Sherry's Country Corner

was a productive weekend for canning.  We canned all kinds of tomatoes over the weekend and have more to do.  I made an Italian mixture and we used some of it in vegetable soup. My husband and oldest daughter canned them in the house while my youngest and I prepared the tomatoes and mixture out in our pole barn.  We have this old double sink in our pole barn and use the propane burner and stand out in the pole barn.  We also use a large piece of plywood with sawhorse as a table.  I use my food processor and chop all the veggies in that out their.  It works out so great and makes things go faster.  While we were working outside we made our veggie soup outside also. Since we had lots of tomatoes already blanched we made up the soup and cooked it outside everything was right their and yummy.  It was nice to do it out their.  Saturday was a hot and muggy day but Friday was nice and cool.  This week I will work on more tomatoes and apples, some pears and make relish.  How is your canning going?