Daelith Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Love the peaches. I really should try to at least get some peaches to do a batch of peach conserve. Quote Link to comment
Homesteader Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Five quarts of tomatoes. I give many tomatoes away and the blemished ones are canned around here. There's plenty for everyone. Also processed 26 containers of honey from our hive.They will make Christmas presents and gifts to neighbors who enjoy our bees pollinating the local flower gardens. Quote Link to comment
Igarden2 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Quarts of tomatoes in the canner. Woohoo!! OK, tomatoes sound soooo prosaic. However, with the cool summer we've had, just seeing a ripe tomato is cause for celebration. Quote Link to comment
kappydell Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 SCOOOORE! (Hadda say it...) Yesterday room-mate walks in with a bushel of cucumbers from the neighbor. He was going to throw them away because they were bearing heavily and nobody over there had time (or I suspect inclination, in this heat) to can them. Canned 40 pints of assorted pickles...bread & butter, hamburger dill slices, celery-infused pickles, and so on. Finally got down to the last 4 pints (not enough for another canner load) made those into refrigerator pickles using ye-olde 'universial pickle' recipe. Could have frozen some I suppose, but they last longer canned (and not all that much room in the freezer right now)... No way am I letting all those cucumbers go to waste! Took much of the day, but still managed to bake some bread, get dinner, and sneak in a couple hours of fishing! Tomorrow we tote all those jars downstairs. Worth every bit of effort. Quote Link to comment
Twilight Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 My canning is over unless something else comes along. In the last 3 weeks I have canned tomatoes 53 pints, in various ways one bushel of nectarines into preserves, jam and halves one bushel of Bartlett pears in halves, chopped, fruit cocktail just finished this morning the chicken 18 qts. I think all my pints have been filled, but still have plenty of quarts left for meat. Quote Link to comment
Homesteader Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Was given several bags of Concord grapes. I read the Ball book instructions and ended up with a juice that was way too strong for us. I opened several quarts of our canned apple cider and thinned down the grape juice. Yummy! I recanned all of the juice and have many pints of grape/cider juice for this winter. Quote Link to comment
Homesteader Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Canned 14 pints of green beans yesterday. Quote Link to comment
Homesteader Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Another 5 pints of green beans today. Not huge, but they do add up over time. We're still eating as much as we want throughout the weeks. Quote Link to comment
WormGuy Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 8 quarts of apples in a light syrup. John Quote Link to comment
mommato3boys Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Well I thought I would get out canning this year since I have had the dehydrator going almost 24/7. But were blessed with a huge sack of deer meat, from another person I was given 10# of bones, they didn't know what to do them so they stuck them in the freezer. Plus I caught ground pork discounted. Today and tomorrow I am on vacation so here are the plans... Deer Meat - turned in to stew and canned Deer Meat - turned in to chili and canned (with beans of course they are soaking as I type) Deer Meat - just canned with no seasoning except salt Bones are in the crock pot with onion, pepper and salt. Going to make beef broth out of them which will be canned. Ground pork turned into Italian sausage which dictates making spaghetti. Not sure what part of VACATION I do not understand but that is my to do list for this weekend. Oh and I have about 15 pounds of apples that I need to make applebutter out of - yes that will happen this weekend also. Me thinks I need a bigger kitchen. Quote Link to comment
Daelith Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Your vacation sounds like the way mine usually go. Quote Link to comment
WormGuy Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 5 quarts, 1 pint of apple pie filling. John Quote Link to comment
WormGuy Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 8 quarts of apples. John Quote Link to comment
mom11 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 We finished canning 56 quarts of apple juice, 48 quarts of apple cider, 87 quarts of applesauce, 133 pints of grape juice, 51 twelve oz. jars grape jelly, 13 more quarts of green beans...Took about a week though...Tomorrow hopefully apple jelly and more green beans...Then the canners get packed away for a while.... Quote Link to comment
kully Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Mommato3boys and Mom11--- What yall need is a bigger kitchen and a bunch of helpers. Whew, I'm tired just hearing what you have done!!! Mom11, where in the world do you store so many jars? Mommato3boys, wish someone would give me some deer meat. Your bunch will be eating good this winter! Quote Link to comment
Virginia Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 White potatoes, qts and pints. We bought 50 lbs for $5. Quote Link to comment
mom11 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Mommato3boys and Mom11--- What yall need is a bigger kitchen and a bunch of helpers. Whew, I'm tired just hearing what you have done!!! Mom11, where in the world do you store so many jars? Mommato3boys, wish someone would give me some deer meat. Your bunch will be eating good this winter! We built cinder block and board shelves, that line the 4 basement rooms, wall to wall.....And then there are more jars piled on the floor. It took a long time to get to this level. I set money aside, for fruit, meat etc...Then buy a bin of apples, 12 boxes of grapes, a cow...But I have to keep this in mind all year long...My chicks know the season...Cherry time, peach time, apples, grapes, meat, veggies....We eventually got 4 pressure canners, 3 steam juicers, and our Mennonite friends bought us a wonderful outdoor, stainless steal water bath canner...Really this is all we do, besides school...Gardening, canning, maple tapping, home projects....We have our grow tunnels almost complete for our winter garden...I guess we are gamblers...Seed gamblers! Someone came to do a repair here and they guy wanted to know how long did all this take us...I couldn't even guess..Depends on what you count...Growing, prepping, canning...My daughter said to just say "It's a lifestyle!" Really it is....The thing is, the more you do for your own, the less you want store bought...So we are spoiled....(We also now share very LITTLE...Selfish huh!?) Quote Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Yesterday I got 11 jars off applesauce done- 10 pints & 1 12oz jar. Quote Link to comment
WormGuy Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 11 quarts of apples. John Quote Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 6.5 half pints of Caramel Apple Jam. Quote Link to comment
WormGuy Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 6.5 half pints of Caramel Apple Jam. Showoff!! John Quote Link to comment
Trudy Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I just took 7 quarts of purple hull peas out of the canner! Looks to be about 5 bags to go in the freezer. One more bushel to do tomorrow. I'd rather have them all in the freezer, but space is limited. I'm cooking some to eat later. My house smells so good! I love fresh peas! (I usually lay a few pods of whole okra on top of my peas, but I'm too tired to go digging in the freezer to find them.) Quote Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 6.5 half pints of Caramel Apple Jam. Showoff!! John I feel like it's battle of the apples, the way we keep listing apple-y goodies, LOL. I don't mind sharing the recipe It tastes like Cracker Barrel Fried Apples. My wheels have been turning since I figured that out. http://www.thesimpledollar.com/homemade-gift-series-3-caramel-apple-jam/ Quote Link to comment
mom11 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 We always say apples are the worst to can...Such a mess...Then the grapes come..... We always pray the apples are done, before the grapes come, but this year...They were here together! What an icky, sticky mess! Thankfully all done now! Quote Link to comment
ArmyOfFive4God Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Yum, Mom11! Today I did 8 pints of Fried Apples. I had a bunch of syrup leftover & about a pint worth of the apple slices left. I whizzed them with my immersion blender, ran them through a sieve to get the skins out & canned 6 half pints of apple-cinnamon pancake syrup. Oh.My.WORD!!! DELISH! Quote Link to comment
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