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  1. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    @rancher hicks, I don't like using frozen fruit for preserves, as it seems there's too much liquid and its hard to gauge how they'll set. But I use frozen for jellies if needed, since all I need is juice :) On beans. I grow the regular old yellow wax, string, and bush green beans, plus some...
  2. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    That reminds me of the elderly couple I used to live by... She had Alzheimer's :( He was just trying to get rid of stuff... He took me down in their basement, and I am totally serious, they had a 12x12 room with shelves from floor to ceiling FULL of NEW cases if jars! He was just giving them to...
  3. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Beet kvaas? I'm canning the last if my beets and want to make kvass... Anybody have some golden pointers or tips on what how when.... Organic beets, salt, water... That's it? No vinegar? No yeast or starter? Sorry to sound curt and rude lol, I'm rushed this morning :P @Beekissed I KNOW you...
  4. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Ooh! I had to have DH buy me a camping burner/stove thing when I burned out an element right in the middle of canning this year... It's awesome; has 2 burners that can fit HUGE pots on it, run with propane... Sure I have to put it outside because of the gas, but still... Awesome!!! :D
  5. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Lol that reminded me of a joke...can't remember where I heard it though... City boy comes over to pick up country girl for a date and as dad is giving him the 20 questions, the boy notices the collection of deer heads displayed on the wall. "I see you like to shoot innocent animal," the boy...
  6. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Oh wow, that had me going! :D I'm glad my kids didn't just watch that lol,,, ooooh ideas ideas :P
  7. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    I personally think it's a combination of all of what's been covered; time, money, too much work, messy, lack of knowledge, fear of failure... Lack of understanding about preparation for the future and how to use what's given at the moment... Etc etc... ROFL. They'll do it to be able to post...
  8. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Wow x2!! Can't exaggerate enough on having a good peeler lol.... I have my grandmas'... Oi that thingbhas GOT to be 70 years old! Can't find another, but got close with a potato peeler with the head on straight, not sideways... Still can't beat grandmas ;) Can opener, peeler, and hand mixer...
  9. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Oh definitely, we LIVE for harvest... We didn't get hail this year; I think I'm safe to say it now lol ;) NO HAIL!!!(We ALWAYS get hail) I have some fall beets ready to go, but I'm beginning to slow down. I'm pooped. I never did get to try the corn, Bee :( DH got sick of corn bybthectime I...
  10. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Oh those stinkers lol... Goes to show that no matter how much we think we have our "eggs in a basjet", we don't make the call when it comes time to harvest ;). I'm recalling EVERY thing I've ever had to race for lol... Chokecherries from the birds (which I FINALLY got a decent harvest this year...
  11. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    NICE!!! I'm a wee bit jealous, as we lost our apples this year; late frost :( THAT'S how ya do it lol.... Spiced apples, applesauce, apple cider, apple butter....dried apple chips. .. Ooh I need to talk DH into a trip too ;) So worth it! ;)
  12. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Ha! That's awesome :D I tried to use the text to talk thingie and I spent more time resending edits than anything; now it has all my mistyped words, and words run together added into its little dictionary, so autocorrect makes me even more illiterate... Not to mention how my kids thought I was...
  13. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Lol works for me :D Don't you love "smart" phones :P I had to take a screen shot so I could save them lol, I can't figure out cutting and pasting on this stupid thing ;)
  14. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Well I don't remember any samples showing up in the last couple days, ahem..so.... Lol DH is probably going to hoard it and make me have to make more call the time ;) Ya'll better reserve a seat on a plane then, and to make it worth a trip, I'll throw in some pear ambrosia :P
  15. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Lol aww shucks I feel special now ;) thank you, savedcme scrolling through the 10,000 posts finding it ha-ha ;) That sounds delicious! Jalapeños, how did I know that's what it would be? ;)
  16. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Ooooh cheeseburgers ...salads, pizza topping, potatoes, STUFFED twice baked potatoes. Oh boy oh boy ha-ha :D I have 10 lbs of fresh side in the deep freeze waiting for me to do this with!
  17. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    And what, pray tell, is cowboy candy? :)
  18. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Well I learned something new! Interesting.... So they need a pollinator or the males pulled? A lot of plants like that actually, male and female... Asparagus males are the ones with the best spears... The male flowers that bloom first on curcubits are just there to call pollinators to the...
  19. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Oh yeah, these aren't canned, just fridge eggs... The not fitting in the canner being one reason; the fact that a quart jar might last one day once opened being the other lol... We eat them too fast to bother canning them ;) Lol old wives tales... Poor pregnant women can't catch a break... I...
  20. shortgrass

    What are you canning now?

    Oh while I was in town, look at the size of this jar I got! I had to fill it with what else?... Pickled eggs :D That's a quart jar next to it... I think it was a gallon and a half? Fits in the fridge just perfect! :)
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