Canning: More Fun With Friends

This year, our canning project was simple to say the least.  I had purchased a large bucket of pitted, pie cherries from an orchard.  So right of the bat, a lot of the work was done for us.  This gave me the chance to focus more on the basics of canning.  As you might imagine, not all of my children were enthusiastic about canning day.  So when I suggested they each invite a friend to help, it really improved the overall mood.  Here's a few of the lessons we learned:
1. Importance of cleaning and sanitizing the jars - food safety starts with the container.
2. How to fill the jars and how full to fill them.

 3. Prepping the lids and rings.  Again, clean and sanitized is the key.

 4. All 4 canners working together.

 5. All 7 of our quarts sealed. 

6. We can look forward to 7 of these!