This year I decided to try canning. Canning is definitely a dying art. With the cost of canned goods being so cheap in the stores most people don't see the need to do home canning anymore. To some extent I agree but it is a skill that I'd like to have. I've also found that you can get most fruits canned in the store and they taste pretty much the same. One exception however is cherries. Most canned cherries tend to either be the very heavy syrup or the candied ones. I wanted just regular cherries in a light syrup.
I started with a 20 pound box that we picked up on our way home from Oliver and I picked up the canning supplies for about $50 dollars at Canadian tire. For the 14 cans I got I think it ended up costing about $100. The good thing though is that about $75 of that were one time costs. So although it was about $7 a jar this time, the cost will drop dramatically as I do more. So far they've turned out nicely. Every one sealed properly and show no signs of any kind of discolouration or mould. Callie and I both agree that they taste delicious.
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