You Can Can Cranberry Juice!
On the road toward self-sufficiency in the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse, I’ve managed to can and preserve tomatoes, beets, and cucumbers, but I imagine no apocalypse is complete without a Vodka...
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The canning begins… Just as I’m preparing to go back to school for another semester we are reaching a critical point in the season in which Lauren buys a ridiculous amount of produce in an effort to...
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My friend Ann can can. She might be able to can can too, but trust me, Ann can definitely can. When I picked up my 40 pounds of tomatoes from Midnight Sun last Sunday for her Labor Day canning party...
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One might call it a Labor Day tradition: a gathering of many hands, a pitcher of sangria, and an unreasonably large quantity of tomatoes in a Rogers Park kitchen for the annual Canapolooza. In case you...
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