Clean Slate

• I have finally put up enough to wipe clean the slate of last years canning, and begin afresh with this years.
• For the sake of my own record keeping, here is what was done last year:
• 21 quarts applesauce
• 5 pints chili sauce
• 4 pints ketchup
• 15 pints bread and butter hot peppers
• 5 quarts basil tomato sauce
• 13 pints spiced tomato soup
• 4 qts. chicken
• 3 qts. beef stew meat
• 28 pints pizza sauce
• 4 qts. stewed tomatoes
• 7 pints ground beef
• 5 pints peaches
• 6 quarts vegetable soup
• 6 pints navy beans with pork and tomato sauce
• 21 pints basil-rosemary green beans
• 6 half pints blueberry-lime jam
• 7 half pints raspberry peach jam
• 4 quarts and 1 pint peaches and pears
• 9 quarts potatoes
• 18 pints whole kernel corn
• 5 qts. and 1 pt. peaches, apples and pineapple
• 8 half pints spiced strawberry jam
• 9 half pints strawberry jam
• 6 half pints strawberry rhubarb jam
• 8 half pts. cherry jam
• 7 pts. and 2 qts. apples, peaches, pears, and grapes
• 6 half pts. Strawberry Peach Preserves

If any of these catches your eye, let me know and I'll give you the details/recipe.

Today, I have made 8 half pints of Blueberry/raspberry jam, and I still have 2 batches of jam, and some ham and potato soup base to go. But lunch needed to be eaten, children put down for naps, and my own lunch of a leftover hot dog from sisters grad. party, and leftover garlic asiago mashed potatoes with bacon, chives and Cheddar on top consumed.

A busy day, hot and humid, cicadas and bugs are singing their summer song, and a GIANT bug is taking a snooze on my towels that are out on the line.

Have a lovely Wednesday!

Bonnie