[Sca-cooks] Lots of pickles

[Huette von Ahrens]

--- johnna holloway <johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu>
wrote:
> I can remember being at my grandmother's
> when we did 70 quarts of peaches in less
> than 2 days and then started on just quarts
> and more quarts of tomatoes, including
> stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, whole tomatoes,
> etc. People who have the jars, the produce,
> the equipment and the time still "can", because
> they enjoy it. It's also a tradition in a lot
> of families.
>
> Johnna Holloway     Johnnae llyn Lewis

70 quarts of peaches in less than 2 days?  Wow!!! I am
impressed.  The most Mom and I ever did was 21 quarts
of apricots in one day.  And we were so tired
afterwards that we weren't able to can again for a
week.  And peaches are more difficult to can than
apricots, as they need to be pealed.  Usually our
apricot tree provides us with about 28 quarts of
apricots, but last year, we canned 35 quarts, which we
did in about two weeks, as our canner only holds 7
quart jars.  I also did 7 pints of blackberries.

Huette

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