I find myself by the stove alot lately…it is amazing how different canning is compared to our early years. We have our standbys now, our mainstays. Years of trials…tweaking recipes. It’s so routine now after years of 700 or so jars being put by each season. It is so nice turning to that well worn, splattered page for a quick reference… remembering at a glance exactly what I need. I felt like a true Vermonter…woodstove burning, chopping and canning the food we grew… in the house we built. We bought our land 17 years ago…am I a Vermonter yet?
