Basically I started canning because of the economics of it. And I like the taste of home-canned green beans better than the ones from the store.

My mom always canned, and she taught us to take care of ourselves. She taught us everything from canning and sewing, and dad taught us everything we needed to know about farming.

It's a really complicated lesson; it's counterintuitive for a comedian. I basically started taking the jokes out, and the show got funnier.

Part of it is just that they taste so wonderful.

I'm getting crushed for eating green beans out of a can and not fresh beans. But I'm going to tell you something: You can't go wrong with Mama's beans -- out of a can or fresh. They're good, all slathered in bacon grease ...

We've used a lot of stuff since the Can-Care-A-Van. We go through pork and beans and green beans and things like that so fast. I've had to replenish those twice already.