WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[FarmerDenise]

I decided to go through both freezers and make sure I get every frozen berry from prior years out. I made berry sauce. I added some freshly picked blackberries and still only ended up with 3 pints. Oh well. They taste good though and will be great on ice cream and yogurt.

 

[punkin]

punkin yo have been busy, how big is your freezer?

I like that idea about the freezing. Yesterday I put 40 lbs of tomatoes in the freezer.

We have 3. #1 is about 21 cubit ft. and is full of mostly meats. #2 is about 16 cubit ft and #3 is smaller (not sure what size)

Glad you found some way to keep all those tomatoes

 

[SKR8PN]

Ended up with 41 pints of beets, and enough left over for a nice batch or two of pickled eggs!!
Tomorrow we will be canning peaches and blueberries!
Looks like about 15 pints(more or less) of peaches, and 20 or so pints of blueberries.

 

[me&thegals]

Wow--that's impressive, skr8pn! I did just 7 pints of pickled beets tonight--3 golden, 4 red. Then a 5-quart pail of refrigerator pickles (but not canned).

 

[kenman]

The maters are finally coming off! We canned eleven quarts. We pealed, stewed and then added carrots, onion, peppers, and celery to the pot for soup base. Its really good! Hope to be making salsa real soon.

 

[SKR8PN]

Ended up with 41 pints of beets, and enough left over for a nice batch or two of pickled eggs!!
Tomorrow we will be canning peaches and blueberries!
Looks like about 15 pints(more or less) of peaches, and 20 or so pints of blueberries.

We ended up with 20 pints of blueberries AFTER the bottom blew out of one of our jars. GAWD what a mess that made in the canner! We are still processing the peaches and it looks like we are going to end up with over 21 pints of them!!

 

[Ldychef2k]

Well, let's see. It's been a whopper of a day, hope I can remember it all.

Pressure canned 8 pints of corn this morning, another 8 getting ready to go now. These are getting peppers and onions in them.

Had a ton of yellow teardrop tomatoes so turned them into jam. This is seriously good jam. 12 cups pulp, 8 cups sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cloves, 1 tsp each cinnamon and ginger, boil for 15 minutes, turn off the heat and add one large or two small cartons of lemon jello. Water bath for 15 minutes. Ended up with 5 pints and two half pints to give away. The big ones are mine !

Have about 15 pounds of chuck cubes in the crock pot, which will take all night. Used Montreal steak seasoning. I generally let the crock pot go all night and then let it cool all day, the last half in the fridge. Pull off the layer of fat and then can, using the congealed juices and boiling beef stock.

Tomorrow the cull peaches will be ripe enough to make apple/peach sauce.

The sales are starting on green beans next week. Hope they get down to my price point (99 cents).

Haven't sat down to work yet today. Too much to do ! And of course Zoe was here until 1 PM, so that was just joy on a cracker !

 

[Iceblink]

Today I canned 5 pints of chicken stock, 12 jars of salsa, and 8 jars of crabapple jelly. I have never had crabapples in any form, but there is a tree bearing tons of them just outside the gate (we live part time on a military base) so I asked the guards if I could pick them. They were suprised and my husband was so embarrased that everyone driving in and out could see me picking them, but the jelly turned out delicious, and such a pretty color too!

 

[Up-the-Creek]

I bought peaches this morning at our local flea market,...I came home and made some peach butter,...oooohhh its sooooo goood! Tomorrow,...I will make more. I have enough peaches to do two more batches,.YEA!

 

[Farmfresh]

It looks GREAT Creek! Yum!