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Farm Kitchen:  What is everyone canning?  |
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
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 Posted - Jan 15 2020 : 2:51:16 PM
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I had the same result with my Bingo beans Sara!
My book recommends, for the most part, 1/2 cup per pint and 1 cup per quart, with the exception of: black, navy and garbanzo, which can do 3/4 pints and 1.5 for quarts, and 1/4 cup pints/ 1/2 cup quarts for lentils, and 1/3cup pints/2/3 cup quarts for split peas.
I’m glad you tried it! We have devoured the ones I did last week. |
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 15 2020 : 2:54:49 PM
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| My question today: can I process my frozen Anaheim chiles? To process fresh I roasted and peeled fruits, diced, covered with hot water and processed. The only difference in my frozen peppers is that they went into the freezer between roasting and peeling. Shouldn’t it be ok to go on and process them? |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7108 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 15 2020 : 2:55:59 PM
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Sara which canning book do you have? None of mine mention no soaking.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 16 2020 : 12:08:34 PM
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| The title is The Complete Guide to Pressure Canning (which it is not) and the author is Diane Devereaurx. |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7108 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 17 2020 : 03:01:39 AM
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Thanks Sara, I checked it out on Amazon and can't decide if I want to order it or not. Cookbooks are a weakness of mine and if I bought everyone I liked I would soon be in the "poor house".  
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2915 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Jan 17 2020 : 07:45:06 AM
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Sara, I do 2/3 cup per pint, which works good for pintos, black beans, kidneys, great northern etc. Probably a little less than 1/2 for limas etc.
When I did garbanzos, there was very little expansion, so 3/4 cup may work for them. |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7108 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 17 2020 : 08:05:44 AM
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Thanks Lisa. Comparing the taste of beans soaked and beans not I find I like the no-soak ones the best. They were cooked perfectly. The true test will be on the heirloom beans that have really tough skins.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 17 2020 : 11:49:40 AM
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| Sara, the book has basic how-to instructions and then recipes to can. So you could probably save your dollars for a more fun cookbook! |
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 17 2020 : 12:04:04 PM
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Yesterday I processed the frozen Anaheims from my freezer. They seem to have turned out well. The ones done with fresh produce may have held their form a little better but otherwise they look the same. They made nine half-pints. And now I have a little more room for fresh pork in the freezer.
Today I am canning some dried beans from my Kentucky pole bean crop to see how they taste. I finished shelling all that I picked and have two quarts dry beans, plus 3 cups rattlesnake beans. I only did three pints today in case they just aren’t worth it. I put four pints of black beans in the canner too, to make a full batch.
I also did something I haven’t done before: I started the processing and forgot to take my weight out of the canner! Have you ever made that mistake? It was all locked down and done venting for ten minutes and I looked around for the weight and suddenly realized it was inside with the jars!! Lordy! I had to shut it down and wait for all to cool enough to open the lid and fish it out. Seat me back about half an hour! |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7108 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 17 2020 : 12:58:28 PM
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Thanks for the canid review, Sara. I think I'll skip it.
Do rattlesnake beans have another name? I haven't heard of them before.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7108 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 18 2020 : 07:12:32 AM
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I'm canning hambone broth today so as I wait for the jars to come out of the pressure canner I'm thinking about what I have learned from all you.
First - sometime last year I learned I no longer had to keep lids hot before putting on jars. That's a biggy for me and it made canning so mush easier for me.
Second - no soak when canning dried beans. Wow! Talk about being so much easier.
So thank you all again and so looking forward to what new thing I learn about canning this year.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4313 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4313 Posts |
Posted - Jan 19 2020 : 03:28:46 AM
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I learn so much for everyone here also. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, it is amazing.
Farming in WI
Michele
FGOTM June2019
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 21 2020 : 08:48:41 AM
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Wow Sara! You are thanking us? If not for your very regular canning posts, I would never have dived into this wonderful world of pressure canning!
My question for today regards the jiggle of the weight on my pressure canner. To those who use a weighted gauge, can you please describe an acceptable jiggle? I struggle to try to find a sweet spot where mine jiggles “three to four times per minute” as my instructions say. I always settle with a constant jiggle, and sometimes I come close to running out of water in the canner. But when I adjust up and down (on my gas stove) I end up with pressure changes in the jars and lose water from inside them. How do you guys do it? |
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Tumbleweed
True Blue Farmgirl
1036 Posts
Nancy
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2020 : 1:05:32 PM
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I am so excited! We are getting the last of our stuff from Fort Worth and moving it to our home in East Texas. My canning cupboard has already found its place next to my freezer in the side entry room off the kitchen. I keep all my canning tools in there. They are off limits to Hubby. I can't wait to make blackberry jam in my new kitchen listening to old country and bluegrass on the radio!
TW
STAND FOR THE FLAG...KNEEL AT THE CROSS !
Grateful, Thankful and Blessed!
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4313 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4313 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2020 : 02:58:10 AM
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Good luck with the move Nancy and putting stuff away. A big job. Sara, I have an antique pressure canner with a gauge. I do have a small 6 quart pressure cooker that I keep the weight gently rocking when using. 3-4 times a minute sounds pretty hard to achieve.
Farming in WI
Michele
FGOTM June2019
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2020 : 07:51:03 AM
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Thanks Michele, that makes me feel better.
Nancy, I am excited for you!, what fun to set up in a new place outside of the city! Are you in a smaller town? Do you have room to garden? And will you pick wild blackberries for that jam or grow your own?
I love a new adventure! |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7108 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2020 : 08:07:02 AM
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40 degrees and dense fog this morning but it's a toasty 50 in my Yellow Rose Cottage with the electric heater and steam from electric water bath canner. Got 4 pints mushroom broth in pressure canner.
Tomorrow I'm canning a pie pumpkin for my sister. Pumpkin can be canned if it's not pureed and canned in hunks like sweet potatoes. Speaking of sweet potatoes I will start canning them hopefully on Wed. Got two grocery bags to can so it will take several days.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7108 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7108 Posts |
Posted - Jan 27 2020 : 11:36:16 AM
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For all of you who look for easier ways to do something here's a hint. The recipe for canning sweet potatoes calls for boiling the potatoes until the peels are easily removed. Well, I don't like handling big pots of boiling water - I no longer have the strength. So, today I washed the sweet potatoes but did not dry. Stuck each with the point of a knife in several places and put on parchment paper lined cookie-sheet. Baked the potatoes for 15 min at 350. I held them with a paper towel as I peeled them. Much easier for me. In a couple of days I will do the next batch the same way.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2020 : 08:24:55 AM
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| Sara, not that it would be easier, but could you peel them with a vegetable peeler? Or is the partial cooking important to the processing? |
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2020 : 08:28:41 AM
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| Yesterday I made three batches of grape jelly from juice that had collected in my deep freeze over a couple of years. All 12 pints will be given away, as we just don’t use jams much around here anymore. Nevertheless, life just wouldn’t be right if I didn’t make jam! |
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Tumbleweed
True Blue Farmgirl
1036 Posts
Nancy
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jan 29 2020 : 11:58:03 AM
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Good tip Sara YR!
SARA M, When I tried to make grape jelly all I got was grape syrup. What do you add to thicken it to a jelly?
TW
STAND FOR THE FLAG...KNEEL AT THE CROSS !
Grateful, Thankful and Blessed!
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7108 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Jan 29 2020 : 12:33:54 PM
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Sara, I wondered myself if partial cooking was necessary to the process. My hands wouldn't hold up to using a vegetable peeler for more than two potatoes at a time. Most days I have little strength in my hands.
The cold wet weather has kept me out of the cottage so no canning. I finished cooking the sweet potatoes today; put them through a sieve; and will make sweet potato pie for sisters and freezer.
Just when I thought I had nothing else to do my sister dropped by with 2 1/2 lbs fresh ginger in a $2 marked down bag. She said I would know what to do with it and it was such a good buy. Looks like I'll be elbow deep in candying ginger. Never attempted it. Any suggestions on making the process easier for me.
Sara~~~ FarmGirl Sister #6034 8/25/14
FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015. & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2020 : 9:10:43 PM
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Oooo! Candied ginger, a favorite!
I make candied ginger and in fact need to do some that I have in the fridge right now. Your biggest obstacle is going to be peeling it, as we were just discussing above. My advice is to call back your sister and get her to help you! I wish I lived next door, I’d go help you with that.
Since it was both marked down and free to you, you might just take some straight cuts down each side, ignoring the nubbin branches, and sacrifice a bit of the root in the process, to reduce peeling time. Also tho, I find that it keeps really well in the fridge. Since I’m guessing you won’t be canning it and needing a full batch all at one time, you could just handle small amounts and spread out the work over days. What process are you thinking you’ll use? |
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saram
True Blue Farmgirl
521 Posts
Sara
Biggs
CA
USA
521 Posts |
Posted - Jan 29 2020 : 9:14:23 PM
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Nancy, my grape jelly recipe calls for 5 cups juice, 5 cups sugar and 1 pkg pectin. Boil 1 minute after adding sugar. Process in boiling bath 5 minutes.
These three batches all turned out nice and set. |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4313 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4313 Posts |
Posted - Jan 30 2020 : 02:59:55 AM
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well I happen to have some ginger in my fridge, what do I do with it?? I have kept it in the fridge, but if there is something better, I would love some suggestions. I had gotten it when we had colds and were doing alot of coughing. I made a tea out of it and it helped loosen things up. Grape jelly sounds good, I like grape jam even better. Pop the pulp out in one pan and the skins go in another with as little water as possible. cook them both down, strain the pulp into the skins, add sugar and cook for a little bit and done. there is a recipe in the ball canning book.
Farming in WI
Michele
FGOTM June2019
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