Happy Valentine’s Day!

This is what I made the family for breakfast today — heart shaped pancakes (no form, just spooning the batter on the griddle in the heart shape) with strawberry jam/syrup. Each year when strawberry season comes around, I buy a couple flats of strawberries and make freezer jam. It tastes like fresh strawberries, [...]

Blogging and Canning Peaches . . . but not at the same time

I’ve got to start running Ball canning adds or something . . . I get some ten hits a day on ‘canning peaches’. The Husband says I need to put the real instructions on here b/c people don’t want to have to wait to get the Blue book . . . they have peaches [...]

Fruit of my labors

Finally, after three days of bits and bits of canning, I’ve finished the 2 bushels of peaches (well, except the few I held back so I can make a peach pie for the Husband tomorrow)! Pictured here are the 41 qts of sliced peaches (after Kid#4 tossed a qt on the floor) as well [...]

Canning peaches

Tuesday I have a date with a friend to make a run to Arthur for peaches and to stop at the cabinet outlet. I love going to visit the farm country — it makes me a wee bit nostaligic for farm life, although I don’t miss the stench and the filth that can be [...]