WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[flowerbug]

Those things are so helpful on "those" days when you need to cook and just can't do the whole shebang! I was happy to have canned beans ready to just heat this weekend.

freezer beans we try to keep some on hand all the time. great for bean burritos.

 

[Finnie]

Ready to drink lemonade this time. 3 regular and 2 strawberry.

The Presto can’t water bath quart jars because there isn’t enough room for an inch of water above them. So I’m pressure canning them. Which is a little overkill. Apparently nobody ever pressure cans lemonade- I couldn’t come up with a time. So I figured if 15 minutes is good to water bath it, then 10 ought to be good enough with pressure.

Edit: We’ll, I thought I was planning to set it for 10 minutes, but apparently I had decided 15. Because after it vented and I pushed the button to continue, 15 appeared on the screen. Well, definitely overkill then.

 

[Finnie]

 

[flowerbug]

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Ready to drink lemonade this time. 3 regular and 2 strawberry.

The Presto can’t water bath quart jars because there isn’t enough room for an inch of water above them. So I’m pressure canning them. Which is a little overkill. Apparently nobody ever pressure cans lemonade- I couldn’t come up with a time.

probably because it is acidic enough to last in the fridge for a fair amount of time just in a closed jar. when i make my lime grog it will last several weeks without problems. i've never left it long enough to see how long it will go without spoiling but it might be as long as a few months...

 

[Mini Horses]

Chicken breasts! Half hr left on canner time. Bones/skins toasting in oven. They'll go into a pot for broth -- carrots, onions, etc in pot waiting. Need big burner canner is on. So, soon it'll be ready.

Bought split breasts because on sale. Whole time I'm prepping --- kept repeating, you're saving money!

Nope, not raising any CCX. Not butchering any

But does save $$. Figure $2 of chicken in a qt. A 10 oz can was $2.99 in store lotta water, too. Plus I'll have a few qts of good broth. Effort is worth it, just messy.

Also, half pint rendered fat. Tomorrow, strained stuff from broth -- cat food a treat for them.

 

[Hinotori]

If I'd quit trying to cripple myself, I'd be canning some beef. Mom's out and she really likes it for quick meals.

 

[Mini Horses]

8 pints of chicken broth. Almost done.

 

[Mini Horses]

8 pints of sauerkraut just came out & popping Love the sound. So....in a month or so, I'll let ya know how it tastes. Cabbage, salt, sugar, vinegar & water-bath. Old way -- I'm not set up for crock method, so trying this.

 

[Mini Horses]

I believe "we" mentioned on this thread, that a good baked bean recipe to make in canning would be nice. I sure thought so!! I do can beans from dried ones. So found this on net -- from the Zimmerman's, don't know full site name. I'm trying it in next week. Here's the recipe she uses.

QUART jars.

1 cup dried beans.
1 tbsp dried onion (1/4 cup fresh diced)
1 tbsp ACV
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp mustard
1/2 cup ketchup
Hot water to 1" headspace. Stir ingredients.

So, then usual wipe rim, add lids. Put into hot water in canner. Do 90min at 12#. Yeah, odd # but, may be her location. Dry beans are only rinsed off, not pre soaked. Any bean you want, she says used Pinto but prefers Navy due to resulting texture.

I'd like a little bacon but could add at heat up when used. Plus I like a touch of BBQ sauce in mine. Easy to adjust in original mix. Stir seems important, to me, to mix that sugar.

 

[Mini Horses]

Canner full & just starting to vent. 7 qt of the baked beans above. No navy beans, used great northerns, slightly bigger. Trying it. Adjust once tasted in a few days. They'll be eaten!