canesisters
Garden Master
This was my first year really getting into canning. After a season of spending hours slicing at the cutting board, I finally got a mandoline this past Saturday. As soon as I got home I took it out of the box, gave it a quick wash, tossed that sissy safety food holder aside (who needs that thing!) and started slicing squash for sweet squash & pepper relish.
Then promptly sliced the tips of 2 fingers almost off.
Funny thing, I was on the phone with a neighbor when it happened - who, by the way, I am TOTALLY blaming for distracting me - and our conversation when something like this:
"OUCH!"
"WHAT did you just do?"
"Cut my fingers"
"Bad?"
"Don't know yet, I've got my hand under running water till I can reach a towel"
"You didn't get anything in the relish did you!?!?!"
LOL - Gotta love a woman who has her priorities fimly in place.
Didn't stop me though. As soon as I got the bleeding to stop and the floor cleaned up, I went right back - VERY CAREFULLY - to finishing up the squash and slicing up the onion. Ended up with 12 jars - YAH!
Then promptly sliced the tips of 2 fingers almost off.
Funny thing, I was on the phone with a neighbor when it happened - who, by the way, I am TOTALLY blaming for distracting me - and our conversation when something like this:
"OUCH!"
"WHAT did you just do?"
"Cut my fingers"
"Bad?"
"Don't know yet, I've got my hand under running water till I can reach a towel"
"You didn't get anything in the relish did you!?!?!"
LOL - Gotta love a woman who has her priorities fimly in place.
Didn't stop me though. As soon as I got the bleeding to stop and the floor cleaned up, I went right back - VERY CAREFULLY - to finishing up the squash and slicing up the onion. Ended up with 12 jars - YAH!