Thanks for another great story Sharon! We obviously have gone a long way away from root cellars, much to our detriment. Reading about how many things your grandmother kept in the cellar, I wondered how she found the time to prepare them all, but she didn't have TV or a computer to distract her from her all-important task of providing for her family. I'm on my own now and the few things I make, such as some jam when I have some good ingredients, are more for fun than necessity. I used to freeze things when the kids were young, but a power outage would have KO-ed them! The good old days - do we have to get to our age to appreciate them?
