In the spirit of Living Spherically, I tried something new tonight.
I canned!
I know your probably thinking, "so what" and that's alright; but for me... it was a learning experience and I can absolutely say "I've done that before". It brought back so many memories of watching my mother can jams, and pie fillings and my grandmother in all her old world charm waking up at 4:00am to can fruits and veggies for days, at harvest time. I thought of a dear friend who passed away; who was, well for lack of better words, My mothers' angel. She used to make the most delicious, "completely from scratch" dishes and can them for us. Her specialty was jellies & jams -- I thought of Jeannie Jelly as we called it, and smiled all night long. For the first time in weeks, when I lay down to sleep there will be a comfort. One that, I am not so sure I can explain, seeing as to how it spawned from something like Canning.
For those of you who may be wondering what I canned- My famous chili. --- Okay okay, I confess it isn't world renowned but my family LOVES it.
Closing this one tonight sending out some special thanks:
Jeannie Kirkpatrick- thought about you through the entire process
My Mom- for all the cookbooks
My Oma-for the original recipe
Vahj-For motivating me with tales of your pickle canning!
Reminding you to-Live Spherically and sometimes...Hysterically!
