Canning Jars

 Yesterday we were on our way to a birthday party for one of our grandsons and had to stop and get a card.  While in the store we spotted these canning jars on sale for $5.00 per case. That is about half off from what they sell for around canning season. We promptly loaded 10 cases on our cart and were on our way. Before we had them in the car two different people remarked that we must do a lot of canning.  Well, yes we do, but 120 jars is NOT a lot of canning. Which brings me to the point of this post. How much do you need to can? If you want to eat a home canned item just once a day you will obviously need 365 jars.  Ok, but Ann is a great baker and makes apple pies,and peach pies, and cherry pies, and...well, you get the idea. Add another fifty jars for pie filling! Then of course there is apple sauce, and wild plum chutney, raspberry jam, salsa, and apple butter. Better add another 100. Wait , we can some of our home grown meat too. Add another 100. And.. we like to can some fingerling potatoes because they are quick to fry up if you are in a hurry. Then we learned about canning butter, add another 100. What are we up to, 715! I forgot to include the fact that we put our maple syrup in quart canning jars and that some of the veggies we dehydrate will be in canning jars. Did I mention jelly and marmalade and grape juice? Any way, it is easy to see that if you are going to try to preserve most of your own food you will need lots and lots of jars.