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Article: Home canning simplified: "Food preservation has to fit into my everyday life".(canning, freezing, and other food preservation tips)(Brief Article)
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
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Canning is time-consuming, but it needn't take all day ... If you're organized, and use some of these tips
After putting up food for the winter for 18 years, I was somewhat surprised by the "Planning for Canning" article in 82/4. If I were a novice canner, I think I'd be afraid to tackle such a big project. Canning food is time consuming, but unless you're putting up bushels and bushels of food, it won't take all day.
Much of the time required is spent waiting for water to boil before or after the food is in the canner. You can do other things then. If you grow your own vegetables, you'll be canning small batches more frequently. Perhaps Marilyn was ...