What are you canning now?

[3goodeggs]

Quote: There are two types, vitus rotundafolia and vitus aestavalus, The summer or fox grape. they both make excellent- wonderful- best you ever had jelly, and you will not need pectin.
The summer grape has a bluish tint on them like blue berries. There are plenty of seeds, way way way plenty of seeds, so you need to make sure you pick enough to get enough liquid. It is very intense flavor so you may be able to add a bit of water to make up the cups if you are shy a 1/4 cup or so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_aestivalis

http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=130

http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus2/factsheet.cfm?ID=654



There is a grape looking vine called pepper vine. It is not a grape. The leaf is compound and the margins are indented deeply.
I will find some pics for you. http://pureflorida.blogspot.com/2006/08/tame-grapes-wild-grapes-nongrapes.html

 

[rancher hicks]

There are two types, vitus rotundafolia and vitus aestavalus, The summer or fox grape. they both make excellent- wonderful- best you ever had jelly, and you will not need pectin.
The summer grape has a bluish tint on them like blue berries. There are plenty of seeds, way way way plenty of seeds, so you need to make sure you pick enough to get enough liquid. It is very intense flavor so you may be able to add a bit of water to make up the cups if you are shy a 1/4 cup or so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_aestivalis

http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=130

http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus2/factsheet.cfm?ID=654



There is a grape looking vine called pepper vine. It is not a grape. The leaf is compound and the margins are indented deeply.
I will find some pics for you. http://pureflorida.blogspot.com/2006/08/tame-grapes-wild-grapes-nongrapes.html

Thanks for the info

 

[rancher hicks]

Had guest for dinner they raved over the jam. They must not get out much. Kept saying I should enter it in the Fair.

Like I have time. I'm busier semi retired than when I worked.

 

[rancher hicks]

DW and I went and picked more Rasp. Blk and Red and also some Red currants. Lord If I could get just ONE of my bushes to yield half of what was there I'd have plenty.

 

[erinszoo]

Canning potato soup (minus the milk) and sauerkraut today. We were given thirty pounds of small cabbages. Even feeding them to the girls we couldn't keep them from spoiling in this heat before we could eat them fresh, so they are going to make sauerkraut instead.

 

[rancher hicks]

Canning potato soup (minus the milk) and sauerkraut today. We were given thirty pounds of small cabbages. Even feeding them to the girls we couldn't keep them from spoiling in this heat before we could eat them fresh, so they are going to make sauerkraut instead.

DW makes a thing called Ka poo sta, not sure how it's spelled. It uses sauerkraut and yellow beans of some sort. It's very bland and I don't eat it now that her aunt and uncle are dead. I used to just eat a little out of respect at Christmas eve.

I picked a bag full of cukes but I don't care for pickles and only DW does and doesn't eat them often enough to do pickles.

Anyhow I still don't have a pressure canner.

Winter must be very good at your place.

 

[MossyoakLane]

11 jars of blackberry bay jam done. The apple butter is cooked, but I still need to can it.
Tomorrow......applesauce!

 

[bachbach1]

12 quart jars of country style boneless pork ribs, 6 pint jars corned beef, 6 pint jars of pastrami. Carnivore time, LOL. I can a lot, I love having meat I can pop open to save time cooking. Plus I am into food storage for a rainy day. I opened a jar of smoked turkey last week, so so good.

 

[erinszoo]

We can chicken and stew meat but I've never tried smoked meats. We'll have to give it a go.

 

[KDbeads]

I have, let's say, about 50 lbs of unripe granny smith apples that came off a neighbor's tree when the wind took out a branch the other day. They didn't want to waste potentially edible food, called me and now I have them sitting in the living room.

Anyone got any ideas? They are still 'green', keep that in mind!