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| harvesttender |
Posted - Dec 09 2013 : 09:26:02 AM
I just got my early Xmas gift - a 915 American Pressure Canner. It's expensive, yes; but works really well. Best price was Amazon, but I wanted to support Kitchen Krafts.com, one of the few remaining places where I can still get rubbers for my older canning jars with the bales.
So far, I have put up 8 pts. of beef stew. Now I want to do turkey-veg soup. Do any of you have a good recipe for this? I try as much as possible to use locally-grown and fresh. All parts of the beef stew came from small local farms. It's just delicious, and the beef is super-tender.
BTW, I bought the All-American Canner after a lot of searching and reading. I had used my smaller MIRRO pressure cooker/canner (with rubber gasket) for lots of years to put up green beans and corn . Sadly, it can't hold many jars at a time (4), so I like it better for cooking chickens, etc. Also, the pressure canner has both the weight AND the gauge. I appreciate the 2 sources of information to ensure 240'.
I would love to chat more with others who do your own canning. Thanks so much! |
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| naturemaiden |
Posted - Dec 15 2013 : 10:45:31 AM
thanks Nini
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Dec 15 2013 : 10:21:11 AM
Me, too, Connie! I just DREAM of having a cupboard that looks like those in Amish homes! Even if I only have a few jars of home-canned goodness, I get that same sense of wonder as you! :)
Your soup looks AWESOME!!! Enjoy!
Hugs -
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
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| naturemaiden |
Posted - Dec 15 2013 : 10:01:40 AM
Nini great farmgirl minds think alike! 
here's a pic of my stock:
and my turkey soup:
I get so excited when i'm canning and i stare at all the jars when i'm done, LOL
Connie
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Dec 15 2013 : 09:39:30 AM
Me, too! Me, too! As a matter of fact, last Thanksgiving was the first time I canned turkey soup! I removed as much meat as I could, then placed the remaining carcass - stuffing bits, pan drippings and all - from the turkey in my largest pot and covered it with water. Then I took a bag of veggie scraps out of the freezer (...Pieces of onion, carrot peels, celery, etc.; whatever is on hand. I usually just toss clean peels, leaves and pieces in the freezer bag as I go, so when I need veggies for stock, there's a nice frozen mix at the ready.) and tossed a couple of handfuls into the pot. Since I had seasoned the turkey with rosemary, sage, thyme, salt, pepper, etc. before roasting it, I only added a little bit of salt and pepper. I let that simmer all day, then cooled it in the pot until I could handle the remains of the bird. I skimmed the fat off the stock and then strained it twice through a cheesecloth. (My-oh-my, the stock was so rich and tasty!) While the stock was reheating to be canned, I pulled as much of the tender, remaining meat off of the carcass that I could and added it to some of the meat I had reserved from Thanksgiving dinner. I double-checked all the meat to make sure there were no remaining bones, cut it into pieces and reheated it in a little bit of stock. When the meat and the pot of stock were boiling, I added the meat to the canning jars, cover with the stock and processed it in the canner. I did not add any veggies at all because I wanted plenty of meat and stock when I opened the jar. Instead, when reheating the soup to serve, I added mixed veggies (corn, carrots, peas, green beans) that I had dehydrated over the summer, as well as some skinny egg noodles. Everyone raved about it. Very easy, very hearty and very, very yummy!
Have fun making your soup! I can't wait to hear how it goes! Enjoy!
Hugs -
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
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| naturemaiden |
Posted - Dec 15 2013 : 05:55:51 AM
I have the same canner and LOVE it! I recently canned turkey soup. it was my first time and what I did was cook a whole turkey first, removed the meat. then i made stock from the carcass and added the celery, carrots, herbs, etc. When i was ready to can i added the turkey to the jars first, then the stock. I did it this way to ensure there was an equal amount of meat and stock in the jars. did i mention that I LOVE my canner? :)
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