Post by lucretia on Aug 26, 2004 13:18:24 GMT -5
So I thought, I am going to be cool and do all this canning this year. Never tried before in my life. So we went out and bought all these jars and stuff. I got them all at Walmart. They were a little more expensive than the ones at the Superstore but they were prettier. I'm kind of mental about certain things - I wanted all my jars to be "friends" and look the same 
So Tuesday I went out and bought the cucumbers. Yesterday after work I start the process. And what a process!! I put the jar in the bought to boil them. Well this pot was so huge it barely fit on the stove!! 
And I swear it took over 1-1/2 hours to come to a boil!!! 
My hubby is trying to help, but is just getting in the way. 
When we finally filled the jars, and went to put them back in the pot, I didn't bother dumping the water. So of course half the pot leaked over the sides because the jars are now full. So we made a huge mess!! All that work for 6 1L jars of pickles. I sure hope that turn out! Now I get to do it all over tonight, with another 6 jars. I have to get some more jars because I probably have enough cucumbers for another 6 jars on top of that! I don't know what I was thinking when I wanted to get into this. I want to do smaller 500ml jars of carrots and other veggies. Don't know if I should go out and get a smaller pot for those 
So Tuesday I went out and bought the cucumbers. Yesterday after work I start the process. And what a process!! I put the jar in the bought to boil them. Well this pot was so huge it barely fit on the stove!! 
And I swear it took over 1-1/2 hours to come to a boil!!! 
My hubby is trying to help, but is just getting in the way. 
When we finally filled the jars, and went to put them back in the pot, I didn't bother dumping the water. So of course half the pot leaked over the sides because the jars are now full. So we made a huge mess!! All that work for 6 1L jars of pickles. I sure hope that turn out! Now I get to do it all over tonight, with another 6 jars. I have to get some more jars because I probably have enough cucumbers for another 6 jars on top of that! I don't know what I was thinking when I wanted to get into this. I want to do smaller 500ml jars of carrots and other veggies. Don't know if I should go out and get a smaller pot for those 
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