News From Out West

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

I have spent the last several days trying to find jars, lids and rings just to be able to can a few jars of bread and butter pickles. There is such a shortage and none to be found. It seems everyone is canning this year. When people go in they are buying everything on the shelves. It is worse than the shortage we had for toilet paper. I guess I am really confused cause I sure don’t understand why we are not able to get these items. You know that warehouses more than likely have overstocks why not send them to the stores. I wonder how they were able to can them and keep them long before we did canning like we do now. I will try to stop ranting about how people have no concern that they are not the only ones trying to make the best of bad times. I can also see that people will start trying to bring them back when they don’t need all of them at the end of the season.

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