https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/categories/canning/Recent content in Canning on The Half-Assed HobbyistHugoen-CAAndrea GaudetFri, 27 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/jamuary/Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/jamuary/It’s a new year! Yay! Now usually January is a slow month. After the holiday parties and year end snafus, January is typically cold and dull, just the perfect time to sit back and…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/tomato-babies/Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/tomato-babies/This whole gardening year I have had high hopes that I would have enough tomatoes to make this savoury tomato jam. With the devastating falling over of my giant tomato plants, I…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/pumpkinpie2015/Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/pumpkinpie2015/Historically speaking, I do not make pumpkin pie from scratch scratch. I much prefer buying a can of pureed pumpkin than making my own. This year however, I had a pumpkin sitting…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/applesauce2015/Thu, 15 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/applesauce2015/After three pies and 2 batches of apple butter I still had about 15lbs of apples left. Yah. Next time I won’t pick so many…. (But it could be argued that it worked out for the…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/apples-apples-everywhere/Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/apples-apples-everywhere/Since my lovely trip to the apple orchard, I had 40 pounds of apples to deal with. There were literally apples Everywhere. When I worked for the test kitchen in Alberta, one of my…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/surprisegrapeing/Mon, 28 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/surprisegrapeing/Born and raised in Alberta, I find it extremely weird to find fruit trees that aren’t apple trees in peoples back yards. I’m getting used to this idea that there are commonly…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/canningpeaches2015/Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/canningpeaches2015/An apology to all peaches for the 1995 Peaches song. I can’t get that song out of my head. It’s been over a month since I canned these peaches and still, every morning, Plenty of…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/garlicdillpickles/Mon, 07 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/garlicdillpickles/2015: The Year of the Pickle. As part of my " Projects: A New Years List of Stuff to Do!" I decided to try my hand at making homemade pickles! So I read up on how to pickle…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/getjammin/Mon, 27 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/getjammin/My glee cannot be contained. It’s my second favourite time of year! (My favourite time being reserved for when gorging on pumpkin pie after all meals is ‘socially acceptable’.)…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/salsamachen/Fri, 04 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/salsamachen/There are some moments in my young adult life that really kick me in the emotional butt. Specifically when a big change happens. Lesley, my partner in sewing crime and my baking…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/microplums/Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/microplums/I can’t wait for it to be summer again. This morning I defrosted my windows in a rather fun and horribly cold way. With my phalanges. Also my feet. (I think I need to get out of…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/crabapplejelly/Fri, 27 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/crabapplejelly/It seems that, in the middle of winter, I harken back to the days when 10 minutes outside didn’t mean potential frost bite. This is probably the best thing about making my own…https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/thehuntforredraspberries/Thu, 17 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://stage-a.mgaudet.ca/blog/thehuntforredraspberries/Summer 2013 I was unemployed. Again. So I spent most of the summer working on my hobbies. One hobby I promised myself I would pick up was canning. Unlike making apple pie or…