Bread & butter pickles. Photo: Flickr/grrlscout224
Thursday, July 22
“I’ll be showing some ladies how to use a pressure canner when we put up pints of Roasted Poblano Salsa and quarts of Spicy Bloody Mary Mix this Saturday, July 24. We’ve got 50 pounds of tomato seconds, a basket full of peppers (hot, mild and incendiary), a peck of onions and lots of garlic and spices. We’ll enjoy a potluck lunch. At the end of the day, we all hope to go home with plenty of goodies.”
–Cathy B., Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, July 20
“When I was growing up my mom and the neighbor ladies would all get together and can whatever everyone had and then they would share the end results of their combined labors. I also took canning in 4-H and remember how proud I was of my first canning adventure – green beans!
The rest of the neighbor ladies are gone now, but my mom still cans. It’s been a long time since it was a family event and I am planning to get my mom, sister, nephew, and I together in August to have a family canning day. We’ll get to spend time with family, bond over the wholesome activity, and share in the beautiful jars of tomatoes, vegetable soup, preserves, and whatever else takes our fancy. I’m looking forward to this and will enjoy the foods all winter and the memory for years to come.”
–Janiece D., DeWitt, Ill.
Monday, July 19
“I would love to host a canning party on July 24 to help celebrate Canning Across America. I’ll call it “Getting Your Can On” – it’s our going to the county fair canning party. Canning has been my passion since my husband’s grandmother introduced me to the lost art. Guess she wanted to make sure this city mouse would keep her country mouse grandson healthy. It became an obsession. I would take vacation from my job around what I was canning. Then March 17, 2008, I got canned from my job. I turned to canning as my crutch to battle my anger. Thus Just Got Canned was born.”
– Donna S., in Spotswood, N.J.
Join Donna, Janiece & the rest of the Canvolutionaries this weekend (July 24-25) for the Can-a-Rama 2010. There’s still time to set up a home canning party & enter to win canning supplies. Let’s Jam on it!
