Apples

Last weekend, B and I brought back apples from my grandma's trees. We filled a bushel basket and about half of a VERY large bag (we're guessing 1/2 a bushel). Today, I made the 1/2 bushel into 7 pints of each apple juice and apple sauce, with enough apple sauce left over for B and I to both have a bowl full! There's also six half-pints and one quarter-pint of apple chutney in the water bath right now (I just guessed that I'd need a double batch to minimally fill the canner - the recipe I used did not give a yield). Tomorrow should be full of apple butter, apple pie filling, and more apple sauce.

--Erika

Zucchini Relish

My first iMovie on my mac! It's me, making zucchini relish. The video looks pretty good on DVD format, but when formatted for the web, it's hard to read the subtitles (if you can make the display bigger, you can make them out). Another warning, this is just how I make zucchini relish - use a tested and USDA approved method for your home canning. The recipe I used came from The Zucchini Cookbook by Paula Simmons.

Happy Canning...

--Erika