amyd

This is probably a silly question, but what do you do with the whole, peeled, carrot? Do you just add it whole to the mixture while cooking and discard after putting everything else into jars? Or do you do something like shred it and add to the sauce? Just want to be sure before I make this.

I canned 7 pints of Darlene's chicken soup over the weekend for Christmas gifts. Dh's brother, Dh's friend and my uncle are all single and live alone. I plan to give them each a couple of pints with a baggie of egg noogles. My two co-workers that I share an office with will get quarts, I did them quite a while ago.

I've also heard they don't like Pine Sol. We had some mice several years ago one fall. I set pint jars with about an inch of un-diluted pine sol (even sprung for the real stuff, no generic) in the corners of areas I'd seen them or evidence of them. That and some traps did the trick.

I have 7 quarts of chicken soup ready to go in the canner. I just ate a bowl for lunch and it is SOOO good! Used Darlene's recipe here.