Okay, so maybe all the items in my pseudo-pantry aren't edible, but these great handmade shelves (put in by a previous owner under the basement staircase) are coming in handy for storing all my canned goods this summer.
I've managed to fill six shelves so far (with another batch of tomato sauce on the way).
I've really been cranking out the tomato sauce this year. I'm on my fifth batch!
In addition to tomato sauce (bottom right), I also tried dilly beans (bottom left) and tomatillo salsa (top right) this summer. After gifting many jars of my humongous batch of apricot jam (top left), I'm finally getting down to a more reasonable supply.
In addition to the apricot jam, I also made blackberry apricot (bottom left), black raspberry (top right, my favorite), and sweet cherry jelly (top left). The six jars on the right side of the bottom shelf are leftovers from the 2009 and 2010. They still taste just fine, so I'm not too worried about their advancing age.
Did you have a chance to try your dilly beans yet? If not Tyson and I may have to come visit :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for bringing a jar of dilly beans for us to your mom's birthday party. Even after that huge meal we had, I just had to break into them when we got home last night. Great job! They were super delicious!
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