Midnightmom Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 4 hours ago, Necie said: Make wine!!! 🍷 How??? Remember, these were made with a sugar substitute. 1 Link to comment
Midnightmom Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I actually have 3 1/2 cases of the strawberry jam I made last year. It looked delicious back then, now, not so much. Apparently, sugar just isn't for flavor, but also functions as a preservative - especially in "preserving" the color of the fruit in the jam. I believe I used Swerve when I jarred these up. Not at all appetizing, and I don't eat a lot of it anyway, so I am pretty sure they are going to get dumped. THEN: NOW: 4 Link to comment
Necie Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 5 hours ago, Midnightmom said: How??? Remember, these were made with a sugar substitute. I’m not sure, but... I’m an experimenter. I’d use a hydrometer. Dump the jam in a bucket, add water, add sugar to get my settings where I want them, add yeast... go from there. I did this once with a bunch of old jellies/jams. I don’t like *sweets*, DH will only eat Welch’s grape, the kids had all moved out and didn’t want them. Made an awesome *Sangria*. 🍷 There was every type of fruit imaginable in that stuff!! lol 2 Link to comment
Jeepers Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Yikes Midnightmom. I've heard of ugly chicken but ugly strawberry jam... I plan to can some strawberry pie filling this summer and I did think about it fading. But I didn't think about it changing color like that. I wonder if that is another reason most people put a dash of red food coloring in their strawberry and cherry pie filling? I hadn't planned on adding the coloring to mine. But yeah, that's pretty unappetizing. 3 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Jeepers, I am glad you are feeling better. Definitely sounds like you need an adjustment in your meds. Yep, that is for sure ugly strawberry jam. I don't eat enough of it to warrant making jam any longer. So, I just buy a few jars, and use it up till I am down to one and then replenish it. I do have a few more jars than I would normally store because of GS using it. Wine sounds like a good idea. Wonder how that would work with the jelly. Not sure what else I will be canning next. Need to pull out the coolers in order to dig down to the bottom of the deep freeze. 2 Link to comment
Midnightmom Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 11 hours ago, Littlesister said: Yep, that is for sure ugly strawberry jam. I don't eat enough of it to warrant making jam any longer. So, I just buy a few jars, and use it up till I am down to one and then replenish it. I do have a few more jars than I would normally store because of GS using it. You can use this recipe to make one jar at a time: no pectin and no water bath canning needed. And, it is delicious!!! It is my new "go to" recipe. Water, strawberries, allulose, lemon juice, xantham gum 1 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Midnightmom, that idea might work good for me. Just make a jar at a time. I know of the freezer jam but have never made it before. Time to rethink my jelly issue. 1 Link to comment
snapshotmiki Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Re-canned baked beans from 2/ #10 cans. Pressure canned using the same directions as regular beans. 2 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Miki, the beans turned out great. Looking good. 1 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 When I went to the store earlier today, I bought 2 roasts, pork loin and some small round steaks. Just need to buy chicken tenders, salmon and lamb to make the baby food meats. Will start canning all that either tomorrow or Saturday. Just went to Harris Teeter today for the sales as I had to use my $10 coupon before it expired plus it was senior discount day. Good savings. Going to Food Lion in the morning to get the chicken, check to see if they have lamb and salmon. The chicken is on sale. Not sure on the others yet. Might have to hit Kroger. She's still good on the veggies I think but will check with her tomorrow on that. 2 Link to comment
Jeepers Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 I need to get some more canning done soon too. I have meat in the freezer and I'd rather move it in jars than frozen. Especially 6 hours away with no air in the Jeep. I could get ice but that would get messy and melt fast. Better to can it I think. 2 Link to comment
Midnightmom Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 ForJars BOGO Sale! https://forjars.shop/ 3 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Going to be checking that out for sure. 1 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Canning beef and pork for the baby. Found out that the only place I can find lamb is at Aldi's. So, I have a doctor appointment on Tuesday down where Aldi's is. So will stop in there after the appointment and then I will can up lamb and chicken the following day. 3 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 Found some skinless chicken in freezer so canned that today and also canning potatoes. Had to many potatoes and didn't want those to go bad. So, in the canner they went. 2 Link to comment
The WE2's Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 On 6/27/2024 at 8:23 PM, Jeepers said: I have meat in the freezer and I'd rather move it in jars than frozen Same here. Put my new All American pressure canner to use a couple of weeks ago, but need to get real serious about all the frozen meats in our freezerSSS. 3 Link to comment
snapshotmiki Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 7 pints of English peas. From a #10 can. 3 Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Someone got an All American canner? Woooo, you lucky ducky! Couldn't have happened to a nicer person. 2 Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Way to go Miki. I did that this year with frozen ones. 1 1 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Haven't canned anything since I canned all that baby food. But next week I am taking a few days to start canning from freezer again. It is jammed packed again along with the refrigerator freezers. I have a bag of blueberries in freezer and not sure yet what I want to do with them. 3 Link to comment
Jeepers Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I want to take a couple of days off to can too. I have a little bit of meat in the freezer here that I want to can to take over to Indy. I don't want to move it frozen. I had planned to can it when I bought it. And I have a couple of the big #10 cans of tomatoes that I want to recan. Probably spaghetti sauce and salsa. 3 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I still have one #10 can of tomatoes I need to use also. Thinks for the reminder Jeepers. It is still sitting in the pantry. I will make salsa or spaghetti sauce with it. Not sure yet. 2 Link to comment
Midnightmom Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 (edited) @Jeepers @Littlesister Mrs Wages has packets for canning these. They are both very easy to make and very tasty to eat! (I used the medium heat salsa mix) Edited July 17 by Midnightmom 3 Link to comment
Littlesister Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 I use Mrs. Wages a lot. I like the products they have. I also found it a bit cheaper to go to the website and order them from her verses buying in a store. 2 Link to comment
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