washerboy
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canning stories
My grandmother and aunt did not use a pressure cooker to can...they did every thing in a hot water bath..and I mean every thing..and of course we never got sick. I think I've shared this before but my grand mother would can green beans in the over...she'd pack the jars then place them in the oven, turn it on to a certain temp then after so many minutes she' increace the temp..at some point she'd turn the oven off and put a chair in front of the oven door so no one would open it...from what she said if the "cold" air hit the hot jars they'd brust. When I got older and learned about bacteria and the runnings of a kitchen, I always thought it was a wonder we didn't all die from food poisioning..to this day I've never heard any one canning in the oven. However, she nor my aunt canned meat..it was smoked. In the mid 50's they got electrict and of course a upright freezer...but the current was subject to go on and off and she was always afraid they'd lose all their food. I remember shelling purple hull peas until my finger tips were raw..they'd be so stained up afterwards my grand mother would put purex in a small dish and we'd soak the purple off; also I'd eat so many tomatos my gums and toung would be blistered..not to mention my gut would be tore up for days on end. Don't know about you all, but I remember looking back on those days fondly..but I got to tell ya...it's really nice to go to the Kroger and pick up a bag of frozen peas and done with it...LOL!!
My grandmother and aunt did not use a pressure cooker to can...they did every thing in a hot water bath..and I mean every thing..and of course we never got sick. I think I've shared this before but my grand mother would can green beans in the over...she'd pack the jars then place them in the oven, turn it on to a certain temp then after so many minutes she' increace the temp..at some point she'd turn the oven off and put a chair in front of the oven door so no one would open it...from what she said if the "cold" air hit the hot jars they'd brust. When I got older and learned about bacteria and the runnings of a kitchen, I always thought it was a wonder we didn't all die from food poisioning..to this day I've never heard any one canning in the oven. However, she nor my aunt canned meat..it was smoked. In the mid 50's they got electrict and of course a upright freezer...but the current was subject to go on and off and she was always afraid they'd lose all their food. I remember shelling purple hull peas until my finger tips were raw..they'd be so stained up afterwards my grand mother would put purex in a small dish and we'd soak the purple off; also I'd eat so many tomatos my gums and toung would be blistered..not to mention my gut would be tore up for days on end. Don't know about you all, but I remember looking back on those days fondly..but I got to tell ya...it's really nice to go to the Kroger and pick up a bag of frozen peas and done with it...LOL!!