Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Canning, year 2

So, last year was applesauce and tomatoes, and it was so wonderful to have canned fruit all winter that I'm psyched to get going this year. I only had a water bath canner last year, but this year I am the proud owner of a shiny new pressure canner, which I will be breaking out for it's flagship run soon. I bought about 4 lbs of pickling cucumbers and 11 lbs of green beans from the farmer's market this morning, so I'll be canning those within the next week or so.
Also, the 25lb boxes of salsa tomatoes are coming back - 3 of those are what I used for the tomato canning marathon last fall, but perhaps I'll only do one box at a time this year, and space it out a bit more :)