Jeannie Anne your holiday canning story

[Guest guest]

Was so beautifully written. Being vegetarians I think all of us

have run up against insults only to watch others enjoy or food at

parties, buffets and potlucks. I've seen this time and time again.

Keep on canning, you enjoy and so does everyone else eating your

finished product and you're right, you know what went into the jar.

 

Leslie

 

, " Jean Anne "

<thecookscuisine wrote:

>

> Hi There:

>

> Reading all the posts about canning made me think back to the mean

> cruel comments I received from my family about my canning. It got

to

> the point where I told no one what I was doing and hide all my

canning

> supplies and results from my canning. Then came the time for

> Thanksgiving Dinner.

>

> On the table where some of my relishes and my pickles. I made a

Green

> Tomato Mincement Pie for dessert. Well, you should of heard the

> comments from my family once they tasted the end results. In

short, I

> could not keep the dishes filled. I ended up just putting the jars

out

> with a spoon inside them. They disappeared like crazy. The pie

was

> gone in a flash.

>

> The bottom line is this: My family will still say some pretty

nasty

> comments about my canning because it is " old fashioned - stupid -

> costly - and down right dumb " until it comes time to harvest the

> produce. Then they ask when it is time to eat the relishes and

pickles.

>

> I feel sorry for the young lady who had to endure the comments. I

> still hear them - until Thanksgiving Day.

>

> All I can say is this: If canning makes you happy (and I trust it

> does) then do it. Never mind the comments. In the end, you will

be

> feeding your family healthy dishes and know that your family is

well

> feed. The others will be eating " who knows what " in the store

bought

> items. You will know what goes into your jars of canned goods -

they

> will not.

>

> Go for it and have fun doing it.

>

> Jeannie Anne

>