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| countrymamma |
Posted - Aug 16 2005 : 08:31:41 AM
What does everyone else's kitchen look like at this time of the year.
I have canning jars everywhere, crabapples sitting in a pail, a pile of carrots from the garden than are ready to cut up and freeze, along with a huge batch of Swiss chard. Along with these, there are plastic containers waiting to be filled, different sizes of plastic bags on my counter, strainer, bowls and my food processor.
I have qts. of applesauce sitting on my kitchen cupboard along with pts. of pickled beets ready to be stored for the winter.
Nothing much seems in order right now, however it sure feels good to know that my pantry is filling up along with my freezer. Soon, the kitchen will once again look like its suppose to, however right now it looks exactly like my great grannies and grandmothers did at this time of the year. As farming girls way back when, they'd be so proud of me, I just know it.
How does your kitchen look right now?
~Carol |
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| Shirley |
Posted - Sep 20 2005 : 12:36:22 AM
My mom always canned with a presser canner, so I just did the same, never thought about it. Guess that is a good way to learn.
I just make sure I stay in the kitchen watching the gauge(read a book or look through the ball or Kerr book for new ideas) lol
because the pressure gauge can vary up or down. so im usually playing with the heat. Besides that, you can get doing something else and forget about the canner.
My mom used to make this chicken and can it, It was always so good. but she didnt do it to often, but we raised our own fryers so had lots of chickens.She would brown the chicken in the skillet, then pack it in the jars and can it. I will have to ask her if she did anything else to it, like seasoning .
shirley in oly |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 8:09:15 PM
for tomatoes and salsa you don't need a pressure cooker to can ...just the water bath method. I agree..pressure cookers and canners are different...never used a pressure cooker..although I have one that was a gift to me years ago...but couldn't live without the canner!
You can do it...if I can you can!!!
It may be a good idea to try to see if there is anyone you can borrow a pressure canner from (a newish one with the manual) the first time..that is what I did a zillion years ago...and then you will see how to use it safely without the investment. It IS worth getting though..let me tell ya!! I borrowed one first from an elderly neighbor.
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| lareyna |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 5:19:20 PM
I didn't know that Carol,,,,thanks
Guess i've never used a pressure cooker
I was Country before Country was COOL |
| countrymamma |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 5:07:27 PM
It must be a pressure canner. Pressure cookers and pressure canners are two different things.
~Carol |
| lareyna |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 3:47:17 PM
Marlene there is a thread about pressure cookers in here (kitchen) page 2, you will find alot of answers I was scared of mine the first few times also lol
I was Country before Country was COOL |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 3:04:05 PM
Thanks Jenny!!! This is a keeper! My family will love this!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| mdotterer |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 2:29:50 PM
Hi all! I've got some canning questions. The only canning I've done is the boiling water method for chutneys and applesauce, things like that. I've never tried the pressure method. Do you have to have special equipment or just a large pressure cooker? I would really like to can things like tomatoes and spaghetti sauce with meat, etc., but I'm afraid to try it.
I made Jenny's salsa a couple of weeks ago, and it was great - but I froze it instead of trying to can it. Can you guys help me over my fear?
Marlene |
| BlueApple |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 1:49:18 PM
Thanks, Jenny, it looks really good. I will definitely try it!
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
| junebug |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 11:54:47 AM
Canning divas, I love it!!!
I'm not 40 something, I'm 39.95 plus shipping and handling! |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 11:54:28 AM
Shoyu chicken...
5 lb. chicken thighs
1 and 1/2 cups soy sauce (I use kikoman)
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
4 cloves fresh garlic..minced or pressed
1 tbsp minced fresh gingerroot
mix up all the sauce ingredients and bring to a boil in large pot
add the chicken and let simmer for about an hour and 1/2, turning the chicken over from time to time to coat..keep lid on it...and that is it..wonderful smell, and taste and goes great with rice and a nice cool salad...my family loves this. YOu can do it with breasts instead of thighs but it isn't as good..something about the thighs makes it just right..only time I purposely buy thighs. They are on sale alot so it is a frugal supper for sure. I hope you like it.
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| peaceriverwoman |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 11:41:11 AM
I would love to have a kitchen full of canning jars and all of the wonderful bounty of the garden... and I will as soon as I finish college! One more year to go and counting!
So often times it happens, we live our life in chains and never even know we have the key. (the Eagles) |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 11:10:24 AM
Lots of canning divas here...Aunt Jenny, what is shoyu chicken? Sounds good!
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| countrymamma |
Posted - Sep 19 2005 : 11:05:01 AM
Over the weekend, I did 9 qts. and 1 pt. of Bread & Butter pickles. I also did 9 qts. and 1 pt. of cucumber relish.
Now I have zucchini's to shred up and freeze.
I hope this will end soon. My kitchen is still a disaster!!
~Carol |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 14 2005 : 9:50:54 PM
Beet relish..now that sounds good. I did pickled beets a couple weeks ago..I love them..but have never even tasted beet relish. I know I would love it.
I had quite a kitchen day today...canned 27 quart jars of peaches, and 14 quart jars of peach pie filling, made 2 peach cobblers and dried more nectarines...made shoyu chicken for supper and brought all the ripe tomatoes in to the kitchen for the salsa I will can tomorrow. Whew. I may just sleep tonight for a change!! Oh..and got the onions drying. I slice them and dry them until crispy and store in quart canning jars to use in stir fries, stews and all sorts of ways. They are great that way..especially the red onions..yum!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| junebug |
Posted - Sep 14 2005 : 12:29:25 PM
Ladies, our pantry at the Sisterhood of the Traveling Art website is bare, we need your recipes, any and all are welcomed, thought since were all busy canning, this would be a nice place to start, I know I'd love to see some of your canning recipes, but don't be shy, send me any of your favorite recipes and I"ll get them to the website master....lol Also, if you havne't checked us out yet, please do so at the link below. Thanks to all who donate recipes......
www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
I'm not 40 something, I'm 39.95 plus shipping and handling! |
| Julia |
Posted - Sep 14 2005 : 11:57:25 AM
I want a cellar! It would be a great place to hid when I need some me time :)
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| countrymamma |
Posted - Sep 14 2005 : 11:27:57 AM
Bread & Butter pickles are soaking in salt and ice. They'll be ready to cook up in another hour or so.
Beets are cooking. I'm making beet relish. The cabbage, onions and red peppers are all chopped up. Another 1/2 hr. and the beets will be ready to be chopped up and then I can make the relish.
Were hoping to get a deer this year too.
~Carol |
| Kim |
Posted - Sep 14 2005 : 07:38:35 AM
Mmmmm! I love deer brats and summer sausage and jerky!!! I never thought about drying onions?! How do you store them after your dry them????? I think I may need to do this.......
Aunt Jenny-Do you ever sleep?!?!?!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 14 2005 : 06:49:02 AM
It is in my cellar...I wish I had nicer shelves down there..but there is alot of stuff..I will have to do that (take pictures) sometime..when I get it straightend up nicer after canning season I will for sure. I love to go down there!!
The deer...stew meat and jerky no doubt! I have made breakfast sausage before but havn't done summmer sausage..now there is an idea..hmmm last year I did have a freind bring a deer over to butcher on my kitchen table that her husband got..she had never done it so she gave half the meat for "helping her" ..she visited with me while I did it. I don't mind though..grew up doing that. I wish my husband were more of a hunter than he is!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Sep 13 2005 : 9:09:58 PM
My goodness Aunt Jenny, I get weary reading about all of your endevors! What would you do with the 1/2 deer? Let me guess, make venison summer sausage! I would love it if you posted pics of your pantry and all the goodies you have canned! It would be awesome!
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
| Julia |
Posted - Sep 13 2005 : 7:31:17 PM
Picked a 1/2 bushel of green beans today. Dilly Beans tomorrow.
Junebug, We lived in Conway at the time of the story. My Dh was finishing college. We have also lived in Hope and Hot Springs. DH grew up in Hot Springs. To hot and humid for this native Oregonian.
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Sep 13 2005 : 6:12:55 PM
My kitchen is a disaster area today..in a good way....3 lugs of peaches waiting for canning tomorrow, a 1/2 box of nectarines that I am cutting up and drying..a dehydrator full of nectarines, (the kitchen SMELLS wonderful!!) and a basket of onions and one of cherry tomatoes to dry too (AFTER the nectarines) and in the family rooom 4 5 gallon buckets of tomaotes..one almost ripe and threee that still have awhile. We are getting frost at night so I picked all I could from the plants that I didn't cover and cover the rest at night..lots of plants..got more things to cover them tonight (thrift store blankets, sheets and tablecloths) but will be ripening at least these inside...and basket of peppers to chop and freeze for the salsa I will can up as the tomatoes get ripe. Someone just has to bring me over 1/2 a deer and the picture will be complete..haha
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things |
| countrymamma |
Posted - Sep 13 2005 : 6:06:13 PM
Was given a bag of beets today and a box of ripe tomatoes. Guess I'm still not finished canning. Along with those, I'm drying my onions to store in our basement and digging up potatoes. My kitchen still isn't the way it should be. However, I love seeing the shelves filling up once again.
~Carol |
| junebug |
Posted - Sep 13 2005 : 12:31:21 PM
Julia, thanks for sharing that funny memory with us, what a site that must of been!! What part of Arkansas did you live? They do get more bugs than we do here! What always gets me is why do we get Junebugs in July? LOL
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art....
I'm not 40 something, I'm 39.95 plus shipping and handling! |
| Julia |
Posted - Sep 12 2005 : 8:34:46 PM
Thanks Junebug! I can't help thinking, whenever I see your name, about my Mom and her first trip to Arkansas. She came to stay with us when I had our 2nd daughter. SHe was staying up late to do some sewing in the back room. It was July, hot and humid. All we had for air-conditioning was an attic fan. SO at night we'd opened up the front and back door, and and a couple windows with screens, to get a cross breeze. After getting up to nurse afore mentioned daughter I went to see what Mom was up to. When I went in the room I couldn't believe what I saw. Mom had opened the windows to get some breeze, but none of the windows had screens. The room was full of junebugs from being sucked in by the fan, and Mom was diligently sewing while swatting bugs. It was hilarious!
"The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach is joy. Take joy!" Fr.Giovanni |
