Mama told me a wonderful story over the weekend.
about three quart jars of pears.
one early June summer day in
(what my mama would like to call the not so distant past),
the men were outside workin' on the family eighty acre farm.
and the ladies or what mama says
(us girls)
were inside canning pears to eat for the winter.
and as anyone who has ever canned knows its not such an easy task at times.
and ever-once in a while a home canning is not always successful.
things do go wrong ..
for instants ..
lets say you might not get a few lids on your pears tight enough..
then one Sunday morning you decide that a pear cobbler would be perfect with Sunday dinner.( not meaning Sunday supper)
with your chicken fried steak and mac and cheese ect.ect.ect. ( not from a box or velvetta)
after church.
So after breakfast dishes.
they opened a jar of pears that they had canned earlier in the year.
come to find out the pears had fermented
kinda turning into pear wine or whiskey or some such.
they checked a few of the jars and found three had gone bad.
there was nothing to do but pour 'em out.
That way the jars could be reused. over and over. ect. ect.
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TALK ABOUT RECYCLING...
our grannys, nannys, memaw, nonas, and so on.
have been doing the recycling thing for eons.
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mama took the three jars of pears and poured into the dogs bowls..
and went back inside.
( now, granny and granddaddy never let dogs stay in the house under any circumstances
or any kinda weather)
well the old girl dog had her a litter of pups.
they were a golden retriever mix....
the puppies had just start movin' around good and they even still had there even still had their puppy breath.
well the next thing ya know they hear the boys outside laugh to beat all.
so the three girls ( mama, emma, and granny )
go out to see what was so funny .. and there were them puppies
drunk as skunks stumblen and playen .
they had them a belly full of pear wine.
moral of the story....
make sure your lids are tight when your canning
and in you life.