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We just canned three bushels of peaches. We hot water bathed them for 25 minutes. We don't add any sugar to ours. It worked out just fine doing this way last year. We pack the jars with peaches, add hot, filtered water to jars after they are packed. Put in prewarmed water bath. We...
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I thought beans were done, but we ended up doing another 7 quart of beans. I counted them last night, those three bushels of peaches yielded 56 quarts. Saturday we did 7 quarts of whole tomatoes. Our tomatoes are just getting started. We also still have 1 1/2 bushels of apples to...
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I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you can waterbath corn. We just did 7 quarts in the pressure canner, and it had to process for 80 minutes @ 10 lbs. I doubt a 25 minute waterbath would do the same thing.
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When you get home, you can say TOLD YA SO! lol
Amount depends on how thick you like it. A few TBSP will go a long way. It may not look thick when it's bubbling hot, but it will thicken dramitcally as it cools. When I add paste, I add a little brown sugar too. It helps to cut the...
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We put our fresh herbs in during the boildown. I don't know if it makes any difference. The sauce is exposed to heat for such a long period of time you can hardly find the herbs by the end of the process. We put meat in ours. In doing so we had to process it for 80 or 90 minutes...
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I want to be like you when I grow up Do you sleep? That's a lot of canning!
Sandee
Yes, we get some sleep, but as you all know, it's a lot of work. When you open one of those jars in the dead of winter and smell the aroma of summer, it's all worth it.