing everything on the shelves. It's a fun thing for Brian and I to do together after Owen goes to sleep... even if it tends to keep us up way too late. They are almost too precious to crack open... almost. I promised Brian that as soon as the season for fresh .... whatever we are canning ... is over we can pop them open.
However nothing so far, we've been working our way through some jam from Mom and half jars of stuff. Let's see what do we have (in reverse and slightly overlapping order) applesauce, tomatoes, pasta sauce, pizza sauce, italian plum jam, blackberry jam, Dill pickles, peach jam, cherries, beets, raspberry jam, and some strawberry freezer jam (started jammin' these guys before I got up the gumption to try canning... next year!). We also have a handful of apple pies, strawberry shortcakes, and bean servings in the freezer.... mmm
I can't really explain why this makes me so happy. Maybe because last winter went on soo long (at least it seemed that way, hard to say, it was my first Portland winter), that bringing a bit of summer along with me is reassuring.
This is the first year I have really embraced putting up food... I think I like it. It's very rewarding and I love seeing everything on the shelves. It's a fun thing for Brian and I to do together after Owen goes to sleep... even if it tends to keep us up way too late. They are almost too precious to crack open... almost. I promised Brian that as soon as the season for fresh .... whatever we are canning ... is over we can pop them open.
However nothing so far, we've been working our way through some jam from Mom and half jars of stuff. Let's see what do we have (in reverse and slightly overlapping order) applesauce, tomatoes, pasta sauce, pizza sauce, italian plum jam, blackberry jam, Dill pickles, peach jam, cherries, beets, raspberry jam, and some strawberry freezer jam (started jammin' these guys before I got up the gumption to try canning... next year!). We also have a handful of apple pies, strawberry shortcakes, and bean servings in the freezer.... mmm
I can't really explain why this makes me so happy. Maybe because last winter went on soo long (at least it seemed that way, hard to say, it was my first Portland winter), that bringing a bit of summer along with me is reassuring.
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