Text 8326, 71 rader
Skriven 2008-06-03 13:39:42 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 8229 av Carol Shenkenberger (14335.cooks)
Ärende: putting up                                               [2]
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Hi Carol,

 > I think they do it out of habit and to save a few $$ as well. The garden
 > is some fun for Dad but putting up is harder and harder for my mom to
 > do. But, she still does it.

 CS> I can understand that.  Mom only canned once that i can recall.  A
 CS> local to us strawberry farm in SC.  You'd go and pick your own for 1$
 CS> a bucket (any gallon container would do or you could borrow one from

We went to a pick your own blueberry farm once in NC, never did get any
strawberries.  We brought our own containers and I gave one to the
friend that kept Rachel while we were gone.  Deborah was only a year old
and stayed with us; it would have been harder trying to pick and run
after an almost 3 year old at the same time.

 CS> them then put it in a bag of your own).  It wasnt a far walk so I'd go
 CS> up in season and pick us some.  One year, I got Mom some 4 gallons
 CS> worth and she got some jars.  That was the days of the parafin wax
 CS> seal (no longer considered safe).  I recall pulling the tops off then

I remember my mom using the paraffin seals too.  I never did, just
something inherently distrusting of them.


 CS> mashing them for Mom and her adding sugar.  Not sure if she added
 CS> anything else.  Gosh those were good!

She may have added pectin to make it a jam.  If she was puttingthem up
just as berries and sugar, freezing would have been another option to
consider.  I suspect tho, the canning was done to save space in the
fridge freezer.  That's why my mom did it; she got her first freezer
when I was in college.

 >  > myself.  Same as, if they wanted to, Rachel and Deborah could probably
 >  > do so. Deborah did make several batches of apple butter several years
 >  > ago. She gave it as Christmas gifts.

 CS> Applebutter is supposed to be one of the easier ones.  I might try it.
 CS>  Page 106 in the book I got.  Looks real simple.

It can be done in the crock pot for small batches.(G)  BTW, I put an
extra TBSP of gluten into my regular whole wheat bread today; it comes
out of the machine in about 15 minutes.  At the last check, it had risen
higher than any ww loaf in this machine and didn't look like it was
going to sink.


 >  CS> Thats part of what i want to do.  I fugure to make gifts for friends
 >  CS> for about 2$ total cost and have fun making it same time!

 > Start picking up small pieces of fabric and ribbon to cover the jar lids
 > with.  A bit of batting or fiber fill would "pouf" out the top too.

 CS> ;-)  Got some.

Good. Got pinking or other fancy edge scissors? Look for some in the
scrapbooking section of craft departments. They're meant for cutting
paper but will probably work with small layers of thin fabrics.


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Ruth
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