Evan and I recently took a trip to Canada to visit my family and do some canning with my mom. Evan did not enjoy the ride and cried for a lot of the 5 hour drive. We canned spaghetti sauce and peaches (yum!). Evan met his Uncle Phil and my best friend from high school, Amy (affectionately known as Aunt Flat). She gave him a stuffed lambie, a blanket, a Tofino Beach Surfer onesie, a quilt her mom made and some shoes.
To make the spaghetti sauce we blended up lots of onions, bell peppers, field and roma tomatoes and added lots of spices (garlic, basil, oregano), sugar and vinegar. The vinegar counters the acidity of the tomatoes. We ended up with a really mild, smooth sauce. We canned them with a water bath on the stove.
To can the peaches we blanched the skins and cut them into a brine to preserve the color. Then we put them in jars and poured a hot syrup of sugar water on top of them. To can the jars and lids have to be clean and hot. We sealed these in a water bath as well.
Evan did not like the long drive, as shown here with his grumpy face
Nana working on canning spaghetti sauce
My mom, "Nana"
Our jars of spaghetti sauce
Our yummy canned peaches
Evan with his "Aunt Flat" in Tim Hortin's
Evan in his Surfer onesie from Amy
Evan and his lambie, don't they look alike?
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