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  1. TerriLaChicks

    What are you canning now?

    Put up 2 batches of strawberry jam, picked wild blackberries for jam but they're in the freezer until I have time to get to them, have mayhaw juice ready to be made into jelly, and waiting on wild plums to ripen, tomatoes & cucumbers! Not quite up to full gear yet but getting there.
  2. TerriLaChicks

    What are you canning now?

    Put up one batch of plum jelly with the wild native plums we have growing in the back pasture & have juice in the freezer to do another batch later on. 16 pints of kosher dill pickles. Have 2 giant bags of tomatoes in the freezer I gathered during the week since I didn't want to fool with them...
  3. TerriLaChicks

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    Took yesterday afternoon off from work & made it productive! Canned 5 quarts & 5 pints of dill pickles; blanched & vac-packed more snap beans for the freezer - have 18 quarts of those now - 1 quart of chopped bell peppers, & 5 quarts of yellow squash - I just slice up & vac-pack & freeze the...
  4. TerriLaChicks

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    Quote: Enjoy it! I absolutely adore it! I find I like it best when its been soaking over night. So glad you said that, that's exactly what I did! picked them yesterday evening after work & have had them soaking overnight. Just picked up lids for my jelly jars so in another couple of hours...
  5. TerriLaChicks

    What are you canning now?

    Quote: Enjoy it! I absolutely adore it! I find I like it best when its been soaking over night. So glad you said that, that's exactly what I did! picked them yesterday evening after work & have had them soaking overnight. Just picked up lids for my jelly jars so in another couple of hours...
  6. TerriLaChicks

    What are you canning now?

    Kicking off the first canning of the year here this evening after work! Rose petal jelly! First time I've ever made it so hope it comes out OK!
  7. TerriLaChicks

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    Put up six jars of 1/2 pints of blueberry jam today; gift from our fabulous, awesome rural route lady ( she always brings my shipped eggs here first! before doing the rest of her route! thanks in part to her, I have some of the breeds I always dreamed about). She will definetly have a couple...
  8. TerriLaChicks

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    Quote: Patchesnposies-- Can you please post your recipe for honey pickled figs? Ours aren't ripe yet, another week or two. I always do the fig/strawberry jam too, never heard of honey pickled figs though--sounds good! lol LOVE the dancing pickles! I think we all do a "pickle dance" when...
  9. TerriLaChicks

    What are you canning now?

    Put up 5 pints & 1 quart of dill pickles -- that's the last of this season - I did add the grape leaves in the jars to see if that will make them extra crispy -- will let ya'll know. Next on the agenda is tomatoes--lots & lots & lots of tomatoes -- I've been freezing them whole until I got time...
  10. TerriLaChicks

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    dot n'dave : Quote: Making strawberry jam last year I found this site: http://www.pickyourown.org/jam.htm Every batch I made came out perfect! I even made a triple berry jam that we gave away as our wedding favors. BTW, that apple butter looks heavenly! That will definitely be a autumn...
  11. TerriLaChicks

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    Quote: That sounds interesting! could you please post the recipe? Miss Prissy, that is a FANTASTIC find!! Way to go!!! edit to add: doing dill pickles this weekend! If anybody is looking for a prolific pickler, I highly recommend Eurekas!
  12. TerriLaChicks

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    SUCCESS!!! this 3 day weekend I successfully reproduced my late Aunt Sue's recipe for Old South Lime pickles, using the Mrs. Wage's lime and pickling spice. It was very labor intensive but well worth it -- have 7 quarts of beautiful pickles! I know Aunt Sue was with me in spirit, looking over my...
  13. TerriLaChicks

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    marytoast, could you please post your chow-chow recipe? Here's my salsa recipe--I've been 'tweaking' it so included my notes. it's spicy medium hot but not real burn-your -tongue hot. Terri’s Salsa Recipe For Canning 2008 7/8/2008 5-6 lbs chopped fresh tomatoes (this is about 15 large or...
  14. TerriLaChicks

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    Muscadine jelly is my hands-down fav! I'm glad you found out the answer--I've been wondering about it off & on all morning (slow, rainy day at work) lol what would we do without Mom! thanks for the recipe Farmer Kitty; I have to try that one also!
  15. TerriLaChicks

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    "How do you process your grapes for jelly? I cooked mine like I do blue & blackberries. Now I read that you aren't supposed to let grapes boil? Why?" Really? I always just followed the directions inside the sure-jell box. I'm at work right now so don't have the exact directions right in...
  16. TerriLaChicks

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    Farmer Kitty--your blueberry/rhubard jam is the most awesome color! would you be willing to share your recipe? So far I've put up many many tomatoes, salsa, plum jam, mock strawberry-fig jam & blackberry jam. and pickles. Waiting on muscadines & grapes to get ripe to put up jelly. Some...
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