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| Bee Haven Maven |
Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 1:13:01 PM
 Hello all, I wanted to share a publication with you that has been a wonderful addition to my kitchen library. It has directions and recipes for just about anything you can think of to can and is a really good guide for anyone just starting out. It is the Ball Blue Book of Preserving.
Here are a few things that I canned using their recipes....dill pickles and blueberry/lime jam. Yes, the honey is from our bees at Bee Haven Acres! Tomorrow it is pickles beets and apricot jam.
Keep Smiling.....Bev
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| Buttercup |
Posted - Jul 25 2007 : 10:44:00 PM
I LOVE their book!! It is the best...I think anyway..and way back they use to have an 800 number for questions too! I do not know if I still have my old one or not but I do have a newer one and I think it is a must have for canners!
All your canning looks wonderful!! I can't wait to be able to can again!
Hugz!
Talitha
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| Mnhorsemom |
Posted - Jul 24 2007 : 11:08:58 AM
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Originally posted by suzyhomemaker
Hey, Beverly, so glad you discovered Ball's Blue Book. My original one finally got covered in rain (left out on the deck and forgot it) and I had to buy another one. It's not the same!! They don't have as many recipes. Luckily, I wrote down my favorites and can search their site for even more.
Once you get going, canning is so much fun. I love making homemade jams and jellies. It makes Christmas giving a snap. Also, I can venison in apressure canner. There is nothing as tasty as this. I know the old timers canned it in a water bath for three hours, but I am not taking a chance.
We have bees, too. Hubby says we are going t ohave to take honey off soon. We have five hives this year. How many do you have? It's enough for us and to give as gifts. My folks LOVE it!!! So do Steve's parents. I use it in a gret granola recipe and cook with it and add to tea. What are your favorite uses for it?
Country girl in NE PA
Have you looked on Ebay to see if you can replace the older Ball book? There are several older Ball books listed there now. I have been looking for a older Kerr book with a specific recipe and think I may have found it there.
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| goneriding |
Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 06:21:48 AM
One of my next projects is spiced peaches and then on to dill pickles. I love the tiny ones. So I think I see another recipe book to buy!!
Winona :-)
Don't sweat the small stuff...
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| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 05:38:05 AM
Well Bev, jealous here in NY, Love the jars all filled and pretty. What a nice feeling it must be to line them all up and look at them. Good job. Tell the bees good job too.
NANCY JO
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| Aunt George |
Posted - Jul 23 2007 : 03:41:18 AM
Bev,
Your canning looks wonderful! I really miss my mom's canning and also my grandma's. I have the Ball Blue Book too and my mom gave me her huge pressure canner. I am going to try canning really soon. I do so want to learn to can...I helped my mom many years ago, but haven't done it on my own yet.
Are you going to put some honey up on your etsy?
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http://auntgeorge.etsy.com
"Made With Love" |
| Maryjane Lee |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 3:59:32 PM
Bev, you sure have been a Busy Bee  ! I am impressed! Your pantry must looked beautiful with all those jars lined up! Just simply wonderful!
Hugs,
Maryjane Lee
The Beehive Cottage~
est. 1971 |
| Bee Haven Maven |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 3:10:11 PM
Here are today's jams.....blackberry, peach, apricot.
Keep Smiling.....Bev
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| Bee Haven Maven |
Posted - Jul 20 2007 : 07:01:31 AM
Hey Clare....we have 7 hives. Early in July we took off 80 lbs of honey and should be able to harvest again in September. I just finished peach and apricot jams this morning.....love to make jams, too.
Have a great day!!
Keep Smiling.....Bev
Check out my shoppe at www.honeybeez.etsy.com
www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com , www.beehavenmaven.blogspot.com |
| suzyhomemaker |
Posted - Jul 19 2007 : 04:55:07 AM
Hey, Beverly, so glad you discovered Ball's Blue Book. My original one finally got covered in rain (left out on the deck and forgot it) and I had to buy another one. It's not the same!! They don't have as many recipes. Luckily, I wrote down my favorites and can search their site for even more.
Once you get going, canning is so much fun. I love making homemade jams and jellies. It makes Christmas giving a snap. Also, I can venison in apressure canner. There is nothing as tasty as this. I know the old timers canned it in a water bath for three hours, but I am not taking a chance.
We have bees, too. Hubby says we are going t ohave to take honey off soon. We have five hives this year. How many do you have? It's enough for us and to give as gifts. My folks LOVE it!!! So do Steve's parents. I use it in a gret granola recipe and cook with it and add to tea. What are your favorite uses for it?
Country girl in NE PA |
| MamaHumbird |
Posted - Jul 18 2007 : 9:28:47 PM
I love that canning book as well. The only ones that I have found that are any better are the old ones that my mother-in-law gave me. They were her mother's, so they were old, but they are really interesting to read. I think when it comes to cookbooks, the saying applies "oldies but goodies!" Your honey looks wonderful, is it any cheaper to ship to the midwest? Also, what kind of shelf life does honey have? I have only bought it at the store and in very small quantities.
Thanks,
Holly
Holly |
| BotanicalBath |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 2:40:14 PM
I am going to have to check that out.
Very nice looking pickles and Jams!
E-
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| therusticcottage |
Posted - Jul 17 2007 : 1:28:39 PM
I bought this book last year as a gift to me. It is the best! I need to get it out and start making plans for canning time. Your pickles look yummy!!
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| sewgirlie |
Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 5:42:12 PM
Bev: I have that book too. I love it and it is such a mess from all the ingredients that have spilled on it over time! Your stuff looks delicious. It would be great to have your honey. When I am out in a few months I hope you still have some! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 5:19:59 PM
I am emailing you!!!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Bee Haven Maven |
Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 2:10:27 PM
I would love to sell....yes we definitely have loads to sell (we ask $3.50 per bottle). Today I went to the post office and checked on shipping and that is the problem....it is pricey. About $6.25 for one bottle to ship to the West Coast. I think if I sold in larger quantities and went to UPS it would be a much better deal....Let me know if you are interested and I will gladly sell you some!
Thanks for asking!
Keep Smiling.....Bev
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 16 2007 : 1:48:34 PM
Beautiful!! Hey Beverly..do you ever sell honey? I would be interested in some if you ship.
Blueberry lime jam sounds so good!! I just made black berry and will be doing some lemon curd in the next couple days ..have to send some to second son (grown and lives in Calif) he loves it so much.
OOOH..pickled beets..I want to do that this year too. and more pickled eggs..we are out.
Isn't canning fun? and I agree..you can't hardly beat the Ball blue book!
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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