It is a long weekend this weekend, Monday is the Canadian Thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends! Attila has been out and about, actually taking the old, completely destroyed, metal eavestroughs, that have been sitting under the back porch since we bought the house, well since the rotted wood they were attached too… Continue reading Thanksgiving
Month: October 2018
Pressure Canner: Tomatoes 2018
Another info-note to self about my canned tomatoes. Three dozen jars of tomatoes were canned in September 2018. The first two batches were Roma tomatoes purchased from first NoFrills in a 20 pound box for $7,99, then a second box was purchased from Metro in a 25 pound box for $8.00. The third batch was… Continue reading Pressure Canner: Tomatoes 2018
Steam Canner
This entry is mostly an info-note to self about my new steam canner. When I tested it, as suggested in the manual, by canning four 1 litre jars filled with hot water, and watching the gauge, one of the jars cracked on the bottom. I began at a 6/10 heat on my burner, I never… Continue reading Steam Canner
Treating Ourselves
The second batch of crabapples are boiling on the stove. This week was a busy one! There is a volunteer apple tree in the back yard at Mist Cottage. It is probably a crabapple tree, the apples are about half an inch to an inch in diameter. Attila figures they would be much larger if… Continue reading Treating Ourselves