I have officially canned enough to start my canning side bar over.
Yesterday, I made 6 half-pints of Strawberry Peach Preserves, and 7 pints and 2 quarts of mixed fruit: apples peaches, pears and grapes. Add that to the plain strawberry, and spiced strawberry jam I made last week, and I already have a fair start.
So, whether you are interested or not, I will list everything I made last year, and start updating for this year:
| 5 pts.; 1 half pt. bread and butter hot peppers |
| 8 qts. Basil Tomato Sauce |
| 5 qts. Italian Tomato Sauce |
| 7 qts. vegetable chicken soup |
| 17 pts.; 2 qts. green beans |
| 3 qts. zesty dill pickles |
| 2 pts. garlic rosemary carrots |
| 7 pts. black bean and corn "salsa"(goop) |
| 9 pts. peaches, pears, and grapes |
| 4 pts. basil/rosemary beans |
| 7 pts. oregano/tarragon beans |
| 1 pt. & 2 1/2 pts. fiesta corn relish |
| 7 qts. 9 bean and ham soup |
| 5 1/2 pts. peach, pear and lime jam |
| 2 pts.& 3 1/2 pts. strawberry peach jam |
| 5 1/2 pts. blueberyy-cherry preserves |
| 5 1/2 pts. lemony blueberry nectarine jam |
| 7 1/2 pts. strawberry jam Whew. I am tired just looking at all that! I have quite a few new recipes I want to try this year too, naming a few: some vegetable soups, a pickled garlic, and a pickled mushroom one - I HATE mushrooms, but B. loves them ,and it only makes 4 half pints, so I thought I would give it a go. I am off now, to start our day- laundry, canning, and cleaning woo-hoo! |
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I have officially canned enough to start my canning side bar over. 
3 comments:
WOW! Great job! I am a novice canner (aka NEVER DONE IT BEFORE) :-) Any tips and hints before I plunge in? I am hoping to make some strawberry jam as my first canning project...
Oh, and I LOVE the treasures you got for decorating at the flea market! NEAT-O!
Hi TCMM ( i have now nick-named you, just FYI;0P)
The Ball Bluebook is FANTASTIC. Just read everything through before you start, and start with something easy, like jam. Then work your way up. Pressure canners are wonderful things to have, as it expands your canning abilities, but I would get comfortable with regular canning first. I am hoping to post some of my out of the ordinary jams over in Crabapple Kitchen, but we'll see what actually happens.
If you can find a boxed set of canning tools ( funnel, tongs, etc. (assuming you don't have one already)), they are great to have. Buy jars whenever you have the chance, you can never have to many!
Hmm, all I can think of at the moment, maybe I'll do a canning post someday...
I am curious as to why you decided to begin canning your own foods. Is it because of the nutritional value or the taste, the cost or the sheer satisfaction of enjoying the "fruit" of your own labor? And have you ever totalled the prices to see if canning saves any money? I'm just curious-- aka nosey! BTW, I think you are amazing! Canning, sewing, gourmet cooking!!!
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