YYY Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Hi Everybody, As some of you may remember, I am very new to canning. I just started this past fall, and I still sometimes feel intimidated by recipes with lots of ingredients. I found a recipe on another board – FluWiki - for canning meatballs. There are only 2 ingredients to heat and then process. It’s so-o-o simple that even the intimidated among us can feel more confident. It is truly a recipe for newbies and everybody else. So I thought I’d share. http://www.newfluwiki2.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=655 Under “keep those canners going”, Hillbilly Bill says, “I have been buying bags of frozen meatballs from Sams/Walmart. There are 80 or so in a bag and I fit 9 meatballs in a wide mouth pint jar and cover them with inexpensive Ragu marinara sauce. I can get 8 wide mouth pints in my canner and I use 3 jars of sauce. There is just enough left over meatballs and sauce to have pasta for lunch.” I found the meatballs at Walmart for about $5. Pressure can pints for 75 minutes and quarts for 90 minutes. I hope this helps. YYY Link to comment
Darlene Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 YYY... I'm a member over at fluwiki too and am a frequent voice in their canning threads. Hillbilly Bill is an absolute sweetheart, but he's not necessarily experienced with home canning, so just be wise in which recipes others share. Kathy in FL is another really sweet girl, but her and I have had differences of opinion on home canning. It's all a journey and we all learn as we go. Link to comment
YYY Posted January 24, 2007 Author Share Posted January 24, 2007 Darlene, Was this particular recipe a good recipe? I canned 6 pints of meatballs for 75 minutes. I don't want us to eat this if it is no good - healthwise. Please let me know. YYY Link to comment
HSmom Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 I would think that if the meatballs you purchased contained bread crumbs or egg that those would make it a no-no. If the meatballs were just meat & seasonings, it should be fine. Also, watch that Ragu for thickeners. That's another no-no. Link to comment
Darlene Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 YYY, Just look at the ingredients...the meatballs were frozen, which has different requirements than home canning. That should give you an idea whether this is something you'd wanna do in the future. Link to comment
YYY Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 HSmom and Darlene, Thanks for your responses. I don't want to take any chances with our health, so I threw the meatballs out. Better safe than sorry, YYY Link to comment
HSmom Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Bummer. I hate to waste food. But I agree with you: better to be safe. Link to comment
Violet Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 YYY, you will find that there is a lot of information published both in books and online, from well meaning folks, but they don't have any training in food preservation safety. Stick with reliable sources, like the Ball Blue Book or the USDA/ university websites or books, then you know your homecanned foods will be safe. Your local county extension has publications, too, but you can get the info free online. This is a really good one, from the National Center for Home Food Preservation : http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/index.html You can trust it, for sure. I am sorry you had to throw out your food, but as the motto goes, "when in doubt, throw it out ". I agree with the others, the meatballs and commercial sauce probably contained things not safe to can at home. We have a more limited ability to can things because we don't have commercial equipment or ingredients. This is how we all learn, so don't give up. We have all made our canning mistakes. Link to comment
Darlene Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Quote: We have all made our canning mistakes. Wanna know why I'm so strongly against canning with flour products like pasta? CAUSE I DID IT! rofl And *they* were right! And Violet is right, alot of people on the web will purport that they can this thing or that thing, when in reality it really isn't a wise thing to do. The references she gave you are the best of the best, so they will be a solid default for you. I WISH I could can *this* or *that* also, but when home canning, part of the process is being responsible for accepting the limitations it brings. Even with those limitations, there a huge world out there of things that are more than safe to home can. Link to comment
Tammy Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 never mind... LOLOL.. I found my answer on another thread...... Thanks anyhow! Link to comment
GirlNextDoor Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 Can you dehydrate meatballs or would you still have to freeze them? Link to comment
Violet Posted July 30, 2009 Share Posted July 30, 2009 You cannot dehydrate any meats other that jerky. Not ground meat jerky, no ground meats at all. Only lean sliced meat for jerky. No dairy, no eggs, nothing protein other than jerky done safely. Link to comment
FINE Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 but homemade meatballs- just meat- would be okay? Link to comment
Violet Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 No, absoloutely no meats other than lean jerky. No hamburger, no meatballs. Sorry. The meat will grow bacteria before it dries. Link to comment
FINE Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 No, absoloutely no meats other than lean jerky. No hamburger, no meatballs. Sorry. The meat will grow bacteria before it dries. I'm sorry Violet! I meant pressure canned meatballs. They are okay, yes? Link to comment
Violet Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Yes, pressure canned, plain meatballs, are fine. http://web1.msue.msu.edu/imp/mod01/01600473.html Link to comment
Prickle Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 Do the canned meat balls stay meat ball shaped? Link to comment
Tammy Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Do the canned meat balls stay meat ball shaped? Mine are still little meatball shaped in the jar......not sure what will happen when I take them out of the jar though.....hoping they will still stay little ball shaped and not crumbled chunk shaped. Link to comment
Violet Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 They normally stay in meatballs and not fall apart. Hamburger patties do, too. Link to comment
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