Comments on: Peaches in Pickle Jars http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/ Listen to stories on anything from honeymoons to WWII, from award-winning journalists to first-time writers alike, from anywhere in the world. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:44:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Rebecca http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-59327 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:52:38 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-59327 I love how this story covers three generations of canning. Very well done - you've taken a mundane task and made a fascinating, vivid story. I love how this story covers three generations of canning. Very well done - you’ve taken a mundane task and made a fascinating, vivid story.

]]> by: Miz Katfysche http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-33297 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:18:20 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-33297 Your story is fantastic!!! It reminds me of both my Grandmothers. One taught me to cook, sew, can veggies and fruits and quilt - the other taugh me to knit, crochet, tat, make jellies and pickles and many other lessons of life. They both lived through the depression in rural Mississippi. Neither of them ever drove a car, and one didn't have electricity until the late 1950's, but both were the epitomy of a southern lady. They made what they needed and found a way to each raise and educate four children each. They both lived as roll models for me, and I cherish those memories. Thanks for the smile you have brought to my face remembering!! Your story is fantastic!!! It reminds me of both my Grandmothers. One taught me to cook, sew, can veggies and fruits and quilt - the other taugh me to knit, crochet, tat, make jellies and pickles and many other lessons of life. They both lived through the depression in rural Mississippi. Neither of them ever drove a car, and one didn’t have electricity until the late 1950’s, but both were the epitomy of a southern lady. They made what they needed and found a way to each raise and educate four children each. They both lived as roll models for me, and I cherish those memories. Thanks for the smile you have brought to my face remembering!!

]]> by: Marcia http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27985 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:14:10 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27985 I feel I've just returned from a sweeter, simpler time and I am refreshed! I loved this story the first time you read it, and even more now. You did a masterful job of reminding us just how rich those lean times really were. Thanks for capturing it so beautifully! I feel I’ve just returned from a sweeter, simpler time and I am refreshed! I loved this story the first time you read it, and even more now. You did a masterful job of reminding us just how rich those lean times really were. Thanks for capturing it so beautifully!

]]> by: Jeana Fleitz http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27941 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:23:05 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27941 Hello from Louisville sherry. what a wonderful story...while reading it, i was wisked back to my country roots in Greensburg, KY visiting my grandmother and then many years later reminded of my mother who weaved the mystery of canning into our city dwelling home here in Louisville. Hope to see you soon at the Chatt Writer's Guild. Jeana Hello from Louisville sherry. what a wonderful story…while reading it, i was wisked back to my country roots in Greensburg, KY visiting my grandmother and then many years later reminded of my mother who weaved the mystery of canning into our city dwelling home here in Louisville. Hope to see you soon at the Chatt Writer’s Guild. Jeana

]]> by: Julie http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27851 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:53:20 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27851 Oh, yeah. And your mom is very beautiful! Oh, yeah. And your mom is very beautiful!

]]> by: Julie http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27850 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:52:51 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27850 Excellent work, Sherry. Yet another example of how qualified our staff is here at school. Thanks for sharing your work; I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Excellent work, Sherry. Yet another example of how qualified our staff is here at school. Thanks for sharing your work; I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

]]> by: Tricia http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27771 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:42:00 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27771 Great story Sherry! It reminds me of listening with my mom for the canning jars lids to pop. Great story Sherry! It reminds me of listening with my mom for the canning jars lids to pop.

]]> by: Joyce http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27766 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:56:12 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27766 Thanks for this lovely memoir. It made me think of my grandmother, who made wonderful home-canned preserves and chili sauce. Being a suburb-dweller with a long commute and no land, I don't even have a garden. I think I'm poor in ways she could never imagine. Thanks for this lovely memoir. It made me think of my grandmother, who made wonderful home-canned preserves and chili sauce. Being a suburb-dweller with a long commute and no land, I don’t even have a garden. I think I’m poor in ways she could never imagine.

]]> by: marla h. thurman http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27765 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:47:47 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27765 this is vintage sherry. i love the story. it has your "feel" in it. i wondered how any but the oldest people could write about the depression, but you pulled it off quite well. woohoo! this is vintage sherry. i love the story. it has your “feel” in it. i wondered how any but the oldest people could write about the depression, but you pulled it off quite well.

woohoo!

]]> by: Denise http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27757 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:47:06 +0000 http://www.commonties.com/blog/2007/08/06/peaches-in-pickle-jars/#comment-27757 Excellent story! This year I have to learn how to can tomatoes. I hate them but my new boyfriend loves them! And so we will have to find something to do with the harvest from the 18 tomato plants in the garden. He is a stickler -- planting Tums with the tomatoes so they aren't too acidic and using flat Coke to water them to make the fruit sweet! One of John's favourite dishes is cooked macaroni with canned tomatoes poured over top! Right now he's still eating the tomatoes his ex-girlfriend canned before she left the prairies -- running off to Ontario to live with John's brother.... (Yes, there is probably a story here too!) I could feel your sense of satisfaction with your jars of preserves lined up on your shelf. Good jars -- waste not, want not... My own Mum used to use odd jars but she especially liked the mayonaise and Cheez Whiz variety. Keep writingm Sherry! Excellent story! This year I have to learn how to can tomatoes. I hate them but my new boyfriend loves them! And so we will have to find something to do with the harvest from the 18 tomato plants in the garden. He is a stickler — planting Tums with the tomatoes so they aren’t too acidic and using flat Coke to water them to make the fruit sweet! One of John’s favourite dishes is cooked macaroni with canned tomatoes poured over top! Right now he’s still eating the tomatoes his ex-girlfriend canned before she left the prairies — running off to Ontario to live with John’s brother…. (Yes, there is probably a story here too!) I could feel your sense of satisfaction with your jars of preserves lined up on your shelf. Good jars — waste not, want not… My own Mum used to use odd jars but she especially liked the mayonaise and Cheez Whiz variety. Keep writingm Sherry!

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