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| Bella |
Posted - Jul 08 2012 : 12:44:48 PM
I am looking for advice on canning and/or preserving garden veggies. I have loads of green beans that need canning, but, unfortunately, I have one of those glass cooktops with burners that are not large enough to accommodate a pressure cooker. I believe that tomatoes can be canned without the use of a pressure cooker and that peppers, squash, and zuchinni can be flash frozen. Is this correct? Any suggestions for this ignorant farmgirl are greatly appreciated.
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| Annab |
Posted - Jul 09 2012 : 06:07:53 AM
tomatoes are so easy and with added acid you can just use water bath method.
Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice to each quart jar once they have been sterilized or 2 teaspoons salt .
Boil tomatoes and dunk in cold water to remove skins, pack into hot jars, process for 10 minutes. Allow to cool toss any that start to grow a funk in 2 weeks time.
Since we have so much zucchini, I dice it raw and pack it into maranarara (sp) sauce and freeze in containers. Slow simmer all day (for the best spaghetti sauces ) when you want more veggies in tomato based sauces and recipes. So good! |
| Sheep Mom 2 |
Posted - Jul 08 2012 : 4:26:48 PM
If you really want to pressure can but can't use your stove, a propane turkey fryer base is large and sturdy enough to support a canner. Sometimes canning is a good alternative if you don't have enough freezer space. Just a thought for all you gals with the glass top stoves.
Blessings, Sheri
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| ramonaj |
Posted - Jul 08 2012 : 1:05:52 PM
pickled green beans are really good and cut green beans freeze so well it's almost better than canning. same for peas and corn. I put peas in a single layer and freeze them before bagging, same as for berries. you can pickle lots of stuff without a pressure canner and there are some veggies that dehydrate well. when i have pumpkin, i make the puree and freeze it because it's easier than canning. I vacuum pack a lot of my veggies so they don't get freezer burn. corn and turnip greens tend to be too moist but I've had good luck with most other things. Have fun!
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