Hi Pat, Bill & Cathy, Lest we get into a big discussion about the question, "was the following customary?" I remember also my mother and grandmother canning fresh peaches with cinnamon and pears with cloves. So, I don't think it was an Irish custom only. Many of the recipes that Grandma and Mom used, were right out of the BALL canning books, and some of them were from my great grandmothers books. Mom made sickle pears only once and they were delicious, but must have been a lot of work or pears were not available or?? Now, on the other hand, I know that my grandparents were not Irish, but in the 1920's they lived in South Troy, so it is possible that one of the neighbors shared a recipe or two with Grandma...and that will never be proved! Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: "spb518" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 7:19 PM Subject: Re: [Rensselaer] A Forgotten Practice? > Dear Bill and Cathy, > What memories your email brought back! Every fall my grandmother > (Blanche A Polvent from Cohoes married to Edward D Hogan ,Waterford) and > my mother made rows and rows of canned chili sauce(mild form, no hot > peppers) that we used all winter long with spaghetti, all kinds of meat > etc. I had no idea that this was other than a family thing. At that time > the family had moved to Newark, New Jersey and no other family had this > practice. I also thought it was a custom of the French side of our > family, and now I see it was more of an Irish custom. You learn something > new every day! Thanks for sharing your memories with us. It brought back > a lot of mine. I remember also my mother and grandmother canning fresh > peaches with cinnamon and pears with cloves. Was this customary also? Pat > Beaumont > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > The NYRENSSE Mailing List Website > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYRensse/ > A place to unsub, change your subscription, access the archives and links. >