I have wanted to can for a couple years now.
I feel so many women are losing so many skills that our mom's had. My mom knows how to can and sew (and can I say she is amazing at it and is willing to try anything I ask....love ya mom and remember I need a curtain for the girl's room :) ) Two things I would love to know how to do.
So we decided instead of just wishing we would learn how to do it. We decided to start with salsa.
My awesome girlfriend had an over abundance of tomatoes and jalapeno peppers and gave them to me so what better time to make salsa.
The kids were put to bed and we began......
Blanching.....
Chopping.....
Cooking......
Doesn't it look awesome....we LOVE salsa!
Hard at work :)
fun picture waiting for the salsa to boil...lol!
It was a blast. I loved just spending time with Ben doing something new. It was one of those things that you think....why haven't we done this before.
We only got 10 cans out of what we did but now we know we need to quadruple the recipe next year....Yep we love salsa.
Now on to my list of what next to can....
Pears....
Apples.....
Spaghetti sauce.....
Love learning something new!
How fun!!! :-) I just started canning a couple of years ago. But I have the big water bath canner (holds 9 qt jars), so let me know if you want to borrow it. I'm not doing much canning this year...go figure. :-)
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