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  1. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Quote: Thanks for turning on the porch light! Sometimes I can be rather dim! Your talk about grape jelly flipped the switch. Each year my husband returns to the Napa Valley to work the grape harvest at the winery we used to work at. I'm going to tell him to get some grapes for me and make...
  2. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    I do think they are pretty there on the shelf. Especially in that knotty pine pantry! Very rustic. Also, everyone is so suprised when the food coming out of them tastes so good! I made grape jelly and have given most of this first batch away (I have 12c of juice frozen for later for jelly...
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    What are you canning now?

    Quote: Thank you!!!! I copied it to my recipe folder on my computer. I need to get me some cheesecloth now. I need you for my neighbor I would love that!
  4. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Here's the recipe i used and I didn't have any trouble with the jelly setting up. http://www.recipezaar.com/Grape-Jelly-61514
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    What are you canning now?

    Quote: I forgot to add....they have bitter seeds Hmm, I don't know if the seeds in the grapes I processed were bitter or not!
  6. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Quote: What are you doing with your chopped bell peppers? I have a good crop of gypsy peppers, and wondering what to do with them. I am chopping them, freezing them, and then putting them up using that blasted food saver. Though had the food saver not been a gift from my Mother and I needed...
  7. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Quote: That's how I cook too. Just tell us "roughly" what's in it. Me too. Recipes are just a starting point right? Right? 15 or so bags of chopped bell peppers to the "food saver" then freezer. More to chop.
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    What are you canning now?

    I did receive my vanilla beans already. And they look great. I'll have to make a special trip to the county line to get some vodka to make the vanilla extract. Will make great Christmas gifts. Worked on grape jelly yesterday.
  9. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Quote: I have really picky family members, and if they don't like the look of the stuff floating in the bottle I know they will throw it away. I quit giving those family members homemade gifts. It's Walmart christmas aisle for them.
  10. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Quote: Holy moly now that's a deal!
  11. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    I think it was vodka or PGA. I may have decided to use the higher alcohol content for some reason, which escapes me now. I make all kinds of um.. "concoctions". But I really did enjoy the vanilla extract. Super easy. I've seen a couple different recipes for it. But I just sliced the beans...
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    What are you canning now?

    I forgot to tell you. I made vanilla extract once. It was great. I ordered the vanilla beans from san francisco herb farm as it was cheaper than what I could find locally. You can also make vanilla sugar by putting a vanilla bean in some sugar. Shake it up every few days or so and then...
  13. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    5 c of vinegar to 1 c water sounds really strong. Are you sure this is correct? It is the recipe I've been using. But then I like really sour things, so I liked it (I thought about eating some of those pickles before breakfast this morning, but decided that was just too weird). I'm sure you...
  14. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Quote: Oh my gosh is that dill pickles with garlic I see? My grandmother used to can dills that way but I cant find her recipe anywhere. Would you share yours? Garlic Dill Pickles (Hot Optional) Packed into Jars: Cucumbers (sliced) Garlic (peeled) 2 cloves per quart, 1 per pint Dill...
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    What are you canning now?

    Quote: How did you make the crystallized Ginger? I peeled and thinly sliced two big rhizomes of fresh Ginger. Then I put those in a sauce pan, covered it with water, and boiled it for 30 minutes until the slices were tender. I drained off the water, measured the Ginger and added an equal...
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    What are you canning now?

    Quote: That's for sure! I wish I could steal some hours from January. Yum! Cherry jam! So right! I still didn't get those pears done! But I have a mint fortune's worth of crystallized Ginger to use now!
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    What are you canning now?

    Quote: Oh my gosh is that dill pickles with garlic I see? My grandmother used to can dills that way but I cant find her recipe anywhere. Would you share yours? Sure thing. I would love too! When I get back home (on phone now) I'll get it for you.
  18. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Well now I'm making crystallized ginger for my pear ginger preserves. A little spice jar of crystallized ginger was OVER $7!! Ha! No way. Ginger is so cheap fresh. Here's to hoping I get these pears done tonight! I'm tired of them hanging over my head!
  19. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Quote: Thanks! They may not taste good, but at least they look pretty!
  20. insiderart

    What are you canning now?

    Ok here are the spoils of my labor last night after 8pm...
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