I don't know what made me think of this story. I also don't suppose it really fits into this blog since it isn't about preserving food, but what the heck. After all canning jars can be used for more than just preserving food.
My Mother (who was born in 1923) said that when she headed out to school each day, her mother would give her a canning jar full of cold soup and some bread and butter.
The teacher would put a large pan of water on the stove that was used to heat the school. She would put all of the kids jars in the pan. By noon, they had hot soup to eat.
Prior to when she told me that, I didn't think of kids at that time even having hot lunch at school
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What a fabulous, fabulous story. I LOVED this! I can just see this in my mind. Such an interesting history of personal experience. Boy, we could never do this anymore in our schools could we, have a stove going like that with kids around. Thank you so much for sharing. I'm going to remember this story for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI love your story.. So interesting to see how people lived back in the day. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful story!
ReplyDeleteMy mom said the same thing about jars. They also used to cook pots of inexpensive soup (like dry beans) for then entire school (probably only a dozen or so kids in the school at any given time.)
ReplyDeleteHello Ms. Charlotte,
ReplyDeleteThat was very interesting story. I think that it fit your blog with the canning jar!
How cool! It's good to pass these real life stories on otherwise they are simply forgotten. We use wood heat in our home and always have a pot of water on our woodstove too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful story. I love that canning jar.
ReplyDeleteLove that story! Probably should stay with that idea so kids would have healthier lunches. Such a great visual, imagining what the various soups looks like and smelled like.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful story! Thanks so much for sharing it! I often think it would have been much nicer living back then!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story! And I think it fits perfectly with your blog.
ReplyDeleteHope you are okay. Haven't seen a post in a bit and I just wanted to check on you. Hope you had a nice Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely memory! I too love the canning jar. I dropped by to let you know I added a link to your blog in my sidebar. I'm sure my readers will enjoy reading your blog as much as I do. Happy Holidays!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteI think of the lunches most kids receive today, some blobby stuff full of cheap, empty calories,served on a flimsy styrofoam container, and it breaks my heart.
I really enjoyed this post. Thanks for sharing this story.
ReplyDeleteI am really hoping to learn to can this spring and will be checking on your site often for ideas and tips.
Happy New Year to you.
Hi Charlotte,
ReplyDeleteI just joined in. I speak french, sorry for any probable language bloopers. :)
This post really reached me, since my grandma told me almost the same story when i was a very young boy.
She seeded home canning in my head, where it grew very good. :)
I also publish a home canning blog, but unfortunatly for most of your readers, it is in french only. Google translation makes it sound really too weird for safe recipes.
I just needed to say, thank you. Keep on with your blog, keep on spreading good information about all the good we can get from safe home canning methods.
Hug from Montreal
That is a wonderful story!
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Great story and great canning jar also. Kids today don't know how easy they have it! I'm a new follower and so glad to have found your great blog!
ReplyDeleteI love this story! How cute to think about your momma eating homemade soup each day.
ReplyDeleteI like the story, but I love the jar the most. I think I'll try looking for something similar to that for my canning salsa recipes and give it to friends as Christmas present. :)
ReplyDeletewow. such a great story. love reading your blogs.
ReplyDeleteHi! I just found your blog and loved reading through it. Can't wait til summer to see some new entries!!
ReplyDeleteI'm a canning "junkie" as well and fellow blogger. If you want to drop by it's www.wallacehomestead.blogspot.com
I hope you don't mind but I've included a link to your blog from my "101 in 1001" list.
wow. you have a very thoughtful mother. I simply love eating my canned tomatoes especially during winter.
ReplyDeleteAre the canning jars, pictured in your story, still available for purchase?
ReplyDeleteIt is in my mind to get away from all aluminum and plastic in relation to my food and I do want to learn how to do canning.
This intent leaves me with wax or rubber as sealers for the jars. Are there any chemical toxins found in natural rubber or wax?
Can Bee's wax be used to seal the glass jars you have pictured with this story?
Can natural rubber sealing rings be purchased from the "market" that serves food canning?
Who was/is the manufacturer of the antique canning jar of this stories photo?
ReplyDeleteJust today found your blog...........all I can say is wow...........so informative and down to earth recipes and instructions. Thanks so much from all of us new canners
ReplyDeleteOh, what a great story, and a neat idea. It might make a neat history lesson for my grandkids who homeschool!
ReplyDeleteGrowing up in my French born grandparents home, I never knew that vegetables could be bought in a store, or that Memere actually canned nearly everything we ate. Canning jars were just a part of my growing up. I do not can anything (no garden) except jalapeno jelly that I do at Christmas and 'put up' in deco jars for gifts. All my dry ingredients, beans, rice, oatmeal, etc., are saved on open shelves in fancy jars. Just a glance lets me know when something needs to be replaced.
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