It hasn't been a great year for canning, evidenced by my lack of blogging. I never entered anything in the fair this year because I didn't have anything to enter. I'm canning so infrequently I don't want to give any of my products away! The farm share, while adequate for our needs, doesn't give the opportunity to go pick unlimited tomatoes at the end of season or anything like that. And it's been ages since I foraged.
But while the produce hasn't been plentiful, at least not for me, I did have a freezer full of chicken and turkey bones from the last year. Last Friday I made a huge batch of stock - over two gallons. Some has been used already but the rest got canned into 17 pint jars today. We've been out of chicken stock for a while and it was time to replenish the pantry.
Congrats to my friend and fellow canner who DID enter things in the fair, and won Best in Show this year! It's quite the accomplishment and I am happy for her.
