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| Thought I'd get the thread started for this year. Today I put up 7 half pints orange marmalade after being inspired by the recent marmalade thread. |
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| I don't know if you'd actually call it putting- up, but I've been making strained liquid meals for DH. I make as much as the blender will hold, strain it out and store it in refrigerated jars until used. Today I made Mean Green and Fruity Oatmeal. |
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| Finally got the last of the venison done this week. 15 qts. plain and 8 quarts venison stew. Also turned the 2 extra turkeys we picked up at the after Thanksgiving sales into canned meat and broth. Got some room in the freezer now. So if I could get Carol to send me a couple of tuna I'd be set. :) Dave |
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- Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on Tue, Jan 14, 14 at 19:43
| 2 pints of sunchoke pickles (soon to be many more), 5 and a half pints of apple slices, and 3 pints of cubed pineapple. Rodney |
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| 6 pints of turkey stock. Rodney, could you post the recipe you used for sunchoke pickles? Sounds interesting and another way to use them. Thanks, |
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| I haven't canned anything yet this year, but I just dehydrated 178 heads of garlic. I figure I have enough for...oh....probably three years, LOL. Annie |
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- Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on Wed, Jan 15, 14 at 20:27
| Deanna- The recipe I used is from the first edition of "The Joy Of Pickling" by Linda Ziedrich. My library only had the older edition so I don't know if it might have changed (I doubt it). Pickled Sunchokes (Jerusalem Artichokes)- Makes 2 pints 1.5 pounds sunchokes -Scrub the sunchokes, and slice them 1/4 inch thick. Put the sunchokes into a bowl. Stir the 1/4 cup salt into the water until the salt dissolves, and pour the brine over the sunchokes. Let them stand 12-18 hours. I omitted the sugar because I hate sweetened pickles and I didn't wait 3 weeks before tasting them. I like them. Rodney |
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| Thanks Rodney! I'll give them a try. I like the small recipe for a first timer. Deanna |
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| 4 half pints of Habanero Gold jelly |
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- Posted by MissRumphius 4b (My Page) on Sat, Jan 18, 14 at 14:19
| 5 half pints of White Zinfandel jelly. Someone brought a large bottle of it to a party here, it got opened but no one drank it - so I turned it into jelly. It is the most beautiful colored jelly I have ever made. Elaina |
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| Six quarts of cubed Musque de Provence pumpkin -- my first ever pressure canning exploit!! Several bags of raw onions into the freezer -- catching the ones that are not storing well after that wet summer. |
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| 21 quarts of (no longer) dry beans - 7 chole, 9 rajma, and 5 canellini. My latest citrus delivery was delayed by the rains in Florida, then the midweek storm. I'm awaiting the truck this morning. Planning chili marmalade and orange jelly. It's so nice to be canning again. I broke my wrist last March and haven't canned in almost a year. The pickings on my shelves are super thin. |
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| 21 half pints of jam - 9 strawberry, 6 strawberry-rhubarb, 6 strawberry-cranberry. Marmalade is steeping in the fridge. Then it will be time to tackle the frozen blueberries. I'm shocked by the price of pectin. I never stocked up last season. Only 1 grocery store has it locally. I'm paying $3.59 a box. |
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| What about the Ball stuff in the canister? That should be less expensive than buying boxes if you can find it. |
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| ajs - if I could find the stuff in the canister I'd buy it. It's just that none of the stores I frequent even have it on the shelf right now. As it is, I bought every box on the shelf when I found it - all 6 boxes! More jam yesterday Today I'll be making cranberry sauce. Then it's time to put the canner away for a while. 40 jars of jam is enough! |
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| 6 pints of Meyer Lemon Marmalade. MJ |
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- Posted by myfamilysfarm 5b (My Page) on Sat, Feb 22, 14 at 13:29
| Sheila and pixie lou, the jar of pectin isn't that much cheaper. Regular pectin can be purchased online for about $3.99 per POUND, about the same price as 2 boxes or cheaper than the jar. Yes, you will have to pay shipping, but even that shouldn't cost more than another few boxes. A pound will last a very long time. I made hundreds of jars (I think about 500 or so) last year and went thru less than 7 lbs. 5 pounds of bulk regular pectin plus shipping cost me about $33, the price of 10-12 boxes. Now I bought 25 pounds which will last me all year and part of next year. I've already done about 15 batches and haven't made a dent in the 25#. The 25# plus shipping cost me less than $75 dollars. |
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| Sounds like she's done with jam until summer - maybe pixie lou will use that much in a year. I don't use much pectin and when I do I use the low/no sugar type. Last I checked that was about $5 for the canister and Ball says it's equivalent to 3-4 packages of pectin (wonder why they don't have exact number? 4.7 oz is 2.68 times the 1.75oz size, maybe it's been reformulated but I'd think 3 packs, not 4 packs is equivalent). So it's a little cheaper - esp. if you don't like a really stiff set so would measure out less instead of dumping an entire package in (when they used to sell it in packages I'd use half a package anyway - and I haven't seen the green boxes around here lately). |
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- Posted by myfamilysfarm 5b (My Page) on Sat, Feb 22, 14 at 20:22
| Different recipes take different amounts, is the only reason I can think of. I found that I was using the jars so fast, they were easier to open at least. Now I have qt ziploc bags with my pectin. I haven't tried the sugar free/low sugar in bulk. I'm not allowed to sell no sugar/low sugar jams and jellies, not even butters. But you have to do what the rules allow. |
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| Yesterday I put up 14 of those little 4 oz jars of cranberry sauce. I washed the canner today and put it away for a while. MFF- where do you buy the pectin in bulk? Granted I'm done jamming for a while, but I typically go thru at least a dozen boxes of pectin since I typically make about 100 jars of jam. As long as the pectin has a shelf life I should definitely by it in bulk. I'm still cringing at the price I paid. AJS - I totally agree - 4.7 oz vs 1.75 oz is a simple math equation. The "equivalent to 3-4 boxes" seems a bit flaky. |
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- Posted by theforgottenone1013 5b/6a MI (My Page) on Sun, Feb 23, 14 at 13:55
| If anyone has a Save-A-Lot store near them, they sell pectin there for I believe a dollar a box (1.75 oz). It's full sugar pectin and the brand is Jel Ease. The pectin works well but I wouldn't use the instructions inside the box since they call for simply inverting the jam/jelly, not BWB-ing. Rodney |
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- Posted by myfamilysfarm 5b (My Page) on Sun, Feb 23, 14 at 18:49
| I buy my bulk pectin from nuts.com. Not only do they have pectin, but all kinds of bulk goodies. BTW, their chocolate covered pretzels are to die for. They also usually send a sample of something that you haven't bought. I've used Jell Ease before and wasn't happy with it. You need fruit pectin, either citrus or fruit. I don't think sugar makes pectin. |
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| Got a late start on my garden so I wont have much for a while. So far I've done: Strawberry Jam ~ 5 pints, 9 half-pints Dehydrated ~ |
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| Canning season is actually winding down here in S FL. I did a LOT of tomatoes….plain crushed, about 6 different types of salsa and taco sauce, spaghetti sauce, and meat sauce. 25 pints of tomatillo salsa verde (yum!), almost 100lb of potatoes (diced and as wedges), green beans, sweet corn, and 21 quarts of sauerkraut. I've had to completely rearrange my pantry to accommodate all of the good stuff, and actually took over a couple of book shelves in my dinette area to hold the overflow. I guess running out of storage space is a GOOD problem to have, right? :-) |
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| I know y'all will laugh, but I have "put up" 10 quarts of poke salat in my freezer! It gets me through the cold winters! |
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| I just canned 8 pints of ground beef tonight. It's gotten so expensive that the best price I could find is the 10# tube of ground beef at WalMart for $25. I don't have much experience canning produce yet, this will be my first year. Bought a large stockpot today for cooking the ground beef that will double as a WBC. Mostly I've been canning meat when I find it on sale. Loved the .79 cents a pound turkeys last thanksgiving. Should have done more, I'm already almost out of canned turkey. |
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| nettie3 - do you have a pressure canner? |
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| Yes I do have a pressure canner. I was referring to WBC for which I will attempt to can fruit/veggies this summer. :) |
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| Wanted to make sure you're weren't trying to WBC (BWB) the meat. Veggies (unless pickled) will need to be PC'd as well, most fruits OK for BWB. Gotta stock up this year - beef and now I hear pork are going up, so chicken will be too b/c of people switching from beef and pork and with the drought in CA the fruits and veggies will be getting more expensive too. |
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| 7 pints stewed rhubarb It's rhubarb season. I decided to can my rhubarb this year - normally I freeze it. But we may be moving this summer and I figured it would be easier to move canned stuff instead of frozen stuff! |
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| I think I might can some rhubarb too, 1 of my cousin's plants is getting pretty big and she's still down south. Wouldn't you know I just stocked up on meat so freezer is full. Maybe there's room in hers. I'd like to just can it with my strawberries (jam, pie filling) and don't really want to process it twice. I haven't "put up" anything yet this year except packaging store-bought meat in FS bags and freezing. But I need to start making some jam from frozen blueberries to get ready for market. Also want to try hickory syrup. BTW, I found pectin in the canister on clearance (expires this summer though). Do you still need some? When/where are you moving? We're going to be in Boston the end of June (4th of July weekend?) for my niece's dance competition. |
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- Posted by mellyofthesouth 9a FL (My Page) on Sun, May 25, 14 at 11:27
| 12 jars mulberry jam |
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| Today was 12 pints of spinach canned as it was starting to bolt. Had plenty of fresh for salads the past couple of weeks but thanks to the weather the crop wasn't near normal. Hopefully the fall crop will be better. Dave |
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| Hey ajsmama - thanks for the pectin offer. I'll gladly take some off your hands if we could coordinate schedules. However my I laws will also be in town 4th of July week. Just possible moving to the next town over. May put the offer in this week. |
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| So far have frozen 4 pounds of tart cherries (from our small home orchard) and 4.4 pounds of snow peas. I'm also drying sage, oregano, and basil. |
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| Nine half-pints & one 1/4 pint of strawberry/rhubarb jam. Six half-pints & one 1/4 pint of strawberry/blackberry/raspberry jam this morning! Also drying oregano, thyme, sage, and green onions. |
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| Five jars of cognac cherries - yum. MJ |
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- Posted by backwoodsgirl 9 (My Page) on Sat, Jun 7, 14 at 5:22
| So far.... Green Beans |
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| 1 quart of blanched frozen rhubarb mush But I've used up all the whole canned tomatoes, and all the 2012 salsa (still have 2013 salsa and tomato sauce, tomatoes with squash)! Strawberries are starting to turn color so will be starting those soon. Oregano is huge - how to dry it (have Excalibur but I don't want to burn it)? |
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- Posted by stargazer943 8bTX (mandarajb@gmail.com) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 4:13
| 24 pints of green and wax beans 6 half pints of pineapple 12 pints of peaches 1 pint of cherries and more 4 more lbs of beans to can tomorrow we picked yesterday! |
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- Posted by gardengalrn 5KS (My Page) on Sun, Jun 22, 14 at 22:52
| I did 16 half pints of pickled beets and onions 6 half pints of Kimchee Working on venison chili tonight. |
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| Hi, I just finished putting up 4 strawberry rhubarb, 6 strawberry, 6 blueberry and 7 blueberry lime jams. Getting ready for the agricultural fair. MJ |
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| Yesterday and today are dicing onions - 1/2 will be frozen in 1 c measurement and 1/2 are going to be dehydrated over the next several days. Canned the last of the spinach last week until after the fall crop matures. Dave |
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| We were given a LOT of sweet onions, and I don't have much freezer space, so I diced up 12 pounds of them, cooked them for what seemed like FOREVER, and made caramelized onion jam……12 lb of onions cooked down to 9 half-pints of jam, and that's WITH a bunch of vinegar and sugar! Lots of work, but ooooohhhhh…..yummy! |
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| Hello! I just read through all these posts and am so envious of those that live in climates that you can start growing and preserving in February! Anyway, can anyone share recipes on canning peaches and pineapple? Also, how do you freeze the snow and snap peas? Do I need to boil them first and then freeze them? TIA! |
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| Check out NCHFP site NCHFP.uga.edu |
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- Posted by lizgross144 5a (My Page) on Thu, Jul 3, 14 at 14:39
| 12 4-oz jars of strawberry freezer jam, 5 gallons of frozen strawberries, 1.5 quarts of dried strawberries, and a gallon bag full of strawberry fruit leather. That was 52 lbs of strawberries, with some for fresh eating. (and I'm thinking about going back to get more strawberries) |
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| I have 3 quarts of "drunken" cherries in the pantry.... suppose to wait till Christmas but.... I may not be able to wait that long... Did a batch of huckleberry jam today. 5 half pints for the pantry and one half pint for the fridge (didn't seal)... have about 10 more cups of huckleberries in the freezer to clear out befor this years crop.... Don't know why I waited till the hottest days of the year to do this.... what was I thinking??? |
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- Posted by lizgross144 5a (My Page) on Sun, Jul 6, 14 at 14:10
| Added 3 cups of garlic scape pesto to the freezer this weekend, frozen in 1-tablespoon portions. |
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- Posted by lizgross144 5a (My Page) on Tue, Jul 15, 14 at 22:22
| I've been having fun with my new pressure canner! 3 quarts chicken stock, 2 quarts vegetable stock, and 3 quarts carrot fennel soup. Just used it as a BWB canner and did 8 pints honey spiced peaches. |
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| 7 quarts kosher dills, 7 quarts regular dills, 20 pints of gooseberry preserves. A kind soul gave us half a bushel of wonderful purple plums, so I canned those as well. Everyone was so hungry for fresh green beans and new potatoes that I only had 6 quarts of green beans left to can, but we have a second crop coming, now that we pulled up the pea vines and dug the potatoes to make room in the garden. Our tomatoes are not producing very well this year for some reason. I hope we'll have enough to put up.We are down to our last 4 jars of salsa from last year. |
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| It's "bean" busy around here... Green Beans - 28 quarts, 5 pints |
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| Put up 9 pints of Pickled Beets and have a left over pint of brine that I think I'll pour over hard boiled eggs. We grew the variegated variety along with the traditional red beet. I prefer the texture of the traditional for pickling. Variegated cooked to a softer consistency than the reds. |
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| Leather britches, canned green beans, canned and frozen crowder peas, okra, tomatoes, and squash. Too many jars and bags to count! I'm making some sauerkraut, and I'm fixing to try fermenting peas! |
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| This week: 14 qts. green beans 10 - 12 oz. jars of dilly beans 10 lbs. of cukes fermenting 12 lbs. of yellow plums fermenting for wine 12 or or pints of blueberries frozen |
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- Posted by matthias_lang (My Page) on Thu, Jul 31, 14 at 10:03
| pickled sweet peppers canned and frozen lamb's quarters frozen curry purslane puree canned tomato juice gooseberry jelly gooseberry-apple jelly dried plums dried mushrooms |
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| Finally got around to canning again: 4 half pints raspberry jam. Not much, but its a start. |
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| Frozen peas, approx. 55 pints, all done Canned potatoes 42 pints so far. Canned green beans 22 pints so far, great way to break in my All American 930 craigslist find , still in the box. Love it Keith |
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| So far: Dill pickles (various kinds) - 7Q, 16P Rhubarb-orange marmalade - 7 1/2P Rhubarb-cinnamon jam - 5 1/2P Strawberry-Rhubarb jam - 9 1/2P Strawberry Jam - 9 1/2P Rhubarb preserves - 4 1/2P Strawberry-basic-balsamic Jam - 5 1/4P Cherry jam - 10 1/2P Raspberry Jam - 19 1/2 P Pickled Beets - 3 Q Plain pasta sauce - 6Q, 11P Meat sauce - 15 P Today: Jalapeno corn relish - 15 P (Phew!) |
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| I had some apricots given to me yesterday and decided to make "Apricot" Sauce based on Balls Big Book recipe for plum sauce. I only had 6 cups of apricots so I added a can of crushed pineapple abd cut down the sugar and switched to white vinegar and lime juice. Used brown mustard seeds instead of yellow. Reduced the amount of salt and spices ... but other than that I followed the recipe.. Delicious! |
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- Posted by luvncannin 7a-panhandle tx (My Page) on Tue, Aug 5, 14 at 16:31
| I will chime in for the first time here. Y'all inspire me to grow more veggies! to put up. 5 half pints grape jam 9 half pints blackberry jam 11 half pints sand plum jam 3 pints sand plum jam 12 half pints caramelized onions frozen 12 pints and 3 half pints spicy pickles 8 pints salsa 4 pints tomato sauce not all in one day. over the last couple weeks. kim |
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| 5 12oz jars of Dilly Beans 4 pints of Zucchini Pineapple 4 pints of Ellie Topp's Spiced Lemon Pickled Beans, 4 jars of Rosemary Garlic Pickled Beans, and 6 pints of Dilly Beans (snapped short) 8 jars of Blueberry Lime jam 4 jars of Black and Blue jam 4 pints of a Hot Mixed Vegetable Pickle (from JoP) 4 half pints of NCHFP Pickle Relish 3 half pints and 4 qrtr pints Black Krim jam 3 half pints and 4 qrtr pints Sweet 100 Tomato Jam 6 half pints Tomato-Pineapple Butter 4 quarts plain Tomato Juice 5 3/4 quarts Standard Tomato Sauce 4 halfpints of Golden Tomato Marmalade 6 half pints and 1 qtr pint Tomato & Pineapple Jam 7 quarts of Tomato and Zucchini 4 pints of Zucchini Relish (JoP spices, NHCFP process) 15 pints of Annie's Salsa 5 quarts of Golden Tomato puree (Golden Queen & Orange Minsk) for later soup 4 halfpints of Cherokee Purple jelly (I hope, I simmered them, put them through mill and got 4C of puree/juice, added 3T pectin and 1/4C sugar, 5 Tbsp lemon/lime juice, 1/2tsp salt) Froze 21 quarts of green & wax beans - seemed like more. But I don't know if it's worth the freezer space to try to do as many as we eat in 9-10 months since we go through at least a quart (1-1.5 lbs) a week. It might be better to buy them a month at a time after we go through the homegrown ones in a few months. I picked 9 gal of sweet peppers plus more hot peppers 10/10 due to frost advisory, have to make salsa but need more cilantro - crazy prices in store and it doesn't last long in fridge. Next year I will have to freeze mine early in the summer to have when the tomatoes come in. Time to make pepper jelly! I've frozen quite a few tomatoes too, sent 4 gals (about 22lbs) to my parents' freezer earlier, another 3 bags of chunks (roughly 15 lbs) plus 1 gal of roasted tomato "sauce" (1 full sheet pan full of tomatoes) on 10/10 to make room in my freezer for more (just did another sheet pan/gal of roasted tomatoes that night). Maybe after Columbus Day I can get more canning done. I've got more stuff in their small (7sf?) upright freezer than they do! But my chest freezer, 5cf upright, and bottom freezer in fridge are full - even after clearing out 2 pies and more frozen tomatoes used for the fife& drum corps muster 10/3! I thought I did more Lemon Pickled Beans (with lemon juice since I only had 1 lemon for the first batch) but unless I misplaced 6 WM pints, I must have been counting NCHFP recipe Dilly Beans instead b/c I just checked the basement. I do need to make another batch of Blueberry Lime jam, maybe Black and Blue as well. Or do you think last year's berries are better left in the freezer over the winter? I'll make jam in the spring to bring to early summer market. They're considering doing a winter market 1 day a month but it had better be a weekend, and indoors if they want anyone to go. DD loved the Sweet 100 Tomato Jam so much she tried making 5 half pints of it but all I had were slicers and it didn't set up as well (Food in Jars recipe, no pectin) as mine so she made Blueberry Lime and Pineapple Upside Down Cake jam for the fair and won blue ribbons for both. (I got 2 blue and 2 red) |
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- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Thu, Aug 14, 14 at 16:53
| Just noticed this forum and this thread for the first time. I have probably never 'put up' anything, since I made grape jelly in high school. [g] We've always had a small vegetable garden that didn't even provide enough fresh through the season, let alone extra. I wonder….do all of you that 'put up', have large gardens that provide you with everything you do, or do some of you purchase fruit and veggies to process? |
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| prairiemoon2, I have 4 raised bed, each are 4' x 10'. I plant 10-12 tomato plants between 2 beds and plant intensively/successively in the other beds. This allows me to can salsa, spiced pickled beets, freeze carrots and broccoli, and this year I look forward to making pickled and frozen green beans. Additionally i've grown garlic, onions, cauliflower, & cabbage. Succession planting can help to really get the most of one's garden. You have to keep to a schedule and it is best accomplished by those who "enjoy" gardening. The fruit I put up is from local farmer markets (with the exception of blackberries and raspberries which I can harvest for free). put up so far: Happy gardening, harvesting, and preserving! |
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- Posted by prairiemoon2 zone 6a/MA (My Page) on Sat, Aug 16, 14 at 16:46
| Hi Nugrdnnut, you get a good amount of food out of your beds then, that's really great! And all that food in the freezer and in the pantry!! I like beets but others in my family don't. What is in your spiced pickled beets recipe? I haven't put a lot of effort into succession planting yet, but every year I say I'm going to do better but then the dates get by me and .. best laid plans and all that. :-) I did a little better this year, but I could really do much better if I get organized I think. We had a small 100 sq ft garden of raised beds that was ready to be replaced this year, so we increased the size to about 300sq ft. I wonder why I didn't do it before. The extra room has felt like a windfall, but so far we're still just feeding us and our adult kids. Oh…btw, since you grow cabbage in a small garden, someone recommended a cabbage to me called 'Gonzales' and I tried it this year. You get a cabbage about the size of a large softball. I'm about the only one who eats it, so I wanted something that didn't take up much room. It worked out great! The plants had a small footprint and when we harvested them, they made one large bowl of coleslaw and no leftovers. Perfect for me. I will grow them again. We put in three blueberry bushes this year and a small area of strawberries, which we won't see a harvest from this year. I wish I had somewhere nearby that had pick your own organic fruit and I would put up a lot for the freezer. And probably make jelly too. Thanks for sharing what you're doing! |
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| I'm up to 138 pints of green beans now (more to do tomorrow) 75 pints of potatoes 11 quarts of tomatoes 2 quarts of tomato juice. I expect to have more tomorrow(tomatoes, and beans) |
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| 12 quarts black-eyed peas (frozen) 7 pints diced tomatoes (canned) 6 pints tomato juice (canned) 3 pints cucumber relish (canned) 3 pints vinegar marinade (canned) 6 half pints BBQ sauce (frozen) 7 pints carrots (canned) 15 quarts sliced onions (frozen) 10 quarts sliced bell and chili peppers (frozen) 14 pints green beans (canned) 4 quarts spaghetti sauce (frozen) 10 half pints candied jalapenos (canned) |
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| First canning day of the season after our trip to farm country (Wapato WA) yesterday: 4 pints okra pickles (did a half batch to see if we like them) Still have tomatoes, eggplant & peaches to process. No Gravenstein apples yet for applesauce, & couldn't find any cucumbers worthy of the time & effort to make pickles. |
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| Hmmmm 8 cups of crab apple juice and 6 cups of sugar = 4 10 oz jars of crab apple jelly jarred and another 8 oz for the fridge. It takes longer than it ought to . . . IMHO I will be turning the pulp (sauce) into applets... and a few 8 oz jars of crab apple sauce... |
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| We've added 30 cups baba ganoush (frozen, not canned) 5 pints Katie C's Roasted tomato garlic soup 9 qts + 1 pint crushed tomatoes |
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| Seasyde, baba ganoush sounds yummy.... did you freeze in ziplocks or containers? Would you mind sharing your recipe? |
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- Posted by dancingcook (My Page) on Thu, Aug 28, 14 at 16:50
| What a neat discussion! So inspiring. So far this year: Peach jam Peach chutney Dried peaches Peach tart (2 in freezer) Peach caramel pound cake (freezer) Bottled peaches Bottled apricots (purchased these; peaches from two trees in my garden) Gooseberry jam And, I made and froze a few mushroom quiches to tide me over while recuperating from total hip replacement :) |
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| 138 pints of green beans?! How many plants/row ft do you have? I haven't counted yet how many lbs/quart bags I've frozen but it's beginning to feel like a million, yet I know it's not anywhere near that (I haven't filled the 5cf freezer yet LOL)! |
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| A working on 40 lbs of peaches and 70 lbs of tomatoes. 14 pt Annie's Salsa Working on more sauced tomatoes, yellow marinara, and peach sauce. |
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| Did another 7 pints of Roasted Tomato garlic soup at the request of DH. This from a man who didn't like soup when I met him..... **************** Seasyde, baba ganoush sounds yummy.... did you freeze in ziplocks or containers? Would you mind sharing your recipe? ************* Sure thing. I freeze in the cheap 1 cup rectangular zip-lock type containers. Its a good amount for the 2 of us, and they stack neatly in the freezer. Eggplants are sliced in half lengthwise and grilled until they are really soft and gooey. (This can be done under a broiler if need be but I miss the smokey taste. You can add just a touch of liquid smoke to the finished product if you like). Then scrape out the insides of the eggplant. I sometimes remove big clumps of seeds, but its almost impossible to get them all out. Then, for each pound of scraped eggplant add 2-3 T. lemon juice, 1 clove garlic, crushed, 1/2 T. kosher salt (use less if using regular table salt), 2 T. sesame tahini, and 1/3 c. olive oil. Process together in a food processor until smooth, or the consistency you like. This is very much a "to taste" recipe so feel free to play with the amounts. The above is what works for us. Note when thawing, we thaw over night in the refrigerator or place the frozen container in a pan of warm water on the counter. Microwaving does strange things to the texture & I can't recommend it. Edited to add: We serve this on a platter, drizzled with more olive oil, sprinkled with chopped parsley and halved Kalamata olives. Served with warm pita bread for dipping.
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| Thanks Seasyde.... sounds delicious... eggplants are ready so this recipe is just in time! Daughter and I made 5 pints of Peach/Huckleberry Jam and put up a dryer full of sliced peaches. She sprinkled a few trays with a lime/chili salt... tasty! I made applets from the crab apple pulp (applesauce)... they turned out great.... small bites though because they are sweet! |
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| DS has left for college, and has a tight food budget, so I'm supplying him with yummies. This week, I canned about 20lb of chicken quarters that were on sale, then took the trimmings from the chicken and made stock; canned 9 pts and a quart of stock. Made a batch of chili for DS also. He has requested ready-to-eat type stuff, so I think I will keep an eye out for a good price on beef and make him some beef stew, or some of the BBB beef in wine sauce. (and will probably keep some for myself! ) |
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- Posted by iwannagoat none (My Page) on Sun, Aug 31, 14 at 10:29
| 16 pts. dill & bread & butter pickles 16 4oz. peach amaretto jam 6 zesty peach barbecue sauce 58 4oz. rose hip jelly 122 4oz. beach plum jelly A friend is getting married and giving 4oz. jellies as wedding favors. Phew - those little jars are a lot of work! |
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| Did another 5 qts + 1 pint crushed tomatoes. Thats it for the (purchased) tomatoes this year. |
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| Today was another 12 qts of Shirley's Vegetable Juice Cocktail and 6 pint and a half jars of B&B pickled green tomatoes with peppers and onions. Rest of the ripe tomatoes (5 quart bags) and peppers went into the freezer for making Annie's Salsa later this month. All the potatoes are dug and stored and the last of the onions have been dried. Heading out for vacation in Alaska in 10 days so once this last crock of kraut is canned the deer, squirrels, rabbits and raccoons can have everything left in the gardens until it is time to plant the turnips. Dave |
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| I have a triple batch of zesty salsa ready for the stove in the am... hope to get 14 pints (or so). A friend gave me the produce and I am providing the labor.. Will split the jars. |
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| this year i grew Holy Mole peppers. has anyone used them in a canning recipe? all my Corno di Toros are large but still green, but bugs are finding them so i picked a ?peck? today. DH (i assume that means dear hubby?) likes pickled stuff on the sweet side. i thought of jardiniere just PC'ed mixed peppers with added sugar. does anyone have suggestions? thanks ! dave, lately i'm getting responses through email on other threads from everyone but you.....was it something i said ? ;) |
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| You really want to play with that new PC don't you ;-)? No need to PC the peppers, if he likes them pickled with sugar then you can BWB them and they'll be crisper. I've never pickled anything as large as a Cornu di Toro, usually slice into rings or pickle whole (jalapenos, bananas, etc.) but you can cut them into chunks. They won't be hot, but you can try "cowboy candy" - my cowboy doesn't like sweet pickles but your DH may. Here's another recipe I've never tried, but has quite a bit of sugar - why don't you try a test batch? You can leave out the garlic if you want - and if you don't want to sterilize your jars for 10 minutes first just process the peppers for 10 minutes - though they will be softer than way. |
Here is a link that might be useful: NCHFP Pickled Bell Peppers (with sugar)
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| thanks ! i also found a recipe for sweet jardiniere, on tasteofhome.com it seems okay, like the sugar would bind up the extra cup of water ( compared to Joy of Pickling recipe). |
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| Do you have the Joy of Pickling? You can always add sugar to a tested recipe. I'd be leery of something that called for more water (less vinegar) than an approved recipe. |
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| the Joy is on my Christmas wish list ! |
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| SO FAR THIS YEAR I HAVE PUT UP: FROZEN: STRAWBERRIES - 24 QUARTS BLUEBERRIES - 42 QUARTS GRAPES - 8 QUARTS DEHYDRATED: STRAWBERRIES - 2 QUART JARS BLUEBERRIES - 6 PINT JARS PEACHES - 3 PINT JARS CANTALOUPE - 1 QUART AND 1 PINT JAR HONEYDEW - 2 PINT JARS PINEAPPLE - 4 GALLON JARS RASPBERRIES - 1 PINT JAR STRAWBERRY FRUIT ROLL UPS - 2 QUART JARS BLUEBERRY FRUIT ROLL UPS - 6 GALLON JARS PLUM FRUIT ROLL UPS - 1 GALLON JAR PEACH ROLL UPS - 1 GALLON JAR CANNED: GREEN BEANS (CUT UP, WHOLE, FRENCHED) - 84 QUARTS ZUCCHINI - ( CHUNKED, SHREDDED) - 21 QUARTS CABBAGE - 14 QUARTS LAZY GOLUMPKI - 28 QUARTS BEEF BROTH - 22 PINT JARS MANDARIN ORANGES - 22 PINTS PLUMS - 11 PINTS MUSHROOMS - 33 1/2 PINT JARS STRAWBERRY RHUBARB SAUCE - 11 PINTS MEAT SAUCE - 22 PINT JARS SPAGHETTI SAUCE - 44 PINT JARS TOMATO JUICE - 21 QUARTS STRAWBERRY JAM - 15 1/2 PINTS BLUEBERRY JAM - 15 1/2 PINTS RASPBERRY JAM - 15 1/2 PINTS PEACH JAM - 9 1/2 PINTS BLUEBERRY PIE FILLING - 21 QUARTS PEACH PIE FILLING - 14 QUARTS PEACHES - 14 QUARTS BLUEBERRIES - 33 PINTS CHICKEN - 28 PINTS DILLY BEANS - 18 PINTS SAUERKRAUT - 4 1/2 HEADS IN CROCK STILL HAVE TO CAN: POTATOES WHEW ! I'M TIRED ! LOL IF ANYONE HAS ANY CANNING RECIPES FOR MEATS THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE JUST PUT IN THE JAR RECIPES, I'D LOVE TO TRY THEM IF YOU'D SHARE. HAVE FUN "PUTTING UP" IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG WINTER. PARADISA |
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| sorry, i was wrong in my last post. the taste of home recipe is 2:1 vinegar: water, just like the colorado pepper mixed veggies. |
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| i am put to shame !! what are lazy golumpki ? |
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- Posted by Monkey_Princess_101 none (My Page) on Wed, Sep 3, 14 at 1:10
| Canning season is just starting for tomatoes here, mine have ripened so slowly, I've been getting Mortgage Lifter and Great White and Sungold for about a week, but the Rutgers and Bonny Best are just starting, so I'll be canning my own salsa this week, hopefully. I'm in the middle of selling one house and buying another, and it looks like closing on each of them could be the same day. Only in my life, whew.... Anyway: 40 lbs sweet cherries, frozen Does the 320 pound pig that didn't get slaughtered for the freezer until April because we couldn't get out there with equipment because the snow was too deep count? Annie |
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| Recently done: 7 pts. peaches 6 pts. applesauce 5 qts + 1 pint chicken stock |
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| Sorry for that above post, the Monkey Princess is my granddaughter, she just got her own account and was posting on the Cooking Forum using my computer, LOL, and I didn't sign off hers and onto mine. I just canned that 20 quarts of sauerkraut today, and added seven jars of KatieC's Chipotle Catsup, 6 pints of pizza sauce and 17 pints of beautiful tomato soup made from Great White Tomatoes and sweet red peppers, along with basil from my herb garden. That won't last long, it's yummy. The Monkey Princess and I were working on a batch of Tomato Butter, but it didn't thicken well and so we left it in the crockpot on low all night. This morning we woke up to a molten mass of scorched tomatoes, so that's becoming pig food, recycled into bacon! Annie |
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- Posted by heavensabvus1 NY, NY (My Page) on Mon, Sep 15, 14 at 22:31
| 28 jars of medium hot salsa 34 jars of pasta sauce 14 jars of pizza sauce 10 jars of chili base 9 jars kosher dill pickles 9 jars bread and butter pickles 40 jars chopped tomatoes 7 jars cherry jam 7 jars blueberry jam Getting ready to can lime juice next and then I move on to applesauce, apple pie filling and cherry pie filling. |
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| Since my last post I have dried cucumbers, peaches, apples and mangos; pickled 14 pints of okra and put up 27 jars of Annie's Salsa |
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- Posted by MissRumphius 4b (My Page) on Sat, Sep 20, 14 at 16:39
| I concentrate on preserves and condiments since a lot of this is intended for gifts. 7 jars Cherry jam In the freezer: (for us) Here is what some of it looks like: the shelf unit was a gift from a colleague. |
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| Still pulling tomatoes and peppers and onions out of the garden so I put up a batch of Indian spiced tomatoes and a double batch of Annie's salsa. I will probably have a couple more batches coming... the threat of frost is over again for now... |
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- Posted by spartan-apple (My Page) on Sat, Oct 4, 14 at 12:03
| Wow! Some of these post show some mighty nice photos and very long lists. I am humbled. Poor apple crop and pear crop this year so no apple sauce or canned pears. So far: 7-rhubarb jam Hopefully some apple jelly yet to finish the season. |
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| Added 6 half pints of Hot Pepper Jam to the stash (so easy to do)... headed for an Apple Cider Press party this afternoon. Hope to bring home some cider... think I'll use some of it for Caramel Apple Jam... Found a deal for pint jars @ $2.50/dzn. Good thing, too.. because I had none. |
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| Spartan, sorry about that apple crop. Here in Michigan we're having a bumper crop year, so I have half a bushel of Courtlands waiting to become apple pie filling and several bushels of mixed varieties destined for the cider press. I managed to dehydrate 5 pounds of October beans, and put a couple dozen Butternut and Sweet Dumpling squash into storage, along with a 5 gallon bucket of sweet potatoes, as well as can 9 pints of "plain" pears and 13 pints of Cinnamon pears and 20 pints of swiss chard. We're in the midst of moving, so I had to move all of these out of the basement and to the "new" house on the farm!
Annie |
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- Posted by gardnpondr Zone 8 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 7, 14 at 1:16
| I have canned tomatoes, then today I canned 19 pints of black beans. I also canned some more of Annies salsa. HAVE to have that every year! lol I'm sure there is more but that's all I can remember right now. |
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| I have no clue, other than I have about three hundred jars in the pantry now and a very full freezer. I'm not done yet, either. May be doing up a canner or two of small irish potatoes and some sweet potatoes. Have limas coming on yet as well. If I can keep groundhogs out of the garden, have a nice run of broccoli, cabbages and carrots in the fall garden, and hope to make a lot more freezer slaw out of the last two. I did lots of pickles and salsa this year, because we were getting low on them. Good garden year. Got nearly seven hundred pounds of vegetables out of it. Good berry year too. |
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| This past weeks activities: Dried some peppers 6 half pints of tomato jam (it takes a loooong time to cook tomatoes down) 100 lbs of cabbage shredded for kraut (40 pounds went to other homes) |
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