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Farm Kitchen:  How is your canning coming along?  |
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doglady
True Blue Farmgirl
435 Posts
Tina
Howard
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 06:17:07 AM
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I was just wondering if everyone was still in the thick of canning or are coming to the end? So far I've canned Mild & Hot Salsa, Tomatoes, and Spaghetti Sauce. I'm moving to peaches this week.
Tina
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 07:51:46 AM
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| I have made a few jars of salsa and waiting for the tomaotes. They are just now getting with it. Will be making salsa this comming week. In the middle of doing apples. Apple butter the last couple of days. Will can some apple pie filling when I get tired of doing tomatoes. I cut and put okra in the freezer daily. I have been and will to continue to freeze bell peppers and hot peppers. Drying cayenne peppers for grinding. And my fall garden is comming right along. It is mostly for eating and not canning. I'm not ready for a frost yet but in another 6 weeks, I'll be ready when it gets here. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 08:31:48 AM
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It is just now starting heavy duty canning season here. I have done a few things so far..jams and mixed veggies and meatballs and chicken canned, but the peaches, apples and tomatoes are just beginning....I am planning to can corn relish an a batch of salsa today if my plans don't get changed.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
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lovelady
True Blue Farmgirl
533 Posts
Toni
Indiana
USA
533 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 10:27:13 AM
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| My canning has been much less than what I wanted to get done this year. Partly because my garden wasn't so good this year, but probably more out of sheer laziness. I had a huge list of things that I wanted to make, but I have only canned a few quarts of beans, peach pie filling, peach butter, peach syrup, blackberries, blackberry syrup, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and chili sauce. Oh, and pickled peppers. Mostly, I have been freezing things as canning just hasn't agreed with me this summer. I am almost 6 months pregnant, and the heat and smell of canning most things has made me sick, so I decided to take the easy route and freeze alot more than usual. But now I have no space in our freezers for anything else! I have lots and lots of peppers and corn frozen, even some tomatoes that I just froze whole in the bag because I was running out of time with them. Hopefully that works out OK. I love hearing what other people are canning, it gives me motivation! |
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electricdunce
True Blue Farmgirl
2544 Posts
Karin
Belmont
ME
USA
2544 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 11:20:55 AM
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I' going to wait a while, hit the farmer's market when they are ready to practically give away their tomatoes, and then maybe Ill make some salsa. I barely planted anything because I was feeling so lousy...next year!
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #153
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michgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
148 Posts
Mary
Glendale
WI
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 4:40:01 PM
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| I will be slowing down a little in my canning because tomorrow is BACK TO SCHOOL! But I had a great summer - lots of jams, some chutneys and just did peach jam and then peach salsa. I want to try apple butter this year for the first time. I have made lots of applesauce, but want to try something new. It is so dry here my pickles are still in the patch, but I am looking forward to bread and butter pickles whenever we get some RAIN! Also hoping for some plum jam, so maybe I am not slowing down so much after all! |
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2008 : 4:44:49 PM
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I haven't been able to can as much as I would like this year. So far I've only made a batch of rhubarb jam and a batch of rhubarb chutney. I'm getting ready to clean out the freezer in the next two weeks tho to get ready for this years beef. I'm going to can up all of last years beef, whatever chicken I have in there and what's left of last years pork. I hope to yet can peaches, pears, and appleslices.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4179 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4179 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 03:56:37 AM
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Made grape jam yesterday. More to do today. Have to do a small batch of tomatoes, the first ones. Like everyone else, canning season is kicking into high gear now. One good thing, with 2 boys out of the house now, I don't need to do so much! But I am thinking of doing some as gifts!
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sweetproserpina
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
meg
Vinemount
Ontario
Canada
535 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 05:28:02 AM
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I'm slowly gearing up. This is the first year where I've really had the time to get a whole lot canned. So far this summer I've done dill pickles, chili sauce, salsa, strawberry jam, strawberry banana jam, peach jam, and apricot jam. (We're big jam people in this house :)
Today I'm going to do another batch of peach jam, and maybe freeze some peach pie filling. Going to pick up some more tomatoes too. Figure I'll do Oven-dried tomatoes for throwing on pizzas etc, and attempt some freezer tomato sauce. Soon I'll be busy with pears! Yay!
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
3659 Posts
Sherri
Elma
WA
USA
3659 Posts |
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 06:43:49 AM
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Been busy-busy this last month. It has been a slow summer for the produce to ripen up! So far in the freezer I have green beans, corn, zucchini, carrotts (more to come with them), peas, and peppers. As far as canning I have put up tons of berry jams, peaches, blackberries, cherries, jalapenos, dilly beans, hot pickle mix. The tomatos are just starting to ripen here too, so when they are ready I will be too! Still have to can pears and apples. Also we dehydrate a bunch of things too- beans, carrotts, potatos, peppers, apples, cabbage and whatever else doesn't get away from me!
With the produce being slow to come on this year, I really feel like I hadn't put much up. After looking at what I have done on "paper" I feel much better now. Also need to get a hold of a few more peaches, I am going to attempt peach butter this year, to mix in with my yogurt!
Happy canning everyone-Lillian |
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LindaEllen
True Blue Farmgirl
275 Posts
Linda
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 06:48:30 AM
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Been canning tomatoes, and making tomato juice with all the cherry maters. The food mill does a fine job extracting the juice. Neighbor let me have all the apples I want so been storing the juice in the freezer for jelly making later. I love the harvest kitchen smells in the Autumn.
Drying hot and sweet peppers, tomatoes, squash chips,herbs, even okra
mikesgirl oh that fresh tuna sounds so good. My grandmother would can carp and it would even taste better then the can tuna we get nowadays.
Happy canning all
linda
Locust Trail Homestead
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 07:05:51 AM
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I did some canning this weekend, not as much as I would normaly due to the garden or lack thereof... I put up some plain tomaotes, spagetti sauce, stewed tomatoes, salsa, dilly beans, sweet pickles and dill pickles.
Kim
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fiddlegirl89
True Blue Farmgirl
232 Posts
Kayla
Dunnville
KY
USA
232 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2008 : 3:51:15 PM
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I've canned tomatoes, green beans, hot peppers, and grape jelly so far. The tomato day was a full 12 hour day in the kitchen...I had picked 2 5 gallon buckets full! I was beat!
Yesterday I canned 16 pints of grape jelly...a friend from church brought me a bucket full of grapes...and it is really good! I've never really canned a lot until this year, and while it is a lot of work, I've really enjoyed it. Well, I should say that I enjoy the final product...gets tiring after 12 hours of work in the kitchen!
Tuna sounds good!
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
2900 Posts |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 05:59:14 AM
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i kind of lost the fire this year when most everyting came on and off too quickly
I was able to can a few quarts of tomatoes.
Beans didn't do diddly, but we stil have jars left over from last summer
Same w/ corn. Enough came on for us to just eat and enjoy, but not near enough to fool w/ dragging out all the canning supplies and such.
Now for jams and jellies.....I'll be cranking these out in time for our employee craft fair the first week in December.
Last year I sold out, so a lttle at a time will decrease stress and the last minute rush.
Canning is one of those things I have to be in the mood for and feel inspired to do. Otherwise i don't care to fool w/ it. It also helps if it's kind of crummy outside and am more forced to find something to do inside. |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 1:04:16 PM
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| Wow! I thought I had done alot of canning, then I saw what everyone esle has done. Goodness, people still do can. I went to get more jars a few weeks ago and most places I went to were sold out. So there are a lot of people putting up their own food. That's a good thing. That's weird to see that some of you are just getting started when I am done with summer stuff. All the tomatoes are gone and some of ya'lls are just coming in. I just thought everything came in at the same time everywhere. I've canned beans, plain tomatoes and sauce and juice, applesauce, spiced and gingered apples, apple butter, plum jelly, peppers, carrots and pickled okra. Also frozen corn apples, okra, brussels sprouts, peas. Drid tomatoes, squash zucchini, peppers. Sherri, where do you get tuna to can? Do you fish for it yourself? Sounds interesting. |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 4:54:30 PM
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Just getting into the thick of it. I have 3 jars dill spears, 4 jars sweet slices and 9 jars of sweet relish. We've had several frosts now and some of the cukes have been bit hard even though I cover. That's ok, I have plenty of pickles and relish now. I'll just downsize the garden a bit to finish off the stuff that I don't have enough of yet. I just finished canning 7 5-gallon buckets of elderberries into 10 quarts unsweetened juice and 19 pints of sweetened. We're set there. My cherry plums are ready and I'll tackle them this weekend. The bigger plums and apples around town aren't quite ready yet and the peaches won't be in for a couple more weeks (they come from out of town). Waiting for the tomatoes out of my garden. All of a sudden there are a ton of them! All small, of course, but I put the heater out there under this big tarp and I'm going to prolong the tomato and pepper beds as far into October as I can. I freeze everything else. No corn this year. The frost got it good; the silks had only just started turning brown. Oh, well, got lots of other stuff.
Farmgirl Sister #35
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bbteacher
True Blue Farmgirl
134 Posts
Bonnie
BALTIMORE
Maryland
USA
134 Posts |
Posted - Sep 03 2008 : 7:59:52 PM
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I did alot of canning earlier in the summer and now I'm canning applesauce, peaches and apples in sauce together, making peach butter and apple butter (in the oven-much easier than constant stirring and watching on the stove), put up 22 pints of spiced peaches and 12 pints of mint-apple chutney last week. I've got a zillion green tomatoes-for jam, relish and pickles, along with pumpkin to process. Our grapes didn't do so hot this year. I only got 8 quarts of juice-last year I canned 30 quarts. But I've got alot in my pantry and life is good!
Bonnie
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 05:45:11 AM
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Oh, I tried something new this year. I was given a box of apricots that were a little beyond the selling stage and made apricot butter. It turned out really good considering I don't much care for apricots. DH loves the stuff which I'm glad. I've canned far more this year than in years past and now it looks as though I will have to do a serious rearranging of my pantry to fit it all in. I have all the elderberry juice sitting out on the counter and some of the pickles on the floor in the pantry because the shelves are already full and I'm not done yet. What was that badge for fixing your pantry? I just might put in for that one.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 06:59:28 AM
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Lisa
What do you do with Apricot Butter? I see 'butter' recipes in the Ball Canning Bible and I haven't an idea what I would do with it? Is it to be used like jelly?
Kim
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
1207 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 07:13:33 AM
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I buy my canning supplies early and way more than I think I'll use. When our Walmart (only place in town) runs out of seasonal stuff, they don't get anymore in until next year. I run out of energy and/or produce before I run out of supplies.
People are getting back to canning and a whole new generation is learning how. There is a place in MO that teaches canning. My grandSONS are learning to can. They have been here learning to make pickles and salsa. Real life supporting food. WalMart is going to have to learn to stock more stuff cause canning is making a comeback. |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
2648 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 11:07:15 AM
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Kim, butters are used like jam - you can put it on toast, your bagel, english muffin, pancakes and waffles. I usually make peach, apple and plum butters. I only made the apricot butter as something to do with them, but I actually like it. Butter recipes are so easy, you should try them. Oh, they're only called butters because they are spread on bread and such; not because they have butter in them. A lot of folks misunderstand that part. I grew up on Grandma's apple butter and I just can't live without it.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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velvetcadi7
True Blue Farmgirl
54 Posts
Amy
Galva
IL
USA
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Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 12:04:59 PM
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I wish I would have known you all were out there 3 years ago when I was teaching myself how to can from library books!
Nothing beats that feeling when your family sits down for dinner and you know where everything came from. I have never considered myself into "organic" but nothing is better than homemade & homegrown! |
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Ms.Lilly
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Lillian
Scotts Mills
OR
USA
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Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 2:12:41 PM
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You can also stir fruit butters into plain yogurt, its yummy!
Lillian |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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nampafarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
494 Posts
Kim
Nampa
ID
USA
494 Posts |
Posted - Sep 05 2008 : 09:55:55 AM
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I find canning jars at the local DI (deseret industries) Sally's (Salavation Army) and othe second hand stores. I usually buy them for a dollor a box.
Lisa, thanks for the butter explanation. Now I will try some.
Kim
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