The secret to learning any skill, whether it is knitting, sewing, making furniture, or canning, is to start small. I was canning plain fruit and making simple freezer jam long before I felt brave enough to attempt jam in canning jars. This is only my ... Read More
Survival Mom DIY: Make Pectin From Apple Peels
If you make a lot of jam at your house, you probably go through a lot of pectin, whether it come as a powder in a little box or in a mylar pouch as a liquid. But do you know what pectin is or where it comes from? I confess I never thought about it ... Read More
July Skill of the Month: Boost Your Canning Skills
It wasn't too long ago that canning was a quaint skill relegated to the hot, humid kitchens of Grandma and Great Aunt Pauline. Somewhere in the past few years, though, that has changed in a big way. Canning is now a hot, hot trend, in large part ... Read More
Build your Food Storage from Scratch: Homemade Strawberry Jam
Strawberries…….the "first fruits" of canning season (I can year round, but strawberry jam seems to me, to "begin" the real seasonal canning blitz!) and there is nothing like real, fresh strawberry jam! BONUS ? It is SO very simple to make and can ... Read More
Skill of the Month: Make A Batch Of Freezer Jam!
While tasty, jam is somewhat shrouded in mystery. Factories take fruit and do things to it and then sell it to you in a jar. And actually making jam? Surely that's for a certain class of people: stay-at-h0me moms who have designer homes and cute ... Read More
