pj, that's a great thing to write a book of "old timey" skills. I volunteered to teach canning to the 4-H kids this coming year. Never volunteered in 4-H as a teacher before, but was shocked that no one taught canning. Kinda silly to teach about poultry and pigs and goats and all that and the kids don't know how to make jam or put up peaches. So I said I'd do it. I'm about the only person I know that still knows how to can - I learned it at my grandmother's knee (though, of course, I follow the modern government safety recommendations these days, lol). --- On Fri, 8/13/10, pj <[email protected]> wrote: From: pj <[email protected]> Subject: [TNWEAKLE] This and That and Dave in Ga To: [email protected] Date: Friday, August 13, 2010, 7:17 PM Yes Dave, I have done my share of canning this year also made pictures to put in the book I am writing about old time stuff like canning.......this book is meant to be left to teach the younger ones how to can.........it is a dying art........pj