The Domestically Impaired Guide to the Retro Kitchen Arts

Canning Jam & Jelly, Learning to cook, and Repurposing yard sale finds!

About


My name is Kelli and I live in the southern mid-west.  I learned to can fruits and vegetables when I was eight years old, from my grandmother.  She taught me everything she knew and I have kept that knowledge with me for a very long time.  I like to can, mostly making jelly, jam, and marmalade as a hobby.  I am not a purist nor am I obsessed with not using sugar or pectin.   I really enjoy the process of canning and love to learn new things that other canners might be willing to share.  I hope you enjoy my blog and will contribute as often as you like!


25 Responses to “About”

  1. Wow what a great site! Thanks so much for posting all this. I am looking forward to really learning some new things here!

  2. Hello There,AS you may know I have been reading your posts for some time now and find them very enjoyable. I have nominated your site for the Versatile Blogger Award! I was recently nominated and it made me very happy. I hope this has the same affect to your blog mood. Good Luck and Enjoy! You have been nominated as a potential candidate! If you are interested in taking part you can see the details on this link:
    http://islawhite.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/versatile-blogger-nomination-march-2012/?preview=true&preview_id=932&preview_nonce=d06ad62494

  3. Hi Kelli – great site here! Thanks for subscrinbing, looks like we both like all things retro and canning! Take care,

  4. Alicia says:

    Hi there, I just nominated you for the Kreativ Blogger award!

  5. Hey there! I nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. I adore your blog! Check it out:

    http://bestintentionsmom.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/versatile-blogger-award-thanks/

  6. Congrats my friend, I have awarded you the Happy Blogger Award :D
    Richly deserved!

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

  7. Hey there! I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog, so I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. Check it out:

    http://bestintentionsmom.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/one-lovely-blog-award/

    Chi

  8. pamasaurus says:

    So, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve nominated you for one of those chain awards… nothing special. You can completely ignore it if you want.

    http://pablam.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/liebster-blog-award/

    • You are so sweet to nominate me for an award! I really appreciate it and I will do my best to find the time to take all the steps for it. I really do enjoy them, it’s just finding the doggone time! :)

  9. lizforaday says:

    I really like your blog. I think I will be able to get a lot of tips from here. Thanks :)

  10. eliotthecat says:

    Fellow Okie?

    • Yes, Norman. One of my other blogger friends (Food Stories) lived here while her husband went to college and then I was reading something on her blog the other day and she either referred to you or you commented or something so I went to your blog – loved it then I saw the Oklahoma blogger Ring thing and knew you had to be an Okie too! : )

  11. LizForADay says:

    I just wanted you to know that I really enjoy reading your blog and it is very inspiring. Sooooo.. I have nominated you for the “One Lovely Blogger Award”. You can check out the rules on my current post http://lizforaday.com/2012/09/18/fantabulous-day-146-and-the-award-goes-to-omg/

    Congratulations! :)

  12. thank you so much! I so appreciate your support of my blog! Love yours as well!

  13. Mama Bear says:

    I’ve been putting off learning to can for years but I can tell I’ll be back here to learn from you.

  14. great blog within great recipes and photograph…
    Great job Kelli…..
    nice to know you then…

  15. Liz says:

    What a great blog :-) Stopping by to say “thanks” for your Like on foodforfun’s Blog of Funny Names post, and going to stick around a bit for a look-see and follow! Looks like you have fun in your kitchen.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out / Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out / Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out / Change )

Connecting to %s

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 627 other followers

%d bloggers like this: