WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[frustratedearthmother]

Goats are so productive! If you just use it. .

And bossy! I swear, if I'm late my Poppy is standing at the gate screaming at me. Geeze louise!

 

[flowerbug]

it all looks so delicious!

 

[Hinotori]

12 pints of strawberry jam. Did 8 last week. Good on strawberry now. Some does go to Mom.

 

[Mini Horses]

And pectin has gotten expensive!!! I bought a12pk "deal" last yr...so glad I did. Still have 10 boxes. Looking at Ball low sugar can for this yr. I'm not a fan of real sweet jams & jellies.

 

[Hinotori]

And pectin has gotten expensive!!! I bought a12pk "deal" last yr...so glad I did. Still have 10 boxes. Looking at Ball low sugar can for this yr. I'm not a fan of real sweet jams & jellies.

I buy it whenever it goes on sale. So I have several low sugar boxes still

 

[Mini Horses]

Milk. Have 9 pints almost room temp, just filled them from the qt ones I had taken from frig a few hrs ago to warm. Need room in frig & tired of doing cheese this week. But I'm thinking cajeta next! Down to 1 jar....yeah, I need more! Milk's available.

Yes, milk is a rebel can. It's low acid. But you know what? It's been successfully done by hundreds, who are drinking it and still alive to tell us! Purity, cleanliness from milking to using is the key -- along with reaching adequate temps during the process. Carnation does it! I only pressure can it...NO WB.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Yes, milk is a rebel can. It's low acid. But you know what? It's been successfully done by hundreds, who are drinking it and still alive to tell us!

Have you tasted it? Is it good for drinking or more for cooking?

 

[Mini Horses]

I took a qt jar from pantry to frig. Let you know tomorrow these were done 5/18. There is a tiny bit of beige from white color. Minor amount of separation, shook up very easily & well. No more than you see in a jar of fresh/raw that's been setting in frig couple weeks....nothing curdly or such. Once shaken, looks just like nice fresh milk.

 

[flowerbug]

i suppose you could also add some sugar to it and pretend it is the sweetened and condensed kind? we use that here often enough and it sure has gotten expensive.

 

[flowerbug]

as for the price of pectin, green apples and green grapes have a lot of pectin, but also citrus peels, we've not used much pectin here in recent years now that the strawberry patch is not producing. i've never gotten into going out and picking the wild apples that can often be found, but when i was up north we'd go around and scout out the wild trees and find those that had acceptable enough apples that they could be harvested and then cut up and dried for snacks.