After Many Hours at the Canner......
I have a grand total. Roughly 50 pounds of chicken breast gave me 16 pints and 14 quarts canned.
One Zaycon box of sausage links gave me 16 pints of sausage links canned, and three salmon, the largest weighing about 5 1/2 pounds though it seemed like more, gave me 18 half pints. Now where to put all this?
As you can see by the picture at the bottom of the page, the salmon which has been in my freezer since last May was still a gorgeous pink. I had forgotten it was vacuum sealed then wrapped in freezer paper. I am now looking forward to this May and salmon season again. But for now the canners are going back to the shelf in the garage. And my kitchen is going back to normal.
Back in January at Bible study I asked for prayer for a heart change. I do not want to be the same person I was at the beginning of 2013, at the beginning of 2014. And it seems since then that God has been working on me...little nudges here and there where I know He has just pricked my heart. One big area is the way I treat Craig. If Craig was depending on me to show him to Christ he would be lost forever! I told him that this evening when we had a moment alone. And I apologized for my poor behavior. My pastor has been teaching about families of the Bible...those who walked close to God (Noah) those who came back to God (Jacob) and how they were blessed when they committed to God. How as the parents (stressing father) go, so go the children. I have seen that play out with a family I know. The father quit going to church..the mother tried to hold it together but soon lost the three children to the world. That scares me for Liam. I can't do it alone. I also told that to Craig. He knows my heart. He knows I long for him to go to church with us and he knows it is important for Liam to see him in church and walking the faith at home as well. Being the spiritual leader in the family. So I just keep praying that God will call Craig back, in spite of my behavior!
I decided against sprouting my peas before planting them...instead I am going to soak them for 24 hours. So tomorrow morning I am going to put them on to soak. And Tuesday I am going to plant. That will be our only full day of dry weather before another string of rain comes. This is the time of year where I am ready for winter to say goodbye! I would love to right now send every rain cloud to my brother in Texas who is in stage three drought. They need it so much more than we do! I also hope to have a chance sometime on Tuesday to get in a little weeding. But that might be difficult. It will be a busy day and I will share it with you after it happens. It is a sweet story, to me at least.
Now for the pictures of the canning.
One Zaycon box of sausage links gave me 16 pints of sausage links canned, and three salmon, the largest weighing about 5 1/2 pounds though it seemed like more, gave me 18 half pints. Now where to put all this?
As you can see by the picture at the bottom of the page, the salmon which has been in my freezer since last May was still a gorgeous pink. I had forgotten it was vacuum sealed then wrapped in freezer paper. I am now looking forward to this May and salmon season again. But for now the canners are going back to the shelf in the garage. And my kitchen is going back to normal.
Back in January at Bible study I asked for prayer for a heart change. I do not want to be the same person I was at the beginning of 2013, at the beginning of 2014. And it seems since then that God has been working on me...little nudges here and there where I know He has just pricked my heart. One big area is the way I treat Craig. If Craig was depending on me to show him to Christ he would be lost forever! I told him that this evening when we had a moment alone. And I apologized for my poor behavior. My pastor has been teaching about families of the Bible...those who walked close to God (Noah) those who came back to God (Jacob) and how they were blessed when they committed to God. How as the parents (stressing father) go, so go the children. I have seen that play out with a family I know. The father quit going to church..the mother tried to hold it together but soon lost the three children to the world. That scares me for Liam. I can't do it alone. I also told that to Craig. He knows my heart. He knows I long for him to go to church with us and he knows it is important for Liam to see him in church and walking the faith at home as well. Being the spiritual leader in the family. So I just keep praying that God will call Craig back, in spite of my behavior!
I decided against sprouting my peas before planting them...instead I am going to soak them for 24 hours. So tomorrow morning I am going to put them on to soak. And Tuesday I am going to plant. That will be our only full day of dry weather before another string of rain comes. This is the time of year where I am ready for winter to say goodbye! I would love to right now send every rain cloud to my brother in Texas who is in stage three drought. They need it so much more than we do! I also hope to have a chance sometime on Tuesday to get in a little weeding. But that might be difficult. It will be a busy day and I will share it with you after it happens. It is a sweet story, to me at least.
Now for the pictures of the canning.