Like many people, I got into canning when I had a giant surplus of a particular food I couldn’t possibly get through. In my case, it was due to giant plum tree in our yard. One year I stopped tracking our haul after 300 lbs. Unsurprisingly, it eventually cracked under the weight of its own fruit. But those years definitely taught me how to process quickly.
The same thing happened years later when my partner and kid brought home a huge fish haul. Now I do canned fish every year and it’s a family favorite.
But I guess once I had the preserving bug I just kept looking for opportunities! Came in handy during Covid and power outages.