Thinking more about this, I believe that, for me, canning brings a feeling of peace and self sufficiency. I have many good memories of my mother, grandmother and aunts canning in the basement of the apartment building in Chicago that my grandparents owned. It was a huge building, we all lived there...including my grandparents on my father's side. It was just after WWII and we had a large Victory garden on the corner of Peterson and Western Aves....so alot of produce to can.
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