From Get Rich Slowly – The Joys of Home Canning

This guest post from my wife is yet another installment in her ongoing quest to grow and preserve food for our household. Making jam makes me happy. Okay, that’s only partly true. I’m also happy making jelly, preserves, and syrups — and I’m pretty darn pleased with conserves, marmalades, and most things pickled. No matter that I could never eat everything I make — even with J.D.’s help — the mere process is somehow satisfying to me. So, I madly preserve whatever I can lay my hands on each summer, then spend hours inventorying and organizing the jars, finally doling them out like precious jewels on special occasions to friends and family. Competitive canning Last year, I steeled my courage and submitted a few jars for judging at the county fair. I was pleased as punch when my gingered dilly beans won a blue ribbon, and vowed to enter more preserves this year. As I made my batches [...]