Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 08-17-18 20:09 <=-

I'm not doing any putting up this year but may do a bunch,
next year. Depends on other plans and how the knee behaves.

Yup, a lot depends on how things actually play out... ;)
Hopefully by next year, your knee will be working much better
and not complicating things anymore... :)

Depending on how the knee is doing, I may get some apples in
NY for apple butter and apple sauce. Just can't go a year
without doing any putting up. (G) I did small amounts, usually
to put in the freezer, even when we were in Europe.

You've got it coded in your DNA, now... ;) If you don't have
to stand at the stove stirring constantly, apple butter or
apple sauce might not be too bad... ;)

A small batch, in the crock pot maybe?

Now that sounds somewhat possible... ;)

I did apple sauce years ago when
the girls were small--didn't give it much attention at first. I
probably did the jarring/processing during their nap time.

So there's precedent for it being somewhat less labor/attention
intensive... :)

One of these days, I might even get back into putting things
up... but there are a lot of factors that would need resolving
for that to happen... ;)

That's understandable. I started doing a bit at a time the first
few years, really did a lot the year before Steve went into the
Army. Backed off to now and again until we got to AZ and started
making salsa. That went into other things, slowed down a bit
when we moved to HI and GA. When we moved here, I began doing
more of it, depending on what I could fit in with school,
travel, etc. School is finished but still fitting in putting up
between this and that.

You've had a lot of trips and such to keep you busy the last few
years... ;)

Quite so, and a lot of them during prime putting up time so I've just
done a bit here & there. My mom always did it piecemeal out of the
garden, then they'd buy a fall suppliment for the freezer (plus
potatoes). I'd rather spend a day or two (per fruit or vegetable)
doing it all at once. We don't buy as many potatoes as they did--enough
to eat them every day of the week for several months--but they had a cellar to keep them. Easier for us to buy as needed.

If you had the garden to deal with, you'd likely put things up as they
ripened, just so as not to waste what you couldn't consume before it
rotted... ;) But I was just as happy to get a bulk supply at the market
and process it for freezing, and be done with that veggie/fruit for the
year... ;) Only thing I ever grew myself was tomatoes, and they didn't
produce well enough to have to worry about putting them up.... ;)

ttyl neb

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Hi Nancy,

You've got it coded in your DNA, now... ;) If you don't have
to stand at the stove stirring constantly, apple butter or
apple sauce might not be too bad... ;)

A small batch, in the crock pot maybe?

Now that sounds somewhat possible... ;)

Very do-able, actually.

I did apple sauce years ago when
the girls were small--didn't give it much attention at first. I
probably did the jarring/processing during their nap time.

So there's precedent for it being somewhat less labor/attention intensive... :)

Depends on methods used, etc. IIRC, I quartered the apples, cooked in a
bit of water, ran them thru a Foley and canned the applesauce. Now I'd
probably use the peeler/slicer gizmo for the first step and. I'd also
probably mash them in the pot instead of using the Foley. Still some
work but done in smaller amounts to make it easier.

when we moved to HI and GA. When we moved here, I began doing
more of it, depending on what I could fit in with school,
travel, etc. School is finished but still fitting in putting up
between this and that.

You've had a lot of trips and such to keep you busy the last few
years... ;)

Quite so, and a lot of them during prime putting up time so I've just
done a bit here & there. My mom always did it piecemeal out of the
garden, then they'd buy a fall suppliment for the freezer (plus
potatoes). I'd rather spend a day or two (per fruit or vegetable)
doing it all at once. We don't buy as many potatoes as they did--enough
to eat them every day of the week for several months--but they had a cellar to keep them. Easier for us to buy as needed.

If you had the garden to deal with, you'd likely put things up as they ripened, just so as not to waste what you couldn't consume before it

That's what Mom did, and it seemed she was canning all summer. She had
an old pressure cooker with a dial gauge; I remember having to watch
that thing until it hit a certain mark and then keep the stove heat
adjusted to maintain it. I like my weighter gauge a lot better. (G)

rotted... ;) But I was just as happy to get a bulk supply at the
market and process it for freezing, and be done with that veggie/fruit

I did that with several things. It was a help that one summer. Even tho
I didn't have help (Steve was working, girls were too young), I could do
the proccessing over 2-3 (prep, then put up) days on a sporadic basis.

for the year... ;) Only thing I ever grew myself was tomatoes, and
they didn't produce well enough to have to worry about putting them
up.... ;)

Most years we tried growing them, they didn't do that well. In AZ we had several years with crops good enough to make salsa, chili sauce, green
tomato relish and mincemeat over the summers. Not all the same year, but
one year maybe salsa and mincemeat, next year chili sauce and green
tomato relish, 3rd year replenish what was needed, etc.

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