Canning and Home preserving

[pennyJo1960]

But you are doing super duper huh there

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Proud of you, @perchie.girl ! My SIL had gastric bypass surgery and is doing great also! and . Kudos to you for your journey! I quit caffeine a little at a time, too. 50% then 25% then I thought ah, what the heck? The thing is, the coffee and cigarettes pretty much went together. I missed the cigarettes a lot less after the coffee went away. Didn't know that about caffeine and the pancreas, that's interesting.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

@penny1960 you have the cutest avatars!

 

[perchie.girl]

But you are doing super duper huh there

I am Learning to listen to what my body tells me is important... for a time I was very cold no matter what clothing I wore I was shivering... I took stock... Not only wasn't I eating enough I wasn't getting enough protein. And so it goes.

That's why I can in small jars because I cant eat more than seven ounces at a time. Half pint of soup half pint of stew... I suspect that half pint will do me for two meals lunch and dinner.

I was very debilitated from carrying almost four hundred pounds. Knees worn out... though my arthritis doesn't scream at me at night like it used to. That's why I am waiting to move home till February or March. I hope to be able to walk easier and not be short of breath... I am having handicapped steps made and a large landing for the front porch. with handrails. I have two other places that need good steps with handrails.

So A canning and food preservation I go... When I start raising poultry am going to raise Wellsummers. Love the LF eggsies and their calm sturdy nature. Making canned chicken and chicken soup... pickled eggs... As well as Duck Jerky and Prosciutto.

I also want to raise Guinea fowl for sale. Keets and Hatching eggs. They do well here in the desert. Very much like their native land.

I might even raise some quail. On the fence about that.

deb

 

[BullChick]

I might even raise some quail. On the fence about that

I sincerely think you should. Once you have them, it makes more sense, but they really are just great little things. The scissors used to cut open their eggs look like cigar scissors. It is fun to play with the scissors, and realize that you will not get shell into your egg. They are crazy friendly, can be put in a guinea pig cage, or a bird cage to clean up whatever food the budgee/parakeet above drips. They lay around 8 weeks, and you can process them inside without a mess. Also, they are the right size for your portions.

 

[perchie.girl]

I sincerely think you should. Once you have them, it makes more sense, but they really are just great little things. The scissors used to cut open their eggs look like cigar scissors. It is fun to play with the scissors, and realize that you will not get shell into your egg. They are crazy friendly, can be put in a guinea pig cage, or a bird cage to clean up whatever food the budgee/parakeet above drips. They lay around 8 weeks, and you can process them inside without a mess. Also, they are the right size for your portions.

All of the above is what makes me want them. I just wish I could raise California quail... little Ba@$rds sit on the fence and fuss at me till I am done feeding the chickens. when I go in they swoup down and join in. I had some FAT quail back then.

LOL but they are protected I cant just nab a male and female stick them in a pen... But I am very interested in those figures that @Kiki shared and I like the idea of skinning rather than plucking. Especially for Canning.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

I sincerely think you should. Once you have them, it makes more sense, but they really are just great little things. The scissors used to cut open their eggs look like cigar scissors. It is fun to play with the scissors, and realize that you will not get shell into your egg. They are crazy friendly, can be put in a guinea pig cage, or a bird cage to clean up whatever food the budgee/parakeet above drips. They lay around 8 weeks, and you can process them inside without a mess. Also, they are the right size for your portions.

By the way I used to raise parakeets and finches... I kept a pair in the finch cage because they were very messy eaters. I wasnt sure about putting them in with the hookbills. The parakeet cage was three by four by six feet tall. The Finch cage was four by six by six feet tall. I still have all those cage panels plus some that someone gave me a couple of years back... It was a set of aviarys with common walls ... each was four by six by six... Awesome wire and the spacing was three by 1/2. Anything that gets through that is edible... LOL

deb

 

[pennyJo1960]

But how many can you keep up with

 

[ValerieJ]

I've been making it for the past few years now. My phyllo never looks like hers, but it doesn't really matter. The inside filliing is delicious, and you can't screw up butter-soaked phyllo too bad (as long as it's not burnt). Last time I made it, I cut about 3 huge slices from it and froze them. My DH will pull out a slice when he has a hankering for spinach pie.

Yep! I would do that too!

 

[ValerieJ]

oops on typing see Valerie is not far from me so was picking on her

Picking on me? Careful, I might come to pick up my personal loaves.