Bud and Makayla help me can...
Although Bud isn't as interested in cooking as his sister is, he greatly loves to use my "machines". I wanted to can a couple of batches of Evil Jessica's Lime Chipotle marinade and I got limes on sale relatively inexpensively. So, I rolled the limes, cut them in half and let Bud go with the electric juicer. He loved it, LOL...
Soon that pile of limes were juiced and he got to play with his favorite toy, the jar lifter. That thing just intrigues him, for some reason. The weekend before that, he decided to help with breakfast, and whisked up the pancakes, so he does cook a little. If he can use a cool machine or tool, LOL. :-)
Now his sister is back home and so SHE wanted to "can something". Well, nothing fun, all I had was a garden full of kale, LOL, so she learned all about stripping out the stems, washing until the grit was gone and how much it shrinks when blanched...
Then she learned about putting hot blanched greens into jars. Carefully!
She still won't eat greens but she has a whole new appreciation for the time and energy it takes to prepare them...
Annie
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LOL, KatieC, I have directions to make them with pineapple juice, I just haven't. It would probably be a lot more healthy, and still no one would know they were zucchini, probably. Elery's youngest son was here today with his wife and their daughter, Emaline. She tested the zucchini gummy worms for me, and I think she approved...
You're going to have so much fun with the grandgirl, just wait!
amck, definitely try the Lime sauce. Jessica said her boys just dipped chips in it and ate it as soon as it was made, it seldom made it as far as meat marinade.
Annie
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