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  1. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    Or, Once More, with Feeling? sorry, been on a big Buffy kick lately.......
  2. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    apps--try putting a "want" ad on your free listing site. I've done that on our CL and gotten responses I'd never dreamed of, some very good deals. Folks aren't always motivated to advertise what they have, but if they feel they're helping someone out, they may be more inclined to let things go.
  3. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I don't think it really matters how old the honey is, does it? I thought honey was good pretty much forever. 7 jars of hot salsa and 5 jars of regular salsa. Big boy's decided he likes spicy foods now, so I'm trying to make some for his taste.
  4. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    Did 9 quarts of chili sauce, and 6 quarts of catsup. Still have half a tote of tomatoes sitting on the porch.
  5. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I've used the yellow tomatoes in salsa and not had any problems. Never canned them alone, though. I pretty much always add lemon juice to tomatoes anymore, just to be safe.
  6. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I've never heard of icing them, I've always just used cold tap water and let them set. Then again, I usually get them processed the next day.
  7. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    Saturday I canned a batch of chili sauce and a batch of barbeque sauce. Went to my sister's on Sun/Mon, we processed some tomatoes into sauce. I've got to get a food mill---her's is wonderful! So, also answered my kind of rhetorical question from a while ago, about how long the sliced cukes or...
  8. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I'm right there with you. When I planted this garden in the spring, I really didn't anticipate going back to work this soon. Working full time, plus the commute, is really cutting into my canning time! I had a little meltdown the other night about how much is just rotting out there because I...
  9. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    Sunday afternoon I got 5 jars of lime salsa, and one jar of tomato juice canned. Drained off those cukes today and have them in the canner right now, 3 1/2 pints.
  10. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I've got the cukes soaking in some brine for dill relish. We'll see if I get a chance to process them tonight. Wonder how long they can set in that salt water
  11. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    Thanks all for the feedback on the raw pack. I did another batch and packed them in tighter and it came out a little better. I was putting the lemon juice in first, but then with packing them in tighter and pouring off some juice I was afraid I might be lowering acidity too much...I guess not...
  12. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    Just did 8 pints of diced tomatoes, no water, just added salt and lemon juice. They separated a lot-- liquid on the bottom, tomatoes on top. I searched and found this is supposed to be caused by heating then cooling, then heating the tomatoes again, but I didn't really do that. I dunked them...
  13. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I'm ambivalent about posting my day's work. On the one hand, it's so little compared to some! Then, otoh, at least it was something, right? I got 2 quarts of bread and butter pickles in the canner right now.
  14. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I've got to go out and pick green beans tonight, I'm sure there's at least a small batch ready to go.
  15. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    Okay, I think the carrot and peeler thing means some of us here need to get out more....Oh wait, that would be me! I've totally done just that. When my sons have been good about something, I reward them by letting them smash/slice or otherwise destroy those monster zucchini or other squash in...
  16. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I guess the official guidelines are all canned goods are only good for a year, but I've used things much older than that with no ill effects. Like Plaid said, as long as they're decently stored and not icky when you open them, you should be good to go.
  17. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    They do come out crunchy. It's a bread and butter pickle recipe, basically same as the ball blue book but with sliced zucchini instead of pickles. My sister just told me she adds about a teaspoon of red pepper flakes per pint for a hot and sweet pickle, my son really likes those. I also...
  18. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I'm getting my canning on again this year---finally! I've done a couple jars of bread and butter zucchini chips, using Splenda instead of sugar. I wasn't sure how that would go, but honey said "they taste just like Mom's"...high praise indeed from him . I bought a lug of peaches to make peach...
  19. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    I'd think the high fat content would help them release from the tray well. Let us know how it works out-- I could also see the advantage with doing this for cream sauces, etc when you just need a little bit.
  20. donrae

    What are you canning now?

    Would an ice cube tray work for freezing those? I use the trays for freezing broth cubes and they work nicely.
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