Chunky Fingers Friday participants Melinda & Rachel started canning peaches at around 7:30 a.m. the other day....our third CFF member, Karen joined us a couple of hours later to can some more peaches. Rachel got 14 quarts and Melinda ended up with 7. Karen broke the chain of quarts and canned 21 in the pint-sized jars (Rachel secretly wishes she had used the pints too since it's a perfect size for a small family, but is happy with the results nonetheless).
After we enjoyed a lunch of pizza provided by Karen (the only reason we invited her to can peaches was because she had the pizza...not really, but we do appreciate the grub!) Melinda & Rachel made a trip up to Neola to visit Kylene who had slaved all day to pick apples for us to make applesauce. Kylene had picked SO many apples for us that we were starting to run short on time. We got some jars filled and Rachel hauled them back into town to process them at home since there were still 2 bath canners there. Those were finished at about 6:30 so it was a very long day of canning, but well worth it! We're quite proud of what our Chunky Fingers can accomplish in one day!
this isn't all that has been canned this year. We've been very busy.
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