Christmas Canning in September

Every Christmas we try to give homemade gifts to our friends and family.  One of the gifts we include is always something from the garden.  This year we have an abundance of corn so we decided to can Corn Relish in half pint glass jars. We start our Corn Relish by chopping the Celery, Onions, Green, and Red Peppers . Next we will blanch the corn and drain it really well. You can use roasted corn or corn cut off the cob.  You can use frozen corn, canned corn really does not work.as well.  We are using corn cut off the cob. Next we will mix all the liquid ingredients with the Corn, Onion, Celery, and Pepper mixture pour into a large stock pot and bring to a boil for five minutes and hold on simmer until  you are ready to pack in jars. Make sure that your jars, lids and rings are sterile and hot. Pack the hot Corn Relish in the hot jar and seal . We are going to use the hot water bath for our canning the Corn Relish.  After packing and s...