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Thanks, bev.   My next project will be a "fruit cocktail".   My mom used to 
make with pears, peaches, apples amd grapes.   We have the grapevines, just 
about ready, obviously the peaches, and will trade for pears and apples.   
I'll le you know how it turns out.
 
Ray
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: erthnsky AT bellsouth.net
To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Rubes peaches




rayzentz AT aim.com wrote:

> Hello again, all,
> 
> Just thought I'd let you know, I bottled my first peaches... ever, 
> last weekend.   picked some of the best ones, blanched and peeled, 
> sliced up and canned in light (really light... diabetic, you know) 
> syrup.   Only one didn't seal, and they tasted absolutely delicious. 
> Came downstairs on sunday morning, saw the dozen bottles on the 
> counter waiting to be taken to the storage room, and was feeling 
> pretty satisfied with myself.   Then I remembered that my mom would 
> put up anywhere from 2500 to 3000 quarts of various fruits and 
> vegetables every summer.   sigh.....
> 
> Oh well, one starts somewhere.  It was kinda cool, though, and 
> brought back a lot of childhood memories.   And we'll be canning 
> more...
> 

Congrats Ray....it does become addictive.  Most people have no idea of
how much work it is or how satisfying it is.  It's kind of like art in
it's creative aspects, yet functional and practical.
It is amazing at how much used to be home canned just a generation ago,
not to mention 2 generations ago.  I know, in pickles alone, we would
put up close to 200 quarts, for ourselves and for gifts when I was a
kid.  These days, for me 200 quarts of anything and I'd be near death.
This morning and this afternoon, we canned more pears, this time for
me....at least I had help this time. We just did a dozen quarts of pear
chunks, 5 quarts of pear preserves, and 2 quarts of pear syrup, and I am
exhausted...

Bev
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Bevanron in NW Georgia      EarthNSky Farm  34.498N 85.076W
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all that sisu means, but it combines the following ideas: guts, pep,
determination, stubbornness, perseverance, hardiness, stamina, go, do,
nerve, spunk, pluck, and grit.  It's like "Just Do It!" & "Go for It!")
                GO NAVY!

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