Tag Archives: Ball Canning Company

The Dust Bowl Diet: Eating in a Drought

“How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can’t scare him–he has known a fear beyond every other.” John Steinbeck, Grapes of Wrath Sunshine in a Jar Stock photo Having been raised in farming country by a frugal mother, […]

Storing Up Sunshine

“Canned tomatoes are like summer saved: all that deep sun kissed flavor ready to be enjoyed.” – Better Homes and Gardens The kitchen knife slides easily across the cooked beets, creating burgundy cross sections of summertime goodness slipping into sterilized jars. A cup of hot vinegar-sugar syrup tops the beets then the metal lid and […]

Canning: A Brief History

“Food is simply sunlight in cold storage.”  – John Harvey Kellogg As my husband brings in another wire basket full of potatoes to can, my heart sings a song of thanksgiving. Being able to safely preserve the harvest from the garden is not to be taken lightly. As the motto on my apron reads: “I […]