September was the month for canning at my grandmother's who we called Mama, Vera Leonard. She would get bushels of corn and would shuck it and cut it off all day long. She amazed me because she could go for hours and not get out of the chair. She would then can all the corn for winter. We also would pick green tomatoes and make green tomato relish. It was a long process. You had to wash the tomatoes and peel then and chop them with green peppers and onions. Your cooked it with sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper. You then put it in a clean pillowcase and put it on the clothes line and let all the juice drain off. It took days. You had to bring it in at night. After about one week, you put it up in jars and sealed it. It is great on beans and hot dogs. Another thing we did was pick apples and make applesauce for fried apple pies. We had to peel the apples and slice thin. We would put a clean sheet on the roof of the back porch which was a tin roof. We placed the apples on the sheet to dry. We would have to bring these in every night before dusk. It took about two weeks to dry, according to the weather. This meant we had applesauce all winter. There was nothing better than coming home and smelling the pies frying. Mother would have them stacked on the stove.
I was just thinking about things I used to do and thought I would share with you. I hope you enjoy.
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