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Farm Kitchen:  What is your favorite thing to can?  |
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 15 2008 : 7:22:50 PM
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Oh thank you Toni! They sound REALLY good! And yes, my boys eat EVERYTHING with hot sauce on it!! I can't keep it in the house, nor can I keep any kind of hot peppers either. They aught to really dig these.
And thank you Ms Lilly for taking the time to find that recipe. You're a Peach!
~~~Hugs~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2008 : 06:52:02 AM
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Tracy, I found the recipe last night and it is in the canning book "Putting Food By". You are right the jalapenos are hotter when you can them yourself and they even have flavor. I put them in jelly jars instead of pint jars because it is just hubby and I eating them and the longer they sit open the more heat they seem to lose.
Pickled Hot Peppers or Bell Peppers - 8 pints
4 quarts peppers
4 cups vinegar
4 cups water
4 teaspoons salt
olive oil (optional)
Wash Peppers throughly. Remove core, seeds, and stems of large peppers. Cut as desired, or leave whole after coring. The small, hot peppers may be left whole with stems intact. Make 2 small slits in whole peppers.
Mix vinegar and water; heat to 150-160 F about to the simmering point. Since it is rather volatile, vinegar should not boil a long time. Pack peppers rather tightly in to jars. Pour vinegar and water over the peppers to 1/2 inch of jar rim. If oil is desired, add vinegar to only 3/4 inch of jar top. Add olive oil to come 1/2 inch from top. The peppers will be coated with oil when they pass through the oil layer as you use them. Add salt to taste, seal, and process 15 minutes in simmering (180-185) hot water bath.
Note: I do not add the oil, I find the jars do not want to seal as well. My jalapenos I just slice into rings seeds and all and throw them in.
Enjoy and you are so Welcome.
Lillian |
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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Susie
Greenville
Ga
Georgia
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Posted - Jun 16 2008 : 3:34:37 PM
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| I love to can pickles, salsa and jellies. My husband loves to make pepper sauce which is the easiest of all to do and very quick. |
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
1008 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2008 : 5:45:21 PM
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Thanks for the recipe Ms. Lilly! I know my boys will LOVE it! You know, I have that book "Putting Food By," but I couldn't find the recipe you gave us here. My book is the 1975 version. Is yours the same one? or one of the newer editions? Anyway, thanks again! ~~~ Hugs ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2008 : 7:28:03 PM
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Tracy, mine is the 4th Edition. I think I bought it about 2 years ago. Enjoy your Jalapenos!!
Lillian |
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mellaisbella
True Blue Farmgirl
1862 Posts
melanie
living on Anne of Green
Gables land
Canada
1862 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2008 : 08:05:28 AM
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I still haven't found my salsa recipe....Aunt Jenny, it is one that I can ,so it's always in my cupboard....well, that is, until we eat it all!!
as soon as I find it, I will post it!
"learn to watch snails" SARK |
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 3:01:12 PM
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| My favorite thing to can is zucchini relish, I got a great recipe out of Countryside Magazine a couple years ago and it actually helped make a dent in the zucchini population in my garden!! Cinnamon peach butter is also a hit, I gave some away for christmas a couple years ago and then made my whole family mad when I haven't had the time to make it recently. I love canning season, I love those little pops when the can seals, one of my favorite sounds |
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AnnieO
Farmgirl at Heart
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Annie
Lucasville
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 3:20:22 PM
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I love to can tomatoes, the whole process of getting the jars ready to laying out the towels, etc, picking and deciding what kinds to put together. I helped my mom can starting when I was teen moons ago. It puts me in a different time zone,the special plop of the tomatoes into the jar, juice splashing, thinking of chili in the winter months, or mixed vegetable soup, while the snow flies in my head, and the hot summer sun just blazing down outside my window.
Livin the good life! |
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 4:49:20 PM
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Amy Grace, your cinnamon peach butter sounds amazing! I was just trying to think of what I can do with peaches this year, and now I know!
Annie, you make canning sound so romantic! Maybe you can make a trip west and come help me get organized. When I can it looks like a twister went through the kitchen, and every towel and large pan is dirty! |
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
1360 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 4:54:11 PM
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Dilly beans! I canned those for the first time last year and they were a hit with the family and neighbors. They were crunchy too. My other favorite is soup. I like making soup for those easy dinner ideas. This year, I don't have much of a garden as I am on the road for work too much, but can't wait for the local farmer's market supply to build this year's supply of canned goods. My salsa never comes out quit right *sigh* I have a recipe for V-8 that I like because it doesn't have all the extra stuff (not as much salt).
Best Growing |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 4:56:25 PM
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Stewed tomatoes are my favorite, too. Easy, pretty, and oh the spaghetti sauce from them tastes so good when winter comes.
Farmgirl Sister # 31
www.blueskyjeannie.blogspot.com
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tziporra
True Blue Farmgirl
234 Posts
Robin
Seattle
WA
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 6:42:20 PM
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I love to can my DELICIOUS cilantro salsa when tomatoes are in season. Here's the recipe, such as it is (adapted from "Not Just Beans":
Tomatoes. No, I don't know how many. About 4 cups, diced, I would guess.
1 large onion, diced
1 small fresh jalapeno, diced
2-3 Tbsp lime juice
2 cloves garlic
2 Tbsp cilantro (or more, I end up using the whole bunch cause I LOVE cilantro)
salt and pepper to taste
To make life easy, I whir all this in a food processor, but you can chop it all up teeny tiny with a knife and combine. Simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes. Pour into hot sterile jars and seal. Process in pressure cooker for 25 minutes. Makes 3 pints, easily doubles or triples or quatruples until you get sick of chopping veggies.
But best of all is strawberries in syrup for pancakes and waffles and cake toppings. We always run out in January no matter how many I put up, and then we are desperate waiting till June.
Best,
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Edited by - tziporra on Jun 25 2008 6:53:03 PM |
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 6:49:02 PM
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Hey Robin, lookin' for all the salsa recipes I can find. Would you be willing to share?
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
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KYgurlsrbest
True Blue Farmgirl
4853 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4853 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2008 : 6:55:07 PM
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Sounds fabulous! And easy to boot. I love those kinds of recipes :) Sounds great, and I note, no vinegar, which my issue with last years canning salsa recipe. I love my vinegar, but it was TOO much :)
Farmgirl Sister #80, thanks to a very special farmgirl from the Bluegrass..."She was built like a watch, a study in balance ... with a neck and head so refined, like a drawing by DaVinci"...
NY Newsday sportswriter Bill Nack describing filly, Ruffian.
http://www.buyhandmade.org/ |
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emtfarmer
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Darlene
North Carolina
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 6:19:39 PM
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HI!
I am brand spankin' new to the chat room but have every issue of MJ magazine and two books and have wanted for years to find that acreage and get that tractor!
My question now regards canning green beans. I have the water bath supplies but no pressure canner. I've read here and in the Ball book that green beans should canned in the pressure canner. A co-worker says her grandmother used to can in water bath but cooked on stove for three hours. I'm a little suspicious. Any advice from all you (hopefully)future farm sisters?
Thanks!
Darlene
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 7:35:11 PM
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Hey Darlene,
You should always use a pressure canner for green beans and other stuff with low acidity. A Ball Blue Book is a good place to get the lowdown on what needs to be pressure canned and what doesn't. My mother in law makes her jam without water-bathing it and has never made anyone sick - another one of those "traditional" methods, but I definitely err on the side of caution
Welcome to the forum by the way, and if you start canning you won't want to stop...
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without" |
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2899 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2899 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2008 : 7:41:10 PM
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| Reading this post makes me SO excited about what is to come(I hope) Everything got a late start this year(another story) & I just hope I have the produce (& the time) to do somethng decent this year! I will be looking back over this thread for sure! Thanks everyone! |
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emtfarmer
True Blue Farmgirl
222 Posts
Darlene
North Carolina
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2008 : 8:38:32 PM
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Thank you, Amy Grace. Like I said, I was a little suspicious of the water bath thing with green beans.
I hate to admit, but last year was my first attempt at canning (pickles). They weren't the best, but I LOVED the process. There is just something about it that is relaxing even though it is work. I don't have my own garden yet; apartment living is not conducive to much gardening, but I look forward to planting, growing, harvesting, then preserving on our own place someday soon. So for now, I'll depend on farmers markets. In fact, I'm taking a week off from work to clean house and devote a day or two to canning.
I'm hooked!
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Rivergirl_2007
True Blue Farmgirl
332 Posts
Shirley
Karnak
IL
USA
332 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2008 : 8:45:10 PM
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| Gosh - you all are talking great favorites - any way the recipes can be shared? I love to can anything and everything, but my family's favorites are my Italian Zucchini and Bread and Butter Pickles. The zucchini is chunked zucchini (just under an inch square) mixed with diced tomatoes and chopped onion and seasoned with an Italian seasoning mix and salt. I am always looking for great canning recipes and have even asked Martha Stewart to do a summer series on it. I would love any good gourmet recipes. I know herbs and spices can be added to basic recipes when heated, but veggies, etc. are so much better if the spices are added at the time of canning. Peaches are just now coming in my area and I am really looking forward to Pickled Peaches. |
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