- Joined
- Nov 8, 2008
- Messages
- 1,439
- Reaction score
- 2
- Location
- Nr Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire.
- Hive Type
- National
- Number of Hives
- 8
I don't really post on here anymore as I gave up keeping bees several years ago, I still lurk though . I retired from working at the beginning of this year and as I was self employed, the management bought me a pressure canner (from the US of A). It is one of the best cooking implements I have bought. Pressure canning is not much heard of here in the UK, it tends to be a homestead type thing, but if you are trying to be self sufficient (I am) and grow a lot of your own vegetables and fruit then it is a good way to go. I came in this evening late, opened a jar of beef stew, heated it up