Downside of ambitious jamming

[gloria p]

Yesterday I went to store my new batch of apricot jam in the basement
pantry. I found so many jars that should have been eaten, donated,or
thrown out, dating back to 2002. I cleaned out the shelf, finding 51
jars of jam, chutney, and pickles that were outdated, discolored, and
just plain inedible. DH helped me empty them out into gallon ziplock
bags which went into the trash. I suspect a lot of the apricot were from
years when our trees had a bumper crop.

The upside is that I now have 51 clean, empty jars to give away to the
neighborhood beekeeper and a boatload of rings. (We threw away the
lids, of course.) I still have cases of empty old pint and quart jars
from the "olden days" when we had a big garden and the energy to preserve.

gloria p

[songbird]

Post by gloria p
Yesterday I went to store my new batch of apricot jam in the basement
pantry. I found so many jars that should have been eaten, donated,or
thrown out, dating back to 2002. I cleaned out the shelf, finding 51
jars of jam, chutney, and pickles that were outdated, discolored, and
just plain inedible. DH helped me empty them out into gallon ziplock
bags which went into the trash. I suspect a lot of the apricot were from
years when our trees had a bumper crop.

:) i have a box of older jars of things i've not
eaten which will get fed back to the worms this winter
when i don't have as much natural forage for them
to munch on.

why not bury it in the garden?

Post by gloria p
The upside is that I now have 51 clean, empty jars to give away to the
neighborhood beekeeper and a boatload of rings. (We threw away the
lids, of course.) I still have cases of empty old pint and quart jars
from the "olden days" when we had a big garden and the energy to preserve.

we're running out of quart jars already and haven't
gotten started on tomatoes yet. a while ago we gave
away many cases of jars full of goodies and rarely
have any of those jars come back.


songbird

[Wayne Boatwright]

On Sun 22 Jul 2018 10:41:45a, gloria p told us...

Post by gloria p
Yesterday I went to store my new batch of apricot jam in the
basement pantry. I found so many jars that should have been
eaten, donated,or thrown out, dating back to 2002. I cleaned out
the shelf, finding 51 jars of jam, chutney, and pickles that were
outdated, discolored, and just plain inedible. DH helped me empty
them out into gallon ziplock bags which went into the trash. I
suspect a lot of the apricot were from years when our trees had a
bumper crop.
The upside is that I now have 51 clean, empty jars to give away to
the neighborhood beekeeper and a boatload of rings. (We threw
away the lids, of course.) I still have cases of empty old pint
and quart jars from the "olden days" when we had a big garden and
the energy to preserve.
gloria p

That's truly disheartening to lose so much, especially with all the
labor and effort it took to produce it all. I've never canned or
preserved a lot one time and, at worst, I may have lost only a
handful to age.

These days I only put up a couple of jars of one thing or another.
We can't garden so I only buy just enough that I can reasonably put
up and use.

[Melba's Jammin']

Post by gloria p
Yesterday I went to store my new batch of apricot jam in the basement
pantry. I found so many jars that should have been eaten, donated,or
thrown out, dating back to 2002. I cleaned out the shelf, finding 51
jars of jam, chutney, and pickles that were outdated, discolored, and
just plain inedible. DH helped me empty them out into gallon ziplock
bags which went into the trash. I suspect a lot of the apricot were
from years when our trees had a bumper crop.
The upside is that I now have 51 clean, empty jars to give away to the
neighborhood beekeeper and a boatload of rings. (We threw away the
lids, of course.) I still have cases of empty old pint and quart jars
from the "olden days" when we had a big garden and the energy to preserve.
gloria p

Too bad you didn't send me a jar when you made it.