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Hit 100 jars of homemade jam last weekend and I'm still recovering
I started canning as a hobby back in June, and last Saturday I cracked open my notebook to find I had exactly 100 jars of strawberry rhubarb jam sitting in my pantry. My husband walked in and asked if we were opening a store out of our kitchen in Portland or just hoarding for the apocalypse. Has anyone else accidentally hit a crazy number with their preserves without planning it?
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andrew7785mo ago
My great aunt used to say a full pantry meant you'd never go hungry, and she would know because she lived through the depression. She canned everything from pickled beets to apple butter, and I think she would've been proud of my 100 jars. I actually read that the average household goes through about 20 jars of jam a year, so you're set for like five years at least. Your husband might have a point about the apocalypse though, strawberry rhubarb is a pretty good flavor for the end times.
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wesley_thompson4mo ago
Wait, 100 jars? That's not a pantry, that's a small grocery store. @clairer79 beat me to it but unlabeled jars sound like a Russian roulette of fruit spreads. Hope you're ready for some surprise ghost pepper jam in there.
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clairer795mo ago
Did you at least label them or is it a surprise every time you open the pantry? That's the kind of energy I respect for someone who clearly decided the zombie apocalypse was strawberry rhubarb flavored.
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