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By: The bounty of the land and the fruits of our labour « Slow Coast

The bounty of the land and the fruits of our labour « Slow Coast — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:32:39 +0000

[...] our tomatoes in the form of salsa and how this contributed to feelings of greater self-reliance (“What really matters”). Here at the end of the month I’m struck by how much time and effort we’ve continued to put [...]

By: Tom Read

Tom Read — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:06:49 +0000

Hello David and Margaret,

Haven’t been able to use the pressure canner yet, but I’ll report back to you in due time. We ran out of canning jars on Friday on what was to be our last batch of water-bath canning. Unfortunately, our local grocery store couldn’t provide any replacements. For the last three weeks the store has made several urgent appeals to their supplier for more jars, but to no avail.

Guess it’s the season. But I can’t help wondering if a canning jar shortage, if indeed it exists, could indicate that more people are getting into household food security.

Thanks for your comments!

–Tom

By: margaret

margaret — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:30:03 +0000

I too did more canning and pickling than ever before and almost all of it with veggies and fruit I grew. What did you think of the pressure canner? I’m not yet sure if I want to invest in one because I’m not fond of canned veggies. But soups, beans and broths would be nice to have in a jar. Right now I freeze them and because they need time to defrost I don’t really consider them “fast food”.

Margaret

By: David Parkinson

David Parkinson — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:54:13 +0000

Nice one! There seem to be more and more people each year experimenting with old methods of food preservation. This year, we dried a lot of fruit, having bought a jazzy new dehydrator. Still haven’t really got into the canning, thanks to a kind of chaotic summer. I guess we’ll focus more on that next year. It’s all about starting from where you are, staking out a few new goals, and trying to hit them. Rinse and repeat!