Canning Salsa

Last weekend I decided to do the canning thing right – and traveled North to Pennsylvania to practice the art of food preservation with my aunt and cousins.  My aunt, of course, is the real expert when it comes to canning.  She grew up canning under the watchful eye of my Mennonite farm- wife grandmother. [...]

Spicy Tomato Chutney

A quick glance at this blog is enough to indicate that I’ve been into two things this summer – food preservation and Indian cuisine.  I guess this makes sense seeing as I’ve just returned from a year in India and, for the first time in my life, have enough time on my hands to mess [...]

Canning is Cool Again?

It seems like the chores of homemakers of yore are always popping up here and there as new fads.  A few years ago, you may remember, everyone got into knitting.  There were knitting clubs, knitting books and knitting stores.  I even attended a board meeting or two where people were knitting in the back of [...]

Canning Spaghetti Sauce

When I was very young and my family still lived in Pennsylvania, I remember my mother, grandmother and aunts preserving all kinds of fresh produce during the months of late summer and fall.  During the winter, my grandmother always had a cellar full of canned peaches, pickles, applesauce, tomatoes and cherries.  All of the aunts [...]