Canned-food_1777 — None of my fresh or home canned foods have ever had a problem with bacterial contamination or chemical content!

Oh my, did I ever get a deal

November 17, 2025

Last week, I found fire-roasted green chile peppers, canned in 24-ounce containers on Facebook Marketplace. My daughter-in-law, Kelly Jo picked them up for me and David brought them up here after deer hunting down near Sturgeon Lake with brother, Bill. There was a whole big box of them! Yes, they were “outdated,” but we know that’s just a sales ploy, meant to frighten people into throwing away perfectly good food because they think it’s suddenly “no good.” Last night, I opened some of those containers and ladled it into half pint jars and re-canned it. I easily ended up with 13 half-pints and every one sealed. The only ingredients are chopped, fire-roasted green chiles, lime juice and salt. Pretty darned good, as I tasted a bit that fell off my cup. I’m so excited. I gave some of the containers to Bill and his family, friends, Sherri and Dara, and still have a whole lot more to can up. What a good deal for $15! I use it in all sorts of recipes from scrambled eggs, omelets, enchiladas, burritos, meat loaf, quiches, and so much more. They are hot but not really hot. Yum!

This is one of the 24 oz. containers of “store-green chile” that I bought, a whole big box full.

And here’s one of the half-pints I re-canned from it.

Today, Will was out bringing in more dry firewood to cut up as it was cold but nice and sunny. Sherri and Dara were here to help package lots of seeds. Our 2026 catalog is at the printer right now and many will be sent directly out to previous customers from there. So we are expecting a lot of orders in the near-future and want to be ready. It’s exciting to see all those full bins of seeds and the full packets on top of each one, ready for mailing out.

Sherri and Dara are packing lots of seeds, getting ready for orders when our new catalog comes out.

With prices going up and up at all the stores, I think wise folks all across the country will be growing new gardens, enlarging the ones they have and planning on putting up as much of their own food as possible. All the re-calls on vegetables this past year are frightening, from Listeria to E. coli. No wonder home-grown food looks so much safer! None of mine has ever been re-called for bacterial contamination! Ever. And in my home-canned foods, there are absolutely no chemicals nor GMO ingredients to worry about. Win-win. Economy and food safety!