Dill pickle canning season is from the August first until the middle of September.   Dill pickles are the first memory I have of my Grandma Ella canning food.  She was standing in the kitchen putting grape leaves and a clove a garlic in the bottom of a canning  jar.  It was the grape leaves that

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Canning tomatoes is a must at my house.  I remember a time when I would bottle 7 to 8 bushels of tomatoes a year.  Whole tomatoes, stewed tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, tomato juice, Snappy Tom, chili sauce, and tomato salsa, lined my storage room shelves.  Believe it or not… by spring, all of it was gone.

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Soup mixes have been popular because they are quick to fix when you’re in a hurry.  Having a few of your own Bean Soup mixes in your long term storage is a smart idea. They will give you the security of knowing you can fix a meal with just the addition of water and a

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When cooking some veggies… you just can be without a bit of bacon or side meat.  Grandma Ella and Momma always cooked snap beans, corn, turnip greens, and summer squash with bacon or pork side meat for an extra special flavor.  It’s a Southern thing. In the dead of winter, we would bring out the

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This simple Pear Jello Salad is so easy to make… your kids can help!) As a child, this was one of my favorite salads… and it is so simple.   Mom would open a bottle of her wonderful bottled pears and make this recipe for Sunday dinner. Ingredients: 1 lg. 6 oz. package of lime

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Canning pears has been a long standing tradition on our kitchen.  Grandma Ella canned them, mom canned them and my sisters and I carried on the legacy. Pears are always pick green so you have to let them ripen before you can put them up.  To get them to ripen all at one time,  place

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