justusnak
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Wow, those pics of the mountains are just beautiful!! And look how busy you have been with the canning! Yummy!!! I am planning to make a BIG pot of stew, and can it...hopefully this weekend.
Moolie - Happy Thanksgiving :)
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Beautiful photos!!!! All of them!!!!!! Thank you for sharing them!!!!!!!
framing fowl
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Thanks for sharing the photos! Makes me a bit homesick for the northwest... That looks like some thick bacon!
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Moolie - thanks for the mountain pictures, I really enjoy seeing the mountains.
Now about that fruit cocktail,
Must go re-count empty canning jars to see if I can whip up a batch before the wife has figured out what I have done.....
Now about that fruit cocktail,
Must go re-count empty canning jars to see if I can whip up a batch before the wife has figured out what I have done.....- Thread starter
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Thanks everyone!
We love the mountains, and have a hiking day planned for this weekend, so I can post more photos after
Jamie, the fruit cocktail is so easy--this one is called Rosy Fruit Cocktail because it gets a bit pink from the cherries. You can follow the recipe, or just wing it with whatever fruit you have, I think mine has slightly more grapes and peaches than specifically called for, but I figure it's no big deal.
Rosy Fruit Cocktail from Better Homes and Gardens Home Canning and Freezing
a 2 lb pineapple
3 lbs peaches
3 lbs pears
1 lb sweet dark cherries
1 lb seedless green grapes
5 cups Light or Medium Syrup
Wash and prepare fruit, pitting and halving cherries, and cubing other fruit, mix together in bowl then pack into jars.
Pour boiling syrup over (I just pour in 1/4 cup sugar per pint jar when the jar is half full of fruit, fill rest of jar with fruit, then pour in boiling water, stirring to dissolve sugar).
Leave 1/2" headspace and process 30 minutes, makes 9 pints (give or take, depending on how much fruit you have!)
We love the mountains, and have a hiking day planned for this weekend, so I can post more photos after
Jamie, the fruit cocktail is so easy--this one is called Rosy Fruit Cocktail because it gets a bit pink from the cherries. You can follow the recipe, or just wing it with whatever fruit you have, I think mine has slightly more grapes and peaches than specifically called for, but I figure it's no big deal.
Rosy Fruit Cocktail from Better Homes and Gardens Home Canning and Freezing
a 2 lb pineapple
3 lbs peaches
3 lbs pears
1 lb sweet dark cherries
1 lb seedless green grapes
5 cups Light or Medium Syrup
Wash and prepare fruit, pitting and halving cherries, and cubing other fruit, mix together in bowl then pack into jars.
Pour boiling syrup over (I just pour in 1/4 cup sugar per pint jar when the jar is half full of fruit, fill rest of jar with fruit, then pour in boiling water, stirring to dissolve sugar).
Leave 1/2" headspace and process 30 minutes, makes 9 pints (give or take, depending on how much fruit you have!)
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So, I did it--I canned one jar of my 40 lbs of pears in an old Gem jar complete with glass lid, rubber ring, and modern steel band--and it sealed
(I also canned the rest of the 40 lbs of pears and they filled 28 quarts/litres.)
(I also canned the rest of the 40 lbs of pears and they filled 28 quarts/litres.)
