No, not dancing the can-can, but learning to create my own canned goods in jars. I've been looking, for a while, ways to preserve and store my own food - meaning, knowing every last ingredient in things (and ingredients that I can pronounce!).
My first project wasn't canning at all, however. My friend and work colleague owns a farm and brought me 10 huge heads of broccoli this week. I wanted to freeze it all in small servings to use throughout the year. I learned how to blanch, and I really enjoyed it! Usually, cooking is such a difficult task for me because of my time restraints due to my schedule. But when I have the time, I'm learning I love the processes of cooking. It was actually kind of fun. :)
I bought two books on canning as well:
I've already read then and tagged recipes I want to try...including watermelon rind pickles. Just sounds interesting! I borrowed my Mom's boiling water bath canner that has been collecting dust since about 1975, and I ordered a new tools set that should be arriving via Amazon.com tomorrow. My Mom has jars that I can use that have also just been collecting dust since who knows when - probably since before I was born! So, I'm about good to go!
Along with the preserving and such, I've ordered a small deep freezer that will be delivered in Tuesday. This is a purchase that I've been wanting for a long time.
My small little freezer on my apartment sized fridge just doesn't cut it. With my busy schedule, I like to cook big batches of things when I have time, then freeze in serving size containers for quick, homemade deliciousness on busy weeknights (or basically every night). I just hope it fits in the space I have for it the way I want it to...I guess I'll find out on Tuesday!
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