Jacob and I went down to help at the Aurora Dry-Pack Cannery last night. Our church has canneries all over the world where the monies we donate go to help feed people of our world when disaster strikes. There is a "wet" pack cannery there, as well, where they can everything you can imagine. You don't have to be "Mormon" to provide service at the cannery and you can buy any product you want after you have helped canned any of the products they need at that time.
It's a lot of fun and kind of reminds me of a couple of "Lucy" episodes! Jacob had fun running the canning machine most of the night. We canned flour, sugar, rice, black beans, pinto beans, dried apples, powdered milk, dried carrots, hot chocolate mix, potato pearls and flakes, dried onions, etc. Crazy messy too! But they have it down to a science there and it ends up being a lot of fun. We came home with several cases of stuff to add to my food storage. I am now proud to say that we have 6-months of staple foods for our family to live on in case of an emergency or if we became unemployed. That gives you a great deal of comfort -- especially becuase I can't imagine being without FOOD!!!
It's a lot of fun and kind of reminds me of a couple of "Lucy" episodes! Jacob had fun running the canning machine most of the night. We canned flour, sugar, rice, black beans, pinto beans, dried apples, powdered milk, dried carrots, hot chocolate mix, potato pearls and flakes, dried onions, etc. Crazy messy too! But they have it down to a science there and it ends up being a lot of fun. We came home with several cases of stuff to add to my food storage. I am now proud to say that we have 6-months of staple foods for our family to live on in case of an emergency or if we became unemployed. That gives you a great deal of comfort -- especially becuase I can't imagine being without FOOD!!!
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I have to admit that I have never been to the cannery! I have always wanted to go and your pictures look fun-good turnout. I'm thinking that the hairnet/cap is a nice look for Jacob. Well, Nate and I are going to have to store a supply of gas to drive to your house in case of emergency since we can't even keep our fridge stocked as it is! The 72 hour packs you gave us will last us on the drive out there! (our food storage is down in the "garage" - is that bad for it?
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