A Berry Good Idea

During hurricane Ike we lost power to our freezer and the first thing to thaw was our storage of frozen fruit. We have a storage of bottles, lids and rings so we brought out our Coleman type propane stove. On one burner we put water to boil to heat and sanitize our bottles. On the other we cooked our fruit with water, sugar and some lemon juice.

When finished we put the cooked fruit into bottles and turned them upside down so that they would get a good seal. This helps to seal your bottles so that you eliminate the 20 min. water bath.

I checked them 5 days later to make sure they were still sealed and they look great.

Sharleen Tomlin