WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[Dace]

Hey Urban.....how about this:

http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3217

 

[VickiLynn]

VickiLynn, have you had good experiences with the Tattler lids?

I found 4 more gallon bags of blackberries in the freezer last night

So far it's been good. I've only used them with BWB. They were easier to use than I expected. Just a little different process than metal lids. You have to put the sealing ring, lid and band on the jar, tighten it, then turn it back 1/4 inch before putting it in the canner, and tighten the lid immediately after taking out of the canner. I've used the tattlers a few times now, and like them - I really love that they are reuseable.

You can send those blackberries my way

 

[Dace]

Hey all you crazy canners....I am looking for some holiday gift ideas. I am thinking of canning up some pie filling and maybe some blackberry jam...whiel summer fruits are still here, I'd like to make use of them.

Does anyone have any ideas? I made OFG's peach blackberry pie and it was a big hit...can I can up the prepared pie filling? What about carmel apple pie filling? Any ideas?

 

[VickiLynn]

How about caramel apple jam? I made that to give last year and it was a big hit.

 

[Dace]

How about caramel apple jam? I made that to give last year and it was a big hit.

Oh that sounds interesting....can you share the recipe?

 

[VickiLynn]

Now I can't find my recipe, but this looks like the same one I used:

http://bethsfavoriterecipes.blogspot.com/2009/11/caramel-apple-jam.html

 

[VickiLynn]

OK , I found my recipe, and it is the same as the one in the above link. Note: the recipe makes 7 half-pints (not 7 1/2 pints as the recipe indicates).

I canned more applesauce today.

 

[mlynd]

cooked some pumkin down to make some pumkin butter yum as soon as my SIL give me the recipe I'll post it

 

[deb4o]

Thanks for the link Vicki-I've lots of gala apple rigjht now and that sounds like a great way to use some up!


I did up14 half pints of pear butter today, thats the last of my pears-kind a glad they are all done. Still have a few toms to canned tommarow and some peaches. I will be so glad when all this canning is done:

 

[urban dreamer]

Oh BOY! We froze 17 and a half lbs of sliced pears yesterday, cooked down and juiced 10 lbs, made seven 1/2 pints of pear jelly from the juce and canned 9 pints of fruit cocktail and still had a tone of pears left over (and pear juice). Still trying to decide if I want to make more jelly or drink the juice. I've been canning all morning and the pantry is very pretty now with all the different jars. Oh and the chickens and family members all got there full of raw pears too! I don't think I've ever canned this much in one day but it was fun! :bun