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Aussie105

(7,927 posts)
Wed Dec 17, 2025, 06:50 AM Dec 2025

Canned veg make a good filler in a lot of cooking.

You'd think buying produce, processing it and canning for a large markup on materials and labor would be a profitable no brainer, but apparently not.

Grandma can now break out her preserving jars and start preserving fruit and veg when they are cheap for the off season.

Hoarding canned foods by oldies who went through a recession or a war is quite common.

Covid saw a big run on . . . . toilet paper!
No, it's not logical, but who said people had to be logical?

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