Canned food improved soldiers’ nutrition but was slow to catch on until the invention of condensed milk in 1856
It’s not a real summer if I don’t can at least seven quarts (one batch in my canner) of peaches. I’d miss peaches, my favourite canned fruit in the winter, if I didn’t have any. Nothing good can be said to come out of war unless it’s the inventions that we use today. When Napoleon’s […] Read moreTag Archives canning
Sealers see new revival as interest in canning increases
Shelves of canned preserves were once a fixture in many basements, despite an occasional mishap due to ring failure
Exploring the cool, dark recesses of Grandma’s dugout cellar, I would come across the dilapidated old cupboard braced against the far side of the coal bin. An ambitious spider had draped cobwebs from shelf to shelf. I gingerly reached through its gauze curtain to discover a veritable treasure chest of good eating. High bush cranberry […] Read more
