Karen Dixon

I have been bitten by the cooking/baking/canning bug!! I have always been able to cook but not that great(to me). I started this past summer looking at a plum tree that was over loaded with fruit. I knew I could not let all that fruit go to waste so I made plum jelly for the first time in my life. Turned out pretty good so when the wild blackberries started coming in on my farm, again I could not let them go to waste. I made blackberry jelly(without seeds do not like the seeds) and got daring and mixed plum/blackberry juice to make plum/blackberry jelly which turned out better than any other except for my peach jelly(I love peach anything). Then the peaches, peas, green beans and the rest is history. I have no more room in my freezer so I bought a pressure canner. I have always been afraid of these. I got daring again and pressure canned beans, peas,& tomato sauce. I do get a little miffed at some of the reviews. If you change a recipe it is unfair to rate it badly because it is not t