MMMM food storage

Last week the family and I did some canning. Yes I said canning. I have never done any canning before but after spending 10 days in Utah and helping Nate's cousin can I decided that I could do my own. Plus my sister gives us some of her canning every year and yummy we love it. So Nate and I went out last Monday and bought some fresh produce.

We bought....

40 lbs. of Apples

40 lbs. of Peaches

and.....

20 lbs. of Tomatoes.

I learned how to can tomatoes while I was in Utah so I decided that the best thing to start with would be that. We did it all assembly line like. I would Blanch, The kids would peel and Nate would core and cut ( until I was done and I went over to help him). We ended up with 18 quarts of Tomatoes. I can't wait to use them and I have decided to try spaghetti sauce and salsa next year.

Next was the peaches. Nate and I did those while the kids were in school. I worked on those darn peaches for 2 days and ended up with 14 quarts and 7 pints (we ran out of quart jars and there weren't any to purchase here in Mountain Home I bought them all up and oh boy do my pints look funny)

Last I did Applesauce. What an undertaking was that. I had to hand peel, core, and cut all of the apples. Nattie and Choley helped me peel. ( The second day of doing this I got smarter and bought one of the slicers that just cut and core for you. I thought that I had one at home but I was mistaken). It took a very long time to do the first day but we sure flew through it the second and third day of applesauce. I ended up getting 6 quarts and 14 pints of applesauce. Which I still don't think is enough my kids love store bought applesauce but they really love homemade.

We had a great time doing it all and in the end I really enjoyed doing it. I can't wait to do more next year. I am going to add in some jams (which was tried and failed at this year).

A special thanks to Joy and Mindi who helped me learn how to can this year.