Meet My Friend, Linda
I met Linda T. through my dear friend, Kim. Kim said we would get along great and I just HAD to meet her. So she hooked us on a blind date phone call and the rest was left to me and Linda. Linda has YEARS and YEARS of experience "puttin'up" food. I have none, zilch, zip, notta. So see, we're perfect for each other already.
I asked Linda if she would teach me about canning and allow me into her home to video her canning whatever came out of her garden. She said, "uh, okay?"
I knew what she was really thinkin'. 'I'm agreeing to let some complete stranger into my home with a video camera. Probably one of those internet lurkin' food porn freaks. Great.'
I'm just kidding. Anyhoo.
I have experience and wisdom on canning and preserving caught on video. I thought it best to bust it up into short segments, unless you want the whole 4 hours straight up? I didn't think so. As I get more and more edited down into quick videos, I will post it here.
This first clip is an overall of the process of canning relish. Don't expect an exact recipe here. Just appreciate the work involved. Watch how easy she makes it look.





I know this video is rough. I’m learning as quickly as I can.
I think you did a really good job of the video. I like the captions.
The canning process seems very time consuming, but I can imagine how nice it would be to go into your pantry and pick out a nice jar of canned produce. I’ve been freezing fresh fruit, but I’d eventually like to graduate to some canning.
I’m with you Psychgrad. If anything, the video helps me appreciate someone else’s efforts when they hand me a jar they processed themselves.
Realistically, I’m more likely to freeze foods then I am to can them. That’s just me.