December 22nd, 2008 by Chris Eng

It’s days like today, when I’m only about a 20 minute walk from a supermarket in a major metropolitan area, but it’s down a steep hill and there’s a foot of snow on the ground, that I really wish I had a pantry full of preserves. I don’t really have a type or flavour preference in mind, but I certainly appreciate the logic of jams, jellies and various preserved vegetables at the moment. In remote areas (depending on the weather) they will potentially keep you from starving; in Vancouver they save you from going outside, slipping all over the place and needlessly freezing your ass off.

Yes, preserving is something else I’ll be looking at learning in the new year.