Well, here I am. I've been on vacation for the past week in North Carolina, but now I'm back for a few days before heading to Iowa for about three weeks. I found myself bored the last couple days and in need of using up some apples so I decided I should try my hand at making and canning apple butter! I have never made apple butter and I have only canned a few times with the assistance of my mom, so I was a little nervous to try. I got up early this morning, peeled and chopped up the apples and set them in the crock pot for about ten-eleven hours to cook down and then canned them! It isn't hard at all but I am so tired. It's pretty time consuming, but totally worth it when you start hearing the jar lids "PING!". I can't wait to give them away to friends and family!
I feel like canning is becoming a lost art...My mom canned everything when I was a child. I hated canning days! My poor mom was stuck in the kitchen all day canning green beans, hot peppers, jalapenos, corn, and carrots making and canning salsa, strawberry jam, applesauce, and fruit pie fillings! She is an amazing person! But, canning day meant none of mom's attention, hot stuffy kitchen, and boy, could it stink(especially, the green beans!) My mom canned for two reasons 1) I really think she liked it! She was proud of her work and she did it for the family! and 2) We didn't have a lot of money so she labored over a garden all summer to provide food for us year round! I don't really hear about people canning now a days...I feel like people think it's old fashioned and outdated. I feel like it is an amazing way to preserve your harvest and provide for your love ones. Plus, you control what goes into it, so no crazy weird additives!
I've caught the canning bug and I'm bound and determined to make more! I'm making plans to try to make a new canning recipe at least once a month and give the majority of it away to friends and family!
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