HOME CANNING brings tremendous satisfaction when transforming cucumbers into bread and butter, dill, or sweet pickles; fresh peaches become jam; fresh apples are applesauce or apple butter; and preserving extra produce like peppers, okra, tomatoes, tomatillos, and beets. | iSTOCK PHOTO
From the garden ELLEN PEFFLEY
Vegetables and fall fruit just keep coming. Gardeners can preserve their produce for later use by canning.
Canning used to be a staple culinary practice done by our mothers or grandmothers. It is making a comeback in younger generations that started during the pandemic when food security issues arose (cdc.gov). Today there is growing interest in ways to save money, redu…
