That's a good question. I too would like to read people's replies. The
only thing I can contribute is... can it. I recently found about 50
Mason jars at a Goodwill for $5.00. The lids I had to buy from Safeway
(which were pretty expensive, but it's an investment as I can use them
again). I've inherited a pressure canner from my folks and bought a
replacement gasket from pressurecooker-outlet.com.
It's true that this
process is time consuming and requires your constant attention, but I
made a family weekend out of it, so it was quite enjoyable. We now have
6 jars of pasta sauce, 12 jars of zucchini and yellow squash, 11 cans
of corn, 3 jars of grapefruit marmalade, 6 jars of peaches, 5 jars of
cucumber dip and 5 jars of pumpkin pie filling. All organic. We lost 2
jars in the process. :(
Anyway... I've not yet tried any of my
concoctions yet (I'm still gloating over the fact that I did this) but
I have tried some of my parent's 28 year old pickles.. and they were
superb! I be interested in swapping recipes if anyone is interested
