NEEDED DONATED CANNING JARS!!!

Please check the corners of your basement and garage to see if you have lonely canning jars you'd like to donate to a good cause.I am looking for free pint and half-pint jars for some canning boot camps this summer. I'll take free quarts too if that size is all you have to donate.Thank you in advance for your generosity. Stay tuned for more details on learning how to water bath can at hands-on experiences in kitchensettings with small groups.

Please contact Jennie D. if you have any to spare/donate!

The First Bootcamp is on June 16th at 9.30. See earlier blog.

JAMMING BOOTCAMP JUNE 16,2009 @ 9.30 AM

Proverbs 31:31 "Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own workspraise her in the gates."

JAM BOOT CAMP on June 16th at 9:30 A.M. at Jennie D's for those who want to learn how to water bath can.(We live right next to Homestead Park---our side yard is across from the gazebo at the pond.)The free gooseberries are on the Baldwin Road side of our front yard. I don't have to be home when you come---so pick a gallon tomorrow, Saturday or Monday. Remove the stems and tips, wash and put in a bag in fridge to bring to the boot camp this Tuesday and bring a bag of sugar or can of sugar from your food storage--you won't use it all!

You can also pick the gooseberries for a pie or tart if you don't want to come to the Jam Boot Camp! I'll have enough jars for the first boot camp and will shop for the jarlids and pectin and divide the cost with those participating. I am guessing a dollar per person per batch since the fruit is free and I have some jars.We will water bath can the jam for a shelf-stable product.

ATTENTION!

Get a babysitter since canners, boiling water and pouring hot food products into jars isn't a child-friendly atmosphere. I canned at night aftertheir bedtime when the kids were very small.I also have a "sugar-free" strawberry jam recipe using Splenda for those interested in reducing sugar or on diabetic diets. It is also water bath canned for shelf-stability but needs canned in half-pint or 4 ounce jellyjars which I don't have a supply of. Call me to discuss recipe detailsand supplies if you're interested in the sugar-free/Splenda jam.

Jennie D.'s place :White ranch, green shutters, white picket fence and arbor.

You'll find Jennie's address in the ward directory, in her e-mail that went around but if you do not have the two latter, contact any member of the Relief Society Presidency for contact info and address. ( I will not post Jennie's address or phone number here in the blog)

COME TO HAVE FUN AND LEARN! I PROMISE JENNIE WILL NOT BE A DRILL SEARGENT! IT"LL BE FUN, AND A GREAT LEARNING EXPERIENCE!!

FREE GREEN GOOSEBERRIES

Proverbs 31:31 "Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own workspraise her in the gates."

FREE GREEN GOOSEBERRIES are available; tastes like very tart kiwi whengreen---tastes like mixed berry later when they turn red!

The free gooseberries are on the Baldwin Road side of our front yard. Idon't have to be home when you come---so pick a gallon tomorrow, Saturdayor Monday. Remove the stems and tips, wash and put in a bag in fridge tobring to the boot camp this Tuesday and bring a bag of sugar or can ofsugar from your food storage--you won't use it all! You can also pick the gooseberries for a pie or tart if you don't want tocome to the Jam Boot Camp!

You Find these at Jennie D's house. Contact Kirsi, Brenda, Margo or Lori for address or look it up from the ward directory. It is also in Jenny's e-mail that went out. If you do not have the latter two, please contact Brenda, Kirsi, Lori or Margo for address and phone number.

These berries are great and healthy. See the enxt blog what you can do with them!:)