17 August 2011

Canning Peaches

What do you do with seventy five pounds of peaches? Why, can them of course! :)Jacob helped me to peel the first half bushel. (Don't throw out those peels, we can use them later for Sunrise Jelly!)After peeling, simply slice the peaches as desired. I like to slice mine in slightly smaller pieces than store bought canned peaches since we are in the "young children" phase of life and I'd need to slice them again before giving them to my "littles"....

16 August 2011

"God's Little Worker Bee"

The other week someone referred to me as "God's little worker bee". I thought it was such an interesting thing to say. After thinking about it a while, I realized, yes, perhaps we are called to be God's little worker bees.But, how am I doing God's work? I am just a homemaker, just a mama, just a wife. My days would be considered mundane to many, full of diapers and baby rocking and meal making and laundry and nose wiping and cuddles and school and...

Canning Peach Pie Filling

Prepare lids and jars as usual for water bath canning.Ingredients:6 qts of sliced peaches7 c. sugar2 c. plus 3 T Clear Jel5 1/4 c. cold water1 tsp. cinnamon1 3/4 c. lemon juice (plus lemon juice for soaking)We had frozen a 25lb. box of peaches (we ended up using all of these for this recipe!) due to not having enough time to can them immediately. Rick had read about a neat trick to peel frozen peaches. I have to admit that I was skeptical, but it...