A busy Wednesday.

Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 04:24 PM

Today has been a busy but exciting day. My girls worked on the kitchen this afternoon while my son and I made our way to the pantry/storage room to do some much needed cleaning and organizing. Boy was it Bad!  But with Wesleys help, we made it through. I did a count on all my jars and decided it is definately time to go garage saleing to find some more. I am way low for the amount of canning I want to do this year.  Speeking of canning, I got my first batch of pinto beans and red beans canned. The red beans did not turn out, because I tried to can them without cooking them after I soaked them. When they were done canning, there was no water left in the jar.  The pinto beans I soaked and cooked. They turned out great. I guess I know what to do next time. Oh the joys of learning by trial and error!

I had a huge blessing shared with me yesterday. I am so excited. A friend of mine let me borrow a book that her great-grandmother wrote. The whole book is information on the pioneer days and survival methods and living experiences. There are recipes, patterns, ideas, wild vegatation info. and so much more. I am so excited to read through this and gleen knowledge from the women of olden days. I will try to share some of the tidbits that I read. One of the things I remember seeing in there was how to make your own yeast. Talk about being able to be completely self sufficient! Oh I cant wait to read!

I want to get some more beans on to soak so I can do some more canning tomorrow. Have a blessed evening!

Wow!

Posted by blessingsbaound on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 09:28 PM - Link

The book sounds like a great resource! Enjoy!!! About the canning jars.... you might want to check your local thirft shop. A friend gave me that idea and I have found many jars that way. They normally give them away for 1 to 3.00 a dozen.
Have a great night! Love, Mrs. Joseph Wood

book

Posted by miniumgallegos on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 09:00 PM - Link

Do you have the name of the book? I would love to see if any copies are still available in print! We are doing the Colonial living history program this summer--I can't wait. I have the first week of activities planned out and the great thing is that even if we fail in some of our endeavors--the learning experience will be so paramount!
Blessings!
Jill