HOLY AWESOME

Walked out the door, on my way to work, this morning to find this on my door step:



:::Minus the tomatoes and carrots of course :::

HOLY AWESOME! It's a 23-quart Presto Pressure Canner. You can put 20 pint jars in this baby...it is HUGE! A small turkey could fit inside this thing easily. WOW. Such an awesome way to start my morning. This will allow me to dive deeper into the land of canning this year. So pumped!

Thanks, (I think), goes to my in-laws. Excellent second parents indeed.

TRIUMPHANT CANNING!

Quick post today...

Triumphant canning!



This photo should be accompanied by brass horns and a ticker tape parade...I feel like canning is going to be a slippery slope towards addiction for me. Oh well, there are much worse things to be addicted to, right?!

I'm off to bake my bum off in a bit, and after work I'm going to try and catch Enormous Tiny Art Show 4 at Nahcotta with Abby.

See you tomorrow!

My First Canning Adventure

Well, you might have noticed from one of my previous posts that I had an overwhelming amount of produce gifted to me for my birthday party. Wasting food is a huge pet peeve of mine. I've frozen tons of food in the past, but I've been wanting to try other preservation methods for quite awhile. I figured that now was a better time than any to foray into the world of canning.

You'd better believe that I called in back up support for this one! My awesome mom came over (after a long day's work - she's a gem), helped out, and lent her canning expertise.

Stirring away



All of the recipes that I used can be found at Pick Your Own. The site has an overwhelming amount of information on food preservation and is also home to a comprehensive data base of PYO farms all over the world. It's a wonderful resource.

And now for a little foodie pr0n (scrambled so icky traffic doesn't come my way)

Naked Tomatoes



Naked Peaches



Don't those peaches look so shiny and delicious without their skins? I got three pint jars out of that bunch, packed in syrup. The tomatoes became four pints of home made spaghetti sauce. The whole experience was way easier than I expected it to be! I can't wait to do more! Next up I think that I'll be trying some refrigerator pickles and corn relish.

I'll leave you today with a few links to things that are rockin' my universe:

More graygoosie love...have you seen her Making Groceries and Home Canning Set? She's a domestic G.O.D.D.E.S.S! I was so inspired by her that I started my own Flickr set today, named after hers. Go graygoosie!

Amy put up the latest Tie On One Apron Gallery today. This month's theme was "gingham." I'm crushing hardcore on this apron. Those pleats are unreal! Go check it out.

Today I'm grateful for a delightful day off, both productive and restful. I'm grateful for blueberries doused in leftover peach syrup, YUM. I'm grateful for my mum, who teaches me so much. What are you grateful for today?