Canning

[Aili]

Hi, I'm new here. I was chatting a little with Housecarl Labs about canning on his Fb page, and I recently came across this website that looks pretty good. Just a word, I can't vouch for the infomation, I haven't attempted canning yet.
http://oldfashionedfamilies.com/preparin...ng-season/

Also, a blog I follow of a sheep farmer in Missouri, USA has quite a bit of info on putting up the harvest, but it reads more in story form, not organized for instruction.
http://www.farmgirlfare.com/

Pleasure to make everyone's acquaintence!
Aili

[Mandlaka]

Good morning, Lady, and you are indeed most welcome to this forum.
Thank you for sharing these two pages. I will very likely learn something from at least one of them.

[Tigs]

hello and welcome to the forum

[SealDriver]

Hi Aili,

Housecarl = SealDriver on Survival UK Forums.....I'm very glad to see you here my friend and thank you for the links.

As I mentioned to you on FB 'Canning' is something that we don't do much of in the UK and I think that this comes down to cost. Like most things anything imported from the States is rather expensive due to import taxes which is a great shame because when I have been to America I found everything to be very cheap!

Cabelas is my favourite store in the whole world!!!!

Anyway I think that we would all be very interested in learning a great deal more about canning, especially about canning safely, everyone always asks me the same thing 'but what about botulism'?

Welcome Aili to this very British Survivalist/Prepper website. In the UK we have some very different ideas about the threats to the world, but we are also always glad to learn from our American Cousins.

[Barneyboy]

hello and welcome from norfolk

[Skean Dhude]

Hello and Welcome. I'm sure you have lots of information you can share.

[TheFalcon]

welcome from londonistan

[Hrusai]

mornin from sunny old dorset

[Highlander]

Welcome from the Scottish Highlands.

The problem is indeed cost,... for a start of trying to get a canning machine in this country is like looking for elephants eggs,..... then for some its the storage, you cant store more than one high.

We would love to have a go, but I think for us at leasts, its too much trouble

[SealDriver]

Yes it does seem extremely unfair that canners are so cheap in the States, but here in the UK you are looking at about £150 for a half decent one if you can find one at all.