Yes I can!

Canning is the quintessential housewife thing to do, at least in my eyes. I don't know that I'll ever be your typical housewife, though I sure do try. Here's my canning story:

My friend Karen and I took a drive in search of peaches one Saturday up Highway 89 near Brigham City. That was fun, although we underestimated what a half bushel would make and bought what seemed like a ton of peaches. We're low-key canners, or at least I am. We also had lunch at the Maddox drive-in. So good!

I went back up to her house in Ogden on Monday. We actually thought we would get it all done then (ha ha). We only got half of it done- making peach jam, peach syrup, and frozen peach slices. Sadly, the jam we made that night never fully set. Honestly, I'm sure I did something wrong, because I was so nervous about what constituted the beginning of a "rolling boil."

We made plans to do the other half later in the week, but life got in the way and I ended up with 1/2 a bushel to do by myself. I realized that I do not like canning by myself. It took so much longer to do anything. I kept asking Adam for help that he did not want to give (to his defense, it's not like this was his idea).

I made peach cobbler one night. It was good, but I am still in search of a better peach cobbler recipe. I've tried two in the last month- one ended up being a peach cake, not a cobbler! (So if you have a good recipe, LET ME KNOW!) The next morning, I made peach vanilla syrup. That afternoon, raspberry peach freezer jam. That evening, frozen peach slices.

All in all, I spent $36 on peaches, $7 on raspberries, and at least $20 on supplies. Two nights and one full day of my time. Here's what I ended up with:

5 quarts of frozen peach slices
7 quarts of peach vanilla syrup (2 of which I have given away already)
4 half pints and 1 pint of freezer jam
7 half pints and 2 quarts of peach jam

And yes, I'll probably do it again. As much as I complain, it's nice to have peaches in the winter.