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Farm Kitchen:  What is everyone canning?  |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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 Posted - Oct 05 2024 : 07:05:13 AM
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Great idea Michelle. Will borrow your idea the next time I want to put something up in a wee jar.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4284 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Oct 06 2024 : 02:44:02 AM
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Sara, a girls got to do what a girls got to do to get the job done. Got 7 quarts of beef stock canned up yesterday. Today I will can beef tips. My ma is going to come down and help. Won't take long to prep and get them in the canner. Clearing out the freezer ahead of butchering time. Nice to be prepared.
Farming in WI
Michele
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2909 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Oct 06 2024 : 10:20:57 AM
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So, I ordered a steam canner. Did I need it? No. But I have been reading how you can water bath much quicker with much less water.
That's my story and I'm stickin to it. LOL
Any of you gals use one?
Michele, I need to do some beef stock also. I have some nice soup bones that should probably be used up.
So nice to spend a day with your ma.
Mine is gone, but I remember her coming to my house and we snapped beans for what seemed like forever while we watched tennis (her favorite, and my second, after figure skating). Good memories. |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Oct 06 2024 : 11:00:23 AM
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Lisa, I had a steam canner back in the day when all I did was jellies and pickles. I liked it and best I can remember I never had a lid not seal. It was over 30 years ago and I think they have been improved since then. As Michelle would say Happy Steam Canning!
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4284 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4284 Posts |
Posted - Oct 07 2024 : 03:22:45 AM
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Good luck with the steam canner Lisa. I never used one.
All 6 jars sealed of the beef tips. I wrote down how many steaks we used and to increase the gravy. I was hoping to get 8 jars, but that did not happen.
Farming in WI
Michele
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7174 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - Oct 07 2024 : 1:25:17 PM
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Heather, I can relate to your niece. When something should be crunchy it's hard to have it not be lol!
That is awesome Michele. Next year I would love to have a bigger crop of banana peppers. They are just so yummy.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4284 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4284 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2024 : 03:19:52 AM
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Today will be canning pineapple day. I got 4 on sale for a dollar a piece, which I thought was a good deal. I plan on boiling the cores to make the water to go into the jars. Never done them before, usually they are too expensive.
Farming in WI
Michele
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7080 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2024 : 05:57:23 AM
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Michelle, like you I have never canned pineapple so looking forward to hearing how yours turns out. Boiling the core for the juice is a great idea.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4284 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4284 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2024 : 03:00:52 AM
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The pineapple turned out so pretty in the jars. I got 10 pints from 4 pineapples. One jar did not seal, so that is in the fridge to try. Other then a pain cutting up 4 pineapples, it was pretty easy. Success.
Farming in WI
Michele
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7080 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2024 : 10:41:06 AM
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Michelle, chopping up anything is always the hardest thing for me. You must so proud of your pretty jars of pineapple.
I prepped yesterday to can ground beef today but I was awake most of the night so today I cooked the ground beef with all ingredients to have ready to can tomorrow. I always have a plan B in my hip pocket. lol Aldi had 4 lbs of grass fed 93/7 ground beef on sale so I couldn't resist it so that's why I'm in the process of canning ground beef. Had planned on getting back to canning dried beans.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2909 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2909 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2024 : 12:48:22 PM
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Sara, I love Aldi. My go to store, if only it were closer (and unfortunately no delivery in my neck of the woods).
Still working through the tomatoes, some roasted and some chunked. The steam canner works well and does heat up so much faster. I read where some people use their pressure canners without the valve cover for the same thing.
Michele, I will keep my eye out for pineapple on sale. It is hubs favorite. |
Edited by - nubidane on Oct 11 2024 12:49:06 PM |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7080 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2024 : 1:07:46 PM
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Lisa, my electric pressure canner also can be used as water bath canner with the regulator off. Glad you like your new toy.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7080 Posts |
Posted - Oct 12 2024 : 1:41:23 PM
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Canned 5 pints of seasoned ground beef using recipe in my Ball Blue Book. The recipe only made 5 pints with 1/2 a cup leftover so I canned one pint of water so the jars wouldn't dance around while processing. Tomorrow I will have the leftover ground beef with macaroni.
Forgot to say they all sealed, doing the happy dance.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Edited by - YellowRose on Oct 12 2024 1:43:25 PM |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4284 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4284 Posts |
Posted - Oct 13 2024 : 03:01:43 AM
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I can picture you dancing in the kitchen Sara!!
Farming in WI
Michele
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2909 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2909 Posts |
Posted - Oct 13 2024 : 09:32:26 AM
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My idea for a T Shirt
The Ping is a Beautiful Thing
LOL
Anyway, I have done 14 quarts of chunked tomatoes and 5 pints of roasted in the steam canner, and they all sealed. So even though I didn't need the steam canner, it appears to be effective. |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7080 Posts |
Posted - Oct 13 2024 : 10:20:23 AM
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Lisa, I like it.
Good job on your tomatoes. You might not have needed it when you got it but you may find out with using it you needed it all along.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2909 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2909 Posts |
Posted - Oct 13 2024 : 10:57:42 AM
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
1615 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 13 2024 : 6:35:54 PM
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16 pints of corn today! All sealed! :) Love those happy little pings! :)
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4284 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4284 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2024 : 03:42:41 AM
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Great idea Lisa. You and Karen are keeping things pinging. Does the steam canner speed up the process? I did not need the electric pressure canner either, but it sure did free me up to do other things!
Farming in WI
Michele
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7080 Posts |
Posted - Oct 14 2024 : 06:55:58 AM
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Karen, good job on putting up your corn.
Lisa, I've been thinking that maybe you might need a picture of a mason jar on the tee shirt for all the people that wouldn't have an idea what ping was all about.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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lovecatsandsunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
301 Posts
Tara
Sands of Time
SC
USA
301 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2024 : 12:50:37 PM
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Anyone can collards? I'm thinking of freezing some in 1/2 pound batches. I dont buy greens in metal cans as the salt is too high.
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7080 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2024 : 1:59:36 PM
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Tara, I haven't canned collards but have dried collards, mustard & turnip greens, and kale to use in soup. I don't like dried greens as a side dish but they are fine in soup.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4284 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4284 Posts |
Posted - Oct 21 2024 : 04:13:08 AM
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I don't even know what collards look like.......lol. Good luck if canning them.
Farming in WI
Michele
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7080 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7080 Posts |
Posted - Oct 24 2024 : 08:00:08 AM
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Not canning today but did enjoy the fruit of my labor for breakfast on my side porch. In the oven I cooked two eggs nestled in my pizza sauce and topped toast with my cherry preserves. Also had a small avocado. Annie enjoyed being outside in the front yard and made sure the street was safe. Didn't eat till after 9 so breakfast will be my big meal for the day.
Michelle, all you need to know about collard greens
https://www.allrecipes.com/article/what-are-collard-greens/
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Edited by - YellowRose on Oct 24 2024 08:03:37 AM |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4284 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4284 Posts |
Posted - Oct 25 2024 : 03:49:16 AM
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Thank you Sara, for that information on collard greens. I don't think I will be looking for them anytime soon, lol.
I did try the pineapple I canned, very good even with out added sugar. If you can get them on sale they are well worth doing.
Farming in WI
Michele
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