All this talk of canning reminds me of a joke my Dad used to tell.
An Engishman came to the states to learn about farming practices. He was very impressed by the large yields on many farms. He asked a farmer what he does with so much food. The farmer said, “We eat what we can and what we can’t eat we can.”
When the Englishman went home he told his friends “I don’t understand Americans. When I asked a farmer what they did with all the extra food they produce, he told me they ate what they could and what they couldn’t eat they could.”