Canning

This last week I canned for my first time. I haven't been very impressed with the jams that from the store so I thought I would can my own. I found some strawberries for a good price so strawberry jam it was. It was simpler then I thought it would be. I don't know why I haven't tried it before. Ashley even came in and helped. We made seven jars of freezer jam and then 9 jars of canned jam. I over estimated on strawberries and didn't have enough freezer space so thankfully I had the stuff to can. Thank you mom for handing me down the stuff. I wasn't only surprised at how easy it was but also how good it is. It is shocking how fast homemade jam flies out of the jar. We don't normally eat a lot of jam but at this rate we are going to be out of jam in about 3 months and I was hoping this would last us a year. Before Kevin tried it he ask Madison if it was good and she said "It tastes like strawberries." Kevin said that was what it was supposed to taste like. Madison's response was that the store stuff doesn't taste like strawberries. I am happy that they like it so much. I don't think that we will ever be able to go back to the store bought stuff.