In article >, "Rachael of Nex, the Wiccan
Rat" > wrote:

BIG SNIP


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> I can't wait for my tomatoes to ripen so I can do some sauce for pasta. I
> eat it by the truckload it seems so it makes sense to can my own.
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> Life is indeed good.
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> Rachael

Indeed. I started canning (meat) this year out of necessity when my
freezer died and I had to do something to save this year's venison. That's
pressure canning, BTW, using a canner that was my late grandmother's.

Now I can't stop! I'm putting away salsa, beans and spaghetti sauce like a
madman. I have some cucumbers I overlooked that are gigantic and yellow,
so I'm going to try to make dill pickle relish from them. Somebody stop
me!

Fortunately for me jars are quite easy to find here in rural Kentucky.
Almost every hardware stores sells canning supplies and my Dad's basement
is full of jars he and both of my grandmothers once used for puttng away
all the stuff their gardens produced.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to double the size of my garden next year
just to satisfy my canning addiction!

I'm glad you're having fun.