I felt a bit stumped when the April Can Jam theme was rolled out. Herbs? Canning with water bath only means we couldn’t do things like pesto (not like I need more pesto, considering all that I have in the freezer from last summer).
A friend suggested grapefruit and rosemary, and I immediately [...]
After making last month’s marmalade, I was already looking forward to whatever would be chosen for February. I was pleasantly surprised when it was revealed we needed to work with carrots.
Carrots are trickier to can using the water bath method because you have to worry about the acidity levels and the danger of botulism. [...]
Canning is the new knitting. Or is it the new sewing? I can never remember what the correct order of domestic fads is. All I know is that everywhere I look I see people canning. Ball, the major producer of canning supplies, had record sales in 2009. Even if you don’t know anyone who cans, [...]











