WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[Britesea]

I have a bunch more bell peppers to slice up for the freeze dryer, and a pumpkin that won't keep long because it's got a cut on the rind- so I'll probably freeze dry pumpkin cubes.

 

[tortoise]

@tortoise i would not worry as much about apple butter anyways as it is pretty concentrated and there is some acid in apples too. when you concentrate those sugars they act as a preservative. doesn't hurt to be safe and i usually add a bit of lemon juice to apple sauce because i like things both sweet and sour so it is ok for me, but we've done apple sauce plain here with nothing added and it was fine. in a pinch you could always check the pH...

I have canning pH test strips. I'd forgotten about them!

I canned 4 pints organic pears in water tonight. Need to use up produce in my weekly Misfit Market box! Sometimes we eat it all, sometimes its not as easy!

Other food preservation: checked 48 oz cranberries and have them in the dehydrator. Baked, peeled and froze sweet potato.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Homemade cranberry juice is so good and super easy. I am ordering a 35 pound box of cranberries, just to can cranberry juice.
It is just washed whole cranberries, a little sugar and hot water. Strain out the cranberries and eat them or add to smoothies or use in muffins or whatever. Drink the juice.

 

[Hinotori]

Froze, not canned, but put up 4 lbs 6 oz of cleaned razor clam meat.

That will give 4 meals of chowder. Or we'll batter and fry them. Good any which way.

I'll have to look up canning it in pints. The long time during processing time will get it past the tough stage.

 

[Britesea]

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I made 6 cups of grape flavored something. The jury is still out on whether it's jelly or syrup, lol!

 

[flowerbug]

I made 6 cups of grape flavored something. The jury is still out on whether it's jelly or syrup, lol!

good any way!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Drum roll please....... IT WORKED! I made jelly and it jelled, lol. I'm actually kind of shocked. But here's the proof:

 

[flowerbug]

Drum roll please....... IT WORKED! I made jelly and it jelled, lol. I'm actually kind of shocked. But here's the proof:
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it's not so bad making cooked jelly/jams in the fall as it is finally cooled off enough. glad it turned out!

 

[Hinotori]

Well I'd reported that fraudulent site selling canning lids for a horrendous amount while pretending to be Ball back when it was brought to my attention. I actually got a reply back from Ball today. The website is gone now.