I'm a Canning fool

[Nutso]

I have been canning a lot recently. It started out with corn...I had over 30 ears of corn that I cut off the cob and canned up in jelly jars (single servings for my Dad).

Then Dad got pickling cukes...so we did a ton of sour and dill pickles.

As a side note...my parents had a terrible divorce when I was 14. My Mom remarried and moved away about a year later. I had no memories of my Mom, Dad and my self doing anything together (usually it was the whole family...or one on one)...well Mom just recently moved back to the area after being gone about 23 years. Dad brought the cukes to my Mother's house (she has the counter space) and the 3 of us made pickles. It was a nice memory in the making.

A second side note....We made spears, but all the ends that we cut off the cukes (so they would fit in the pints) we pickled up as well. Holy Moly those things are awesome. I will never make spears again. They were easy to pack into the jars...and they make the perfect bite size pickle. So from now one I will do only 1-1.5 inch bites.

Dad and I made dilly beans the next weekend.

Today we did tomatoes.....26 quarts and 16 pints.

I am beat!!! I just popped an Aleve and I have an ice pack on my back....but life is good.

[stickbowhntr]

Sounds like some great memories were made today then. Good to hear you doing things with him, I have got into canning and food put up the last year with my wife, kind of fun!

[TRAPnHUNT]

I'm happy for you Nutso!!! You are a canning fool alright!

[barkspud]

Cool my wife is about to start that process of pickles. Hers takes several day per batch and seemed to be a hit last year among family and friends. With tne cucs and supplies shes got i think she could make a truck load. I sure love the home made stufff good job old boy.

[Admin]

Well done Nut ;D Good job on the memory making too. Better late than never they say.

[maritimer]

;D Sounds like a fun time.

[trapperbud]

Yall were busy , sounds like you had fun to .