canning question

[bluegrassmom]

I would like to can some polish sausage and pepperoni to put in food storage. Is this possible????

 

Thanks

Patty

[Guest Guest]

I have a hard pepperoni that is fine in the cupboard. Now for polish sausage... mmmm.. my mouth is watering!

[ricardo]

Speaking of canners.....

 

I got mine in the mail yesterday!

 

Hubby ordered a 21 Qt. for me. Mine

 

It's so shiny and has a rack!

[logcabinmama]

I know of some people who canned hot dogs and used them, but we canned some but didn't use them.

 

Grubby, that looks like my canner, but of course mine is about 34 years old now.

 

I'm so glad you got one.

[ricardo]

Quote:

that looks like my canner, but of course mine is about 34 years old now.

My grandma gave me hers and I've been using it and it's
pretty old too! Except it's a Wisconsin All American.

[Guest Guest]

grubby you have 2 canners???

 

so now you can do double the canning! if your older one doesn't have a rack inside, you can aleays use canning rings set on the bottom.

[Guest Guest]

arklatex, first of all, welcome to MrsS!

 

Second of all, in answer to your question, I make my own sausage, including Polish Kielbasa. I don't do the smoked Kielbasa, but I do make the fresh.

 

It is possible to can fresh sausage. The instructions in the Blue Ball canning book state:

 

Make sausage and shape into patties or 3-4" links. Cook until lightly browned and drain. Pack hot sausage into hot jars, leaving 1" headspace. Ladle hot broth over sausage, leaving 1" headspace. Remove air bubbles. Adjust 2 piece caps. Process pints 1 hour and 15 minutes, quarts 1 hour and 30 minutes at 20lbs pressure in a steam-pressure canner.

 

Note: do not use sage to season sausage as it may become bitter.

 

When I make my fresh kielbasa it has no sage in it so that's not a concern. My breakfast sausage has sage in it, so I wouldn't try to can that, I just fry patties up and freeze them and then heat up later in the toaster oven. For my italian sausage, there is no sage, so that is a piece of cake too.

 

Good luck and let us know if you have any other questions.

[m0naj0]

congratulations on the new canner! You are going to have so much fun! I have ground beef in the refrig waiting for me to turn it into chili and then can it.

 

[bluegrassmom]

THank you Darlene for your answer. Have been canning lots of meat this week. Both of my freezers are full so I am trying to make more room.

 

Patty

 

[Guest Guest]

lol You sound like me...I fill the freezers up and then can't buy anything else until I get the meat processed in canning.

 

I *had* a little room in one freezer but I think I maxed it out with chicken breasts I bought yesterday (I don't know for sure cause I had my son put it in the freezer).

[beavercreekmom]

Hello-

 

Just to double check - meat, including store bought kielbasa can be canned.

 

- sourkraut can be canned

 

 

- potatoes can be canned

 

SO...

 

does this mean I can cook up combined kielbasa, sourkraut and potatoes, like I feed to my family and pressure can it? And if I can, how do I do it?

[Prickle]

Sauerkraut is usually water bathed so I'd be afraid it would turn to mush if pressure canned.

[Violet]

Sorry, no.

Also, that is fresh sausage, not the kielbasa. When it says to remove from the casings, that is fresh, link sausages, not smoked ones. You will often find that those kinds of sausages, and hot dogs, contain dried milk powder, etc. Things not safe to can.

http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/can_05/ground_chopped.html

You would can the sauerkraut in the BWB. The potatoes in the pressure canner. And the sausage like that should be frozen.