tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460131713224869765.post1983709787589564325..comments2024-03-18T05:10:27.463-06:00Comments on Pat Veretto's Frugal Living Blog: The real cost of canning food Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11122457524036298067noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460131713224869765.post-12449118499853092842019-10-12T07:02:23.303-06:002019-10-12T07:02:23.303-06:00PS Canned beans are between 58 and 85 cents where ...PS Canned beans are between 58 and 85 cents where I live. And that price is for wally world house brand. Name brands run as high as $1.29 a can with Bushes small baked beans coming in at $1.59 for Vegetarian. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460131713224869765.post-28540745246807033472019-10-12T06:55:52.737-06:002019-10-12T06:55:52.737-06:00Hi, Pat! Yes, I saw the same video. As a decades l...Hi, Pat! Yes, I saw the same video. As a decades long canner. I buy sleeves of canning jar lids, which brings the cost to about 8-9 cents a lid an I reuse the rings. Though canning beans the way she did is not recommended, that is the the way I canned them for years. HOWEVER, the cost of electricity makes canning cost prohibitive. 3 years ago, I canned 48 quarts of tomatoes, 24 quarts green beansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460131713224869765.post-30522928850734207092019-10-12T05:39:42.769-06:002019-10-12T05:39:42.769-06:00Pat,
I saw that same video, I think. And my thou...Pat, <br />I saw that same video, I think. And my thoughts were quite the same as yours.<br />I am also wondering about how dehydrating raises cost of preservation of food--particularly if the food was purchased.<br />Good thinking -- and things to definitely consider.<br /><br />PamSusie Cutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400206900341854463noreply@blogger.com