For those looking for their first canning adventure, or for those new to pickling cucumbers, Yeoman's shows you the complete process, and how easy it is to make your own fresh pickles.
Canning and preserving food was a common practice to insure not only an adequate annual supply of food for farm families, but also a way to eat fruits, vegetables, and certain meats that otherwise would be more limited in their availability.
Try as we might, it's almost impossible to eat our way through the abundance of summer fruit that we're enjoying during the month of August. No matter...
I didn't eat a canned vegetable until I was twelve. I was at summer camp, and the minute the canned green bean touched my tongue I spit it out, convinced it was rotten.