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[Baymule]

bay why cant you be my neighbor honestly lol i so far know no one near me that cans

If you want to learn how to can, I will teach you.

Start with the Ball Book of Canning.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/th...ing-test-kitchen/1127589900?ean=9780848746780

I have this version, the one above is a little newer.
https://www.amazon.com/Ball-Complete-Book-Home-Preserving/dp/0778801314

I will be happy to exchange phone numbers with you, you can call me and I will walk you through the steps. The easiest to start with is jelly. You can waterbath that without a pressure canner.

I learned to can, freeze, make bread, because older women mentored me and taught me. I pass it on every chance I get. The first thing I ever canned was my great grandmothers spicy sweet pickles, when I was in high school. My Daddy brought in a 5 gallon bucket of cucumbers, so I called my grandmother and got the recipe over the phone. I wrote it down and followed her directions. I still make them.

 

[Mike CHS]

If you want to learn how to can, I will teach you.

Start with the Ball Book of Canning.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/th...ing-test-kitchen/1127589900?ean=9780848746780

I have this version, the one above is a little newer.
https://www.amazon.com/Ball-Complete-Book-Home-Preserving/dp/0778801314

I will be happy to exchange phone numbers with you, you can call me and I will walk you through the steps. The easiest to start with is jelly. You can waterbath that without a pressure canner.

I learned to can, freeze, make bread, because older women mentored me and taught me. I pass it on every chance I get. The first thing I ever canned was my great grandmothers spicy sweet pickles, when I was in high school. My Daddy brought in a 5 gallon bucket of cucumbers, so I called my grandmother and got the recipe over the phone. I wrote it down and followed her directions. I still make them.

I have to warn you that @Baymule will easily be one of those people that will be a friend for life. That of course is a good thing.

 

[Baymule]

 

[Jesusfreak101]

lol i camt imagine it being a bad thing lol. i would love to bay. and i am glad jelly doesnt call for a pressure canner as i have yet to get one. saving up for it and looking around for one thats been used. several place want 100 dollars or more for them. i imagine they worth it but just cant drop that much on what ever i feel bad when i by much need cloths for myself much less that lol. i am frugal i dont like spending lots of money on things i found a great cheese making book with recipes at the library i am copy the recipes out of it. pretty sure thats cheating through... but yah.

 

[Baymule]

Making jelly or fruit preserves is very easy. What is available locally?

In the spring wild plums ripen. The shrubby trees grow in the fencerows and we go pick them.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

honestly i have yet to make a single farmers market her they have funky hours and has yet to work put. however one opened recently closer and with longer hours most are open on tuesdays and thursdays only from 7 am to 12pm which isnt bad except they are 45-1 hr away. this other is on saturdays from 9 am to 3 pm and only a 20 min drive. my youngest hate car rides anything over 10 minutes and he generally was screamibg he slowly getting better. all stores are 30-45 min away one reason i hated shopping didnt matter to him if he got a break from the car once he got back in it was a long drive home with an upset 1 year old.

 

[Baymule]

I spread them on cookie sheets to fully ripen. Then I cook them, strain them and make jelly.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

ok now i am hungry lol i am the only one really obbessed with perserves and jellys lol. i love apricot and i can eat strawberry sometimes the store bought is alittle sweet. i have slight sugar problems mt body doesnt like sweet very much i prefer tart. i can get sick to tummy from sweets after one bite depending on the amount of sugar such as pecan pie that stuff kills me.

 

[Baymule]

My grandmother made watermelon rind preserves-and they were good. You can make jelly or preserves out of almost anything.

 

[Baymule]

If you made home made jelly, your kids would like it on PB&J sandwiches. There is a pectin that uses a lot less sugar. I used it this year and got a tart wild plum jelly.