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All Winter Long

Rachel Clark Downing

00:00 / 01:16

Date of Birth

Interviewer(s):

Marissa Morgan, Cali Powell, Mia Shang

Date of Interview:

July 7, 2019

Location of Interview:

Transcript:

"We had all one garden. We had fresh-fresh vegetables and momma canned vegetables and we would have them all winter long. And we would can green beans and lima beans and corn. And we'd have that during the-the winter months and it tasted 'bout as good as when you first picked it. And when momma finally got her own pressure counter it didn't take too long to-to can then but when we first started canning we just had to put the jars down on a big pot and cover them with water and boil them until the top wouldn't wiggle in the middle. And-and we'd- and that last us all winter, with the-the vegetables. And they'd taste just about like fresh vegetables -- I don't know whether many people can now or not."

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