WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[flowerbug]

Mint varieties: anyone ever use a variety other than true peppermint to make jelly or extracts? I have an abundance of orange mint, apple mint and spearmint right now and wondering if they would work for the above-named items, mainly jelly. Going to be cool tomorrow so a good day to can up some jelly.

try a blend of peppermint and spearmint.

 

[flowerbug]

I haven't been able to find any canning recipes for strawberries besides jam on any University Extension site. We are not fans of strawberry jam and don't do any alcohol, so does anyone have any canning recipes to share for strawberries? Syrup, juice, pie filling etc? I have 10 lbs of strawberries to process and have already washed and frozen 5

if you like extra lemon juice in your strawberries it sounds like you would also like freezer jam instead of cooked strawberry jam. i no longer make any cooked strawberry jam at all and i've even started getting away from making strawberry freezer jam too because the pectin has gotten rediculously expensive but also because the flavor without the pectin is the same and i also am using less sugar. still turns out great for using as topping for shortcakes, ice-cream or pie filling, with rhubarb, etc.

have you ever tried making strawberry freezer jam?

this year's strawberry patch harvest was about two quarts total. we ate them and enjoyed them as strawberry shortcakes (over homemade shortbread cookies) but that was weeks ago. no added stock to the freezer this year.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

have you ever tried making strawberry freezer jam?

I have not, but I still have strawberries so maybe I will. My mom always froze strawberry rhubarb jam in the white square plastic containers

 

[FarmerJamie]

I have not, but I still have strawberries so maybe I will. My mom always froze strawberry rhubarb jam in the white square plastic containers

HA! I HAVE A LARGE TOTE FULL OF THOSE CONTAINER THINGS FROM MY MOM'S!!!!!

 

[flowerbug]

I have not, but I still have strawberries so maybe I will. My mom always froze strawberry rhubarb jam in the white square plastic containers

i may never make cooked strawberry jam again as far as the flavor goes in comparison. i used to make 50 or more pints a year.

 

[flowerbug]

HA! I HAVE A LARGE TOTE FULL OF THOSE CONTAINER THINGS FROM MY MOM'S!!!!!

i use eight of them when sorting beans because they fit exactly in the Jif box flats that we get from Sam's. i'd use them for freezer stuff if we had enough of them, but we don't. instead we use quart jars, just make sure to not pack them too full so there is room for expansion and they don't usually break.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Nine pints of charro beans. Didn't get to the pickled okra because I was slicing okra or the dehydrator - but there's always tomorrow.

 

[Trying2keepitReal]

made pickle relish yesterday-15 1/2 pints. I have tart cherries coming out my ears, does anyone have a recipe for juice for canning?

 

[FarmerJamie]

The wife surprised me today with jar top vacuum sealers (both regular and wide mouth). I see more work in my summer

 

[Hinotori]

That's what I use for herbs and other dry good. Half gallon mason jars work well for small amounts of beans.