tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post334211156546823202..comments2023-10-30T10:32:26.904-04:00Comments on Holding Patterns: The Fear of CanningSandi McBridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09033518416111957858noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-1208885175751417472010-10-03T21:24:21.042-04:002010-10-03T21:24:21.042-04:00Sandi, lol. Well it is not the same, but I have pr...Sandi, lol. Well it is not the same, but I have pressure cooker that I got when I got married 12 years ago, and have not touched it since then - fear I guess, lol. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Anna :)myonlyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07324578791902437827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-77636606627615452992010-09-30T11:41:41.319-04:002010-09-30T11:41:41.319-04:00It's so great to have vegetables in the winter...It's so great to have vegetables in the winter put up in the summer. Your stories are always so much fun to read.Carverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05968919406427737503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-6465055491541158132010-09-28T16:49:35.878-04:002010-09-28T16:49:35.878-04:00too funny. we weren't even allowed in the ho...too funny. we weren't even allowed in the house while the "canner" was going! do you can your green beans in a cold pack? i swear i believe i used to but this is the first year i've canned anything in about 20 years and everything says you have to use a pressure canner for them. <br />anyway, good story as usual.denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08009834680022268999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-21561738907750399712010-09-26T14:52:12.868-04:002010-09-26T14:52:12.868-04:00You are doing well Sandi - how marvellous to have ...You are doing well Sandi - how marvellous to have all your wonderful fruit and veggies to last through the winter. I would be too scared to use a pressure cooker, so bravo! A xStrawberry Jam Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13695110960213262472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-71338011198622214872010-09-26T11:40:56.154-04:002010-09-26T11:40:56.154-04:00Hey Sandi, I use the cold pack waterbath canner to...Hey Sandi, I use the cold pack waterbath canner too! I don't trust "my memory" enough to use the pressure canner of my youth.<br />I don't have anyone to clean up the explosive results if I "forget"<br />it's on the stove! HA! Hey, I told hubby if he brought one more basket of tomatoes in,he was gonna wear em! However, a few weeks have past and we bought a basket of home grown tomatoes in the Smokies last week and they are soooo good! :) XOXOCarol Murdockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749285023748227382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-45506420480710535082010-09-26T11:12:21.219-04:002010-09-26T11:12:21.219-04:00I have a big old pressure cooker in my kitchen way...I have a big old pressure cooker in my kitchen way back in the back of the cabinet... it was my mothers.... I am going to keep it even though I have gone raw in my diet....BUT I can eat legumes......so butter beans sound wonderful...... <br /><br />I planted a garden this year in early April and never went back out there.... Dad began to get very ill in April and then died in July and then Mom began to fail and died in September..... I crashed so maybe a garden next year.. <br /><br />I love reading your blog and I am going to get back to my blogging... Too many good friends here.....Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12492336975389718296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-80376840849417874552010-09-26T08:43:30.524-04:002010-09-26T08:43:30.524-04:00I remember the old pressure cooker my grandmother ...I remember the old pressure cooker my grandmother had. She would place a spoon just so to let the pressure off slowly and to my knowledge never had an accident. My mother, who was known for her impatience, was finally denied the use of one!Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-11629892402973904842010-09-25T18:44:09.878-04:002010-09-25T18:44:09.878-04:00You're brave! I'm terrified of the pressu...You're brave! I'm terrified of the pressure cooker that my friend and I use every fall to can our antipasto. Every year it 's the same thing - we haul it out as though it's a creature from another planet. We study the instructions as though we've never used the contraption, and then we fret the whole time we're using it. It's exhausting!Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-34902263619073523642010-09-25T17:22:29.390-04:002010-09-25T17:22:29.390-04:00I am afraid of a pressure canner. lol
You will eat...I am afraid of a pressure canner. lol<br />You will eat well this winter:o)<br />HAve agreat wk.<br />Blessins',LibLibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854570178942602696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-20125512804913063752010-09-25T15:54:14.061-04:002010-09-25T15:54:14.061-04:00LOL That's a heck of a story Sandi! When I too...LOL That's a heck of a story Sandi! When I took home economics in college they taught us how to freeze but not how to can. (shrug) Maybe by that time it wasn't the same course that my Mom took. I'm glad you have a nice efficient way of preserving the fruits of your and Mac's labors in the garden. Please save me a jar of canned peaches. :-)<br /><br />love,<br />LeeLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527606943179561117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-3653763348746966342010-09-25T15:20:04.623-04:002010-09-25T15:20:04.623-04:00Well done!
You put me to shame though!
I remember...Well done!<br />You put me to shame though! <br />I remember my mother doing all these preserves but never using a pressure cooker.<br />Maggie X<br /><br /><a href="http://granniemay.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Nuts in May</a>Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06183886005936250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-75927485958671762862010-09-25T13:59:00.635-04:002010-09-25T13:59:00.635-04:00Sandi
Lucky you with summer still with you Its goi...Sandi<br />Lucky you with summer still with you Its going dowm to 4 degrees here tonight! Its cold I have loads of ripe toms waiting for me to make into sauce for the freezer which I plan to do tomorrow Hope you are all well MaryMaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298456850858879001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-25034307774950161172010-09-25T11:53:56.400-04:002010-09-25T11:53:56.400-04:00When I was growing up, canning fruits and vegetabl...When I was growing up, canning fruits and vegetables was a very big part of life in this old house every summer and fall. My Grandpa always had a big vegetable garden so Mom and Grandma were busy, busy putting up veggies, making tomato sauce and juice. They would go scavenging down in the ghost town about a mile away to pick apples from the trees there as well as buying bushels of pears, peaches and more apples from a guy who would come around door-to-door, peddling those fruits so come winter, we always had lots of fruits to grace the table along with all those wonderful vegetables too. I tried canning one time -and one time only. My adventure with that technique came to a halt after the canner (and the contents) sort of exploded and almost sent my ex-husband into cardiac arrest as the noise awakened him from his snooze on the sofa! (In the middle of the Democratic Convention of 1976 so that tells you how long it's been since I tried -and failed miserably too -canning!Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425701332785470116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-14758766754187557142010-09-25T11:38:36.225-04:002010-09-25T11:38:36.225-04:00We all remember the horror stories with the old ca...We all remember the horror stories with the old canners but the modern ones are not that way...the jiggler is what one goes by...I tried to talk a friend of mine into buying one this year..she isn't keen but she needs it because it makes work so much quicker.<br />I enjoyed reading your story, though.<br />It is finally raining her today and the promise of lower temps is in the forecast...we have our street festival next Saturday and I don't relish standing in the booth in 90 degree weather so I'm hoping it does get cooler.<br />Happy days,<br />Mama BearLove Bears All Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04091529156071883508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-48153636853302951482010-09-25T11:32:17.248-04:002010-09-25T11:32:17.248-04:00I love butter beans. Yum! Reading about the pressu...I love butter beans. Yum! Reading about the pressure cooker made me think way back to when I was a little kid and my Mom made turnip greens in the pressure cooker. I'll never forget when the cooker "blew" and there were turnip greens everywhere! I love the song "Summer in the City" by the Lovin' Spoonful! Such GREAT music!! I've missed your emails but figure you have been one busy lady! Now you're playist is playing "Explorers". I've never heard that but really like it! Even though I don't like winter, I will wish for it's speedy entry so that you can get some rest! ♥Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071236024242050143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-1743130040708270932010-09-25T11:26:59.263-04:002010-09-25T11:26:59.263-04:00I'll be back when time allows - my computer us...I'll be back when time allows - my computer usage is limited where I am right now. NO, I'M NOT IN THE NUT HOUSE!!!!<br /><br />Anyway, it was just so GREAT to see you here again. (((hugs)))Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865722713732049339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-75640762161982693822010-09-25T11:12:15.937-04:002010-09-25T11:12:15.937-04:00What a delightful memory, Sandi! I think if my pre...What a delightful memory, Sandi! I think if my pressure cooker 'shot through the roof' it would mean I got angry. ha!<br />I haven't canned since I was a teen living on our 10 acre farm. We canned tomatoes, carrots, corn...but actually my mom converted to the freezing method of nearly everything. That's what I thought of when I saw the basket of snap peas...at least they looked like that to me. Are they lima beans?Cynthia Pittmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12656761837022197235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8412565310065277929.post-13751486671945855932010-09-25T10:57:07.910-04:002010-09-25T10:57:07.910-04:00All your hard work will be so much appreciated in ...All your hard work will be so much appreciated in the winter months. There's nothing better than home-grown, home-made food :-)jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.com