Cost Of Canning

Home Canning is often thought of as a means for saving money on groceries. But what will it actually cost you. Dr. Denise Brochetti, Nutrition, has several questions you should answer before jumping into home canning.

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[tvtoms]

I believe that anything you might can in a waterbath can be canned in a pressure canner. There are many more cost benefits besides the literal money 1 person "saves". If you can your tomatoes from your garden, you save the labor cost of growing them on a farm, the picking and packing, the shipping, the stocking, your gas and *finally* the actual money the tomatoes cost at the store. You also burn all the calories gardening and canning. High quality home grown food is hard to quantify in dollars

[MsWaxqueen]

Why do I hear that canned food will last for 5-7 years and their people say it must be used within a year. All the "so called experts" are saying different things as far as storage time is concerned. How do I get the correct storage life of canned foods? Who's right & who's is wrong? I guess I will have to keep researching.

[mid2k]

Thank You for the GREAT info!