That is the lovely noise that the lids make as they are cooling and they create a vacuum seal. It is such a cheerful sound. We got another bunch of jam canned. This time it was a Blackberry Cherry Jam. It is an amazingly rich dark colour.
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The flash brightened the colour quite a bit, it is really, really dark. I can’t wait to taste it.
So far this canning season we’ve made 5 batches of jam (3 of those were the Strawberry Rhubarb– it is so yummy!), for a total of 38 half-pint jars, and 11 quart jars of dill pickles. I need to clear off more shelves in the dining room to store the goodies.
We also made a batch of tomato sauce but we used it fresh. I got to use my new food mill for the tomato sauce. Oh, it was so much better than previous fresh sauces. The food mill really mushed up the tomatoes and strained out all the seeds and skin. We made the sauce from a mix of organic heirloom tomatoes, orange, red, and black striped. I wish I had photographed them they were all so pretty.
Yum!