Home canning

Water Bath Canning Vs. Pressure Canning Food preservation has become very popular with food costs rising over the years. Even though freezing food is easy, convenient and fast, canning has become popular due to the long shelf life that canning affords. When canning, many decisions need to be made prior to starting the process. When I decided to start canning, I had to choose between the water bathing method or pressure canning method. When water bathing, the filled jars are prepared and put into a large canner that resembles a large stockpot. The pot is filled with water, covering the jars at least an inch, and left to boil. Once boiling, a loose lid is place on the pot and the timing begins. After boiling for a set amount of time, the jars are removed from the pot, and placed on the counter to cool. The pressure canner also looks like a large stockpot, but it has a…

with the introduction of machinery in agriculture such as the McCormick Reaper, the process sped up and became more efficient. This would result in less need for both manpower and labor, as technology improved.1 Subsequently when agriculture shifted from fields to mechanical settings such as factories,the mass production of food took off. Prior to the preservation of food in the aluminum cans we are familiar with today, it was called bottling.[2] The modern canning process can be credited to…

How To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse A zombie apocalypse just hit town, what do you do? Well if you don’t know what to do then you came to the right place. You will always need the essentials like water, shelter, food and weapons. But there are other things that many people forget like transportation and communication. Finding the right resources for your materials and the steps you have to take are crucial. The first step you need to take is finding the spots where the zombies have influenced…

“Something is missing. (MacLachlan 36)” Sarah told Caleb. My family and friends were over three hours away, consequently; they are not as accessible to me as they were before. I felt deserted and I was home sick, just as Sarah did two weeks into her visit. I underestimated how hard it was for me going off to college, but as time progressed things began to get enjoyable. Instead of continuously dwelling on the point that I missed my family and friends, I started to look at the glass half-full and…

what is described by Judy Brady in her satirical essay, “I Want a Wife” but also different to what she describes. An example of how she is different and also similar in the essay by Judy Brady would be, “I want a wife who cooks the meals, a wife who is a good cook. I want a wife who will plan the menus, do the necessary grocery shopping, prepare the meals, serve them pleasantly, and then do the cleaning up while I do my studying.” (590). While she is a housewife, she is not a typical housewife.…

household chores like before. Boys toys seem to keep the same idea of building things, but add in dinosaurs, guns, cars, camouflage, blood, guts and action figures with really detailed abs. Toys start to play into how we see boys and girls. In present day boys are thought to be the stronger sex and girls the weaker sex. Boys aren’t supposed to show emotion while girls are supposed to be the emotional ones. Boys are to be athletic and girls can also be athletic, but occasionally girls aren’t…

They took me to school and made sure I was taken care of until my mother returned from work. “But most workplaces have remained inflexible in the face of family demands of their workers and at home…” (Hochschild 12). This was true for my mother who wasn’t…

Lori and her husband had three beautiful children including a son and twin daughters. When talking about her family, she explain that immigration has effect event on her son, who like traveling and who is currently living in Korea. With the same idea, her daughters live here but they were at angers for high school first year because their mom had left, again. But nowadays, they are, especially her, more stable because immigration don’t have only advantages but unwanted effects such home sick and…

My first week at OIT was rough. The physical environment was alien, my emotions were like a rollercoaster, and I had trouble with my friend groups. Luckily the best therapy was time. My home was one thing that never changed in my life. I lived in the same house since I was one-year-old. I know that house like I built it. Moving into my own room, five far hours away, was a freaky idea. On campus I was immediately shocked by the crisp wind chill whipping off Klamath lake. I was fascinated by the…

“mom” can mean a friend, hard worker , a teacher, or even a superhero. To others it could mean control freak, someone who knows no boundaries, or an evil dictator. My mom has fulfilled all of these roles at one time or another. Sometimes, she was all of these at once. My mom has worked hard her entire life and it is because of this that she is someone I can look up to and be proud to have as a parent. It is already hard enough to maintain a home, work decent hours, and raise one child on…