Tag Archive for ‘preserving the harvest’
PUT ‘EM UP! HARVEST KEEPER CHALLENGE
Across the nation, folks are down on their knees, hands dirty, seeds and trowel clench firming in hand determine to grow their own food. With hard work, effort and patience this hearty lot of homegrown soildiers will be blessed up to their eye balls in produce.
WHAT ARE YOU JAMMIN’ TO?
On the preservation front this week: pickling beets, apple pie filling, apple butter, elderberry jam, peaches in syrup, zucchini pickles and pumpkin butter (going to use those gorgeous pumpkins!). Next round should be tomato sauce and pickled peppers.
BACK TO BASICS: HARVEST KEEPERS
The Wartime Pantry During the two world wars, despite the increased availability of canned goods, American women were called upon to put up their own food as part of their patriotic duty. Available tin was used for some commercial canning but most tin was used in the war effort. By this time, hot pack canning [...]
CAN WHAT YOU CAN
Food was a national concern in the United States during Second World War years.”Make Food Fight for Freedom by Eating Wisely” was the title of a booklet prepared by the War Ad Council around 1944. Citizens were encouraged to cooperate with rationing efforts and to grow Victory Gardens . The bounty produced from a plot [...]
