after posting about canning last week, my cousin, who lives in portland, contacted me with some questions and i ended up convincing her to drive up and do her canning with me. so, last thursday and friday, we had lucy and her daughter, elna, stay with us and we turned 60 pounds of tomatoes into marinara sauce and canned it all.
it was a crazy couple days and my house wasn't exactly put together the whole time, but the kids were surprisingly resilient and lucy and i had a great time visiting. we may have to make it an annual tradition.
i got twenty-two pints and two quarts out of the whole thing, and lucy got twenty-six quarts and two pints. now both of us are stocked up for the year.
it was so fun to have lucy visit and i'm trying to figure out when we can get down to portland and visit her next.
2 comments:
You two are reliving some Santa Monica/Carpinteria days.
What fun!
We had such a great time, Debby! We love the sauce-- we've had spaghetti twice and I'm making lasagna tomorrow. Thanks for having us. I only wish we lived a tiny bit closer so we could see each other even more. You are always welcome in Troutdale! Come come!
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