On Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 12:19:45 PM UTC-4, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 10:11:36 AM UTC-4, bruce bowser wrote:
> > On Sunday, June 13, 2021 at 12:52:31 AM UTC-4, GM wrote:
> > > On Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 11:29:00 PM UTC-5, Michael Trew wrote:
> > > > I'm not sure what recently compelled me to make a double recipe of toll
> > > > house cookies, but it somehow came out to be about 9 dozen cookies. In
> > > > a house without A/C on a near 90 degree day, that wasn't my smartest idea.
> > > >
> > > > I decided to turn off the the pilot lights on my stove to save on heat
> > > > in the kitchen, and supper was just a cold chipped chopped ham and
> > > > provolone sandwich. The humidity has my fridge desperately needing
> > > > defrosted as well. I suppose it's all better than snow, however.
> > > Years ago I used to do a lot of home canning. I didn't have A/C, and I'd often choose the hottest days to can. It would be SO hot that it would be a "transcedental" experience - and accompanied by LOTS of ice - cold beer...
> > >
> > > Couldn't do that now, I'd surely croak...
> > Oh so now, you choose to go to the stores like a normal person.
>
> What's abnormal about canning? I think almost everybody here has canned
> something, sometime.

Because - if you don't mind Cindy - because fooling with unboxing, filling and lifting cans takes time away from drinking vodka.