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Burned My Plum Butter, What Can I Do?
Posted by bigbaby
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dgkritch(Z8 OR)Updated Compost? Chicken feed? So sorry. I know it's painful to put all that work into something to end up this way. I second the oven suggestion. I do tomato sauce, fruit butter in my big roasting pan and no sticking, no burning. I also ...
grades of stainless steel pots?
Posted by illuci
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jeanwedding(6 ky)Updated Grand Gourmet brand is like $5 off now. Bought the 20 qt one at big box Meijers yesterday.. The bigger one had a lift out basket. But I was scared that the basket could not be used as a water bath rack. Cause the other nice K mart...
Headspace & floating pickles
Posted by Joe1980(5)
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Joe1980(5)Updated Once the recommended 3 week pickling time is up, those suckers are gonna disappear fast, so I'll swish some brine over them often. They are sitting on the countertop, with me anxiously waiting to apply them to many types of food, ...
Favorite Canning recipes for family with little kids
Posted by megkor
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missemerald(7 (Virginia))Updated My kids love pickles... they eat them by the ton so I can lots of dills and lime pickles (they're not fond of bread and butter types). Peaches and applesauce, as you have mentioned are also popular. And my kids love salsa! I use A...
FYI - Info on contamination from flood waters
Posted by 2ajsmama
2ajsmamaSorry, it's a Word document not a direct link but look in the left hand column under Hot Topics, 3rd item down, for links to Word documents for commercial growers and home gardeners on safety of produce from flooded areas. HTH Here...
Habanero Gold Jelly question
Posted by roadkill(5)
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roadkill(5)Updated nice thanks i understand now :)
winter squash harvesting
Posted by gininmn
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gininmnUpdated Thank you for your response, Dave. I've decided to harvest the most mature in a day or two. Now to go out and put clear plastic around my tomato plants with the nice, but green, tomatoes. Might help at bit getting more warmth to t...
New Member, New Canner, Pickle Concerns
Posted by terryannem
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terryannemUpdated Thank you Carol and Dave for the suggestions. The water thing bothered me a lot, but I remember my mother canning with sulfur water....maybe thats why our pickles were always gray and soggy....I have cleaned the pot after canning ...
New to Pressure Canning/ Roasted Garlic Tomato Soup
Posted by megkor
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digdirt2Updated Very different recipes. You can't generalize from one recipe to another even if they appear to be for similar things - like soup. Each recipe is evaluated independently. For example, Katie's roasted soup has much less tomatoes, no...
Help with Salsa, is it a safe recipe to can?
Posted by megkor
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digdirt2Updated There are some additional salsa recipes available at NCHFP and in some of the canning books. And of course you can always make any recipe you like and freeze it with no safety concerns. Dave
harvesting horseradish questions
Posted by matthew18(5)
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lakemayorUpdated I am not a expert with horseradish but we do grow and harvest it. We have been digging it all summer. I am in zone 5 also. I haven't done this, but have been told, that you can harvest right up until the ground freezes and you can...
Pear Butter safe ?
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
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wertach zone 7-B SCUpdated Thank You for the quick response! The pears are simmering in the crock pot now! I just hope I get it right! I'm hoping it will taste like Moms!
Quick and easy tomato soup
Posted by nerak(6)
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nerak(6)Updated Gloria' I use what ever is ripe. Brandywine's are my favorite of all of the variety's, orange ,red or the pink. I also grow Prudence Purple,Celebrity, 1 just called Rose, Rose Debirne (might have spelling wrong>, Ox Heart,Red P...
Preserving Pesto
Posted by harvesthunt(6)
31 Comments
drmbearUpdated I process only the basil with just enough olive oil to allow the food processor to work. Then I freeze it in plastic ice cube trays and pop it out into ziploc bags. If I want pesto at a later time, I can soften enough cubes and bl...
Tomato peels on or off...?
Posted by kerryv
7 Comments
wertach zone 7-B SCUpdated I peel mine when canning or freezing for soup, using the drop in boiling water for a few seconds method. I like my soup tomatoes chunky and don't like the peels. If I'm making sauce I just run them thru my food mill. I don't know ...
What to do with crab apples
Posted by dirtundermyfingers
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drmbearUpdated My absolute favorite apple jelly is made with the juice from crabapples. It really tastes like it is supposed to. And because the pulp is so flavorful, after I got the juice out for jelly, I've even taken the pulp and run it throu...
Newbie Pressure Canning Question - Presto Canner and Weights
Posted by ashleyinasheville
12 Comments
digdirt2Updated Safe? Yes. 4 days is a long time to hold corn as it dries out and turns tough quickly so it does absorb more liquid and yes, adjusting the temp causes siphoning. It's better to let the pressure be a little too high than to adjust ...
Tough citrus peel
Posted by oukay
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flora_uk(SW UK 8/9)Updated OK, oukay - I'll relax the rules for free oranges from the neighbours:) In fact I'll go mad and allow any citrus in 'marmalade' but I draw the line at cherries.
Pickled Okra - Split in the jars
Posted by canfan
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nancyofncUpdated Pretty common to have okra split when pickled. Suggest you poke a teeny hole in each as you pack into jars which should help. Slime doesn't occur with smallish pods, like **under** 3". Bigger than that (over 3") I slice ...
Lots of frozen garlic and onions
Posted by gardengalrn(5KS)
5 Comments
John__ShowMe__USA(5/6)Updated "I've been meaning to can some carmelized onions." Me too. If only I could find a recipe for pints. Half-pints just don't last long enough.
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