WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[flowerbug]

I am going to get more lids next time I am at walmart or any store that has them.
Its not a lot of parsnips and green beans, I may just freeze them BUT, I dont know what freezing the parsnips will do to them??
I dont want to mess them up

i've never had any parsnips to deal with before. i would guess they could be treated like carrots, but i've not ever done carrots either. looks like the normal, wash, peel, chunk, blanch, freeze...

 

[FarmerJamie]

I am going to get more lids next time I am at walmart or any store that has them.
Its not a lot of parsnips and green beans, I may just freeze them BUT, I dont know what freezing the parsnips will do to them??
I dont want to mess them up

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Canning is easy, just need a longer time in pressure canner because of the density.

How do you prepare them to eat? Slices? Mashed? That might guide you to an option

 

[The Porch]

Canning is easy, just need a longer time in pressure canner because of the density.

How do you prepare them to eat? Slices? Mashed? That might guide you to an option

I love them sliced and lightly stir fried in the skillet

 

[FarmerJamie]

I love them sliced and lightly stir fried in the skillet

I would can them then, sliced to your preferred thickness.

 

[The Porch]

I would can them then, sliced to your preferred thickness.

I think your right, I dont think they will get to soft,,

 

[tripletfeb]

15 pints of peaches yesterday, the rest went into the dehydrator. I've canned so much this year that I need to build more shelves in the basement to put the stuff on! Has anyone else found themselves canning or preserving a lot more than normal? I can't explain it but I just have this feeling that I need to do more and more! The older I get, the less I want to waste too. I look out at my garden and want to go pick more but I'm running out of jars and space

 

[FarmerJamie]

15 pints of peaches yesterday, the rest went into the dehydrator. I've canned so much this year that I need to build more shelves in the basement to put the stuff on! Has anyone else found themselves canning or preserving a lot more than normal? I can't explain it but I just have this feeling that I need to do more and more! The older I get, the less I want to waste too. I look out at my garden and want to go pick more but I'm running out of jars and space

That was last year's efforts for us. Zero to overstocked by October. Being more selective this summer

 

[Mini Horses]

I think, with age, we do become more frugal, more waste not and prepare more. This economy challenges us, too.

 

[flowerbug]

we are gathering nuts and other times nuts gathering...

 

[flowerbug]

saturday was 24 quarts of tomato chunks. i think i have a day or two more i can go before i should pick again. have a few things scheduled now that will keep me out of the garden and then there might be some rains so... eek. as usual it's crunch time.