Oh Preserve Me!

My friend the doctor (and fellow canner) will be amazed that I'm blogging, having sworn that I'd never do such a silly thing. But then I realized that I can funnel my strange (certainly to me as I have no exposure to it in my background), new-ish obsession with preserving food into a blog on the subject. My friends and family - to whom I gleefully bestow these canned goods - can now read about my canning efforts instead of having to listen to me blather on about the joys of larder stocking. So here goes.

My bible for this is a book which is now out of print: Oded Schwartz's Preserving, available on Amazon (and well worth the price!). I found it long ago in a used book store, and it has inspired me to try to do something that is far outside my experience (never having lived on a farm or through a Depression). Somehow, the act of preserving fruit and vegetables at the height of the season provides me with great satisfaction.

And maybe - just maybe - stocking the larder has some bearing on larger life issues. ;>