{"id":1830,"date":"2010-05-03T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-04T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2010-05-03T19:50:01","modified_gmt":"2010-05-04T02:50:01","slug":"canning-day-and-a-picture-for-april-28-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1830","title":{"rendered":"Canning Day &#8230; and a Picture for April 28, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1831\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1831\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1831\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1831\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?attachment_id=1831\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2823.jpg?fit=1553%2C956&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1553,956\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_2823\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;The dry pack canner is cinched down onto the counter top and we&amp;#8217;ve started filling #10 cans with oatmeal. The canning process, once all the necessary items come together, is very easy and within a couple of hours we had completed the entire process.&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;The canner itself works very well. Fill a #10 can, put an oxygen absorption pack in, and sit the lid on top of the can. Place the can on the white pedestal, lift the can into place with the handle, and press the button. The can starts to rotate. Push the handle away for three turns, pull the handle towards you for three turns, and release the now-sealed can. Breakfast is now assured for the next couple of years.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dry Pack Canning Underway&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2823.jpg?fit=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2823.jpg?fit=604%2C372&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1831\" title=\"IMG_2823\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2823.jpg?resize=300%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dry Pack Canning Underway\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2823.jpg?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2823.jpg?resize=150%2C92&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2823.jpg?resize=1024%2C630&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2823.jpg?w=1553&amp;ssl=1 1553w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rnsmith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2823.jpg?w=1208&amp;ssl=1 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dry Pack Canning Underway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My day started off with a visit to the Veterans Administration doctor in Pocatello. After being poked and prodded and a lengthy history taken, he set up my prescriptions which I should be able to pick up in a week or so. It feels good to have reasonable health insurance once again, along with reasonable prices for medications.<\/p>\n<p>We went over to the Bishop&#8217;s Storehouse in Pocatello and bought the cans and oxygen absorption packets needed to do the dry pack canning. The whole canning process took us about three hours from setup to having all the cans put away in the food storage area downstairs. We canned 50 pounds of oatmeal, 50 pounds of cream of wheat, 40 pounds of dry milk, 25 pounds of spaghetti, and 50 pounds of rice. It was very satisfying to see the cans all on the shelf and know that we would definitely be able to eat in an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>TTFN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My day started off with a visit to the Veterans Administration doctor in Pocatello. After being poked and prodded and a lengthy history taken, he set up my prescriptions which I should be able to pick up in a week or so. It feels good to have reasonable health insurance once again, along with reasonable &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/?p=1830\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Canning Day &#8230; and a Picture for April 28, 2010<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pnKxs-tw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rnsmith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}