Oh, my, you guys are simply great! I still can and love doing it. I work full time and have no garden but my friends do and they bring me their stuff to can. That way we share food and work together. I get some food out of it and they get their canning done for free plus a lot of time sharing our friendships. My mother canned all the time and I learned from her. By the way, if you want to leave your old cookbooks to someone, maybe place it in your will where to distribute them or give them to the County Extension office of your counties. Just a thought! Your friends in genealogy, Larry and Sue Reeves lands@apex.net If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door so it can.