Canning and Home preserving

[BlueBaby]

I've been thinking about trying my hand at some canning and preserving, so I'm going to tag along and see what you can teach me about it.

 

[ValerieJ]

Don't have time to read this whole thread atm, but I will, and I'm in. Canning beans is the easiest way to make them!!! I do it all the time.

Soak 5 lbs navy beans overnight
In the morning, divide into 7 qt jars
Add 1 TB salt to each jar
Fill to neck with water
Process in pressure cooker for 1 hour @ 10 lbs pressure

Beans are ready for soups, baked beans or whatever. You can spice up some of the jars with chili powder or any herbs, and you can use other types of beans as well.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Nothing beats grabbing food that you grew, raised and canned instead of mass produced stuff.

For real I have managed to can enough of my own tomatoes over the years I forgot where they are in my regular store.

I really need to delve into pressure canning. It will make growing green beans more worth it. My family is a hard sell on many home grown things sadly. To many decades of store food I think.

 

[ValerieJ]

Nothing beats grabbing food that you grew, raised and canned instead of mass produced stuff.

For real I have managed to can enough of my own tomatoes over the years I forgot where they are in my regular store.

I really need to delve into pressure canning. It will make growing green beans more worth it. My family is a hard sell on many home grown things sadly. To many decades of store food I think.

Well, home canned vegetables taste better than store bought cans by far. In the pressure cooker, green beans come out just as soft as commercial cans, but you know what's in the jar!!!

 

[BlueBaby]

Don't have time to read this whole thread atm, but I will, and I'm in. Canning beans is the easiest way to make them!!! I do it all the time.

Soak 5 lbs navy beans overnight
In the morning, divide into 7 qt jars
Add 1 TB salt to each jar
Fill to neck with water
Process in pressure cooker for 1 hour @ 10 lbs pressure

Beans are ready for soups, baked beans or whatever. You can spice up some of the jars with chili powder or any herbs, and you can use other types of beans as well.

Thank's for including this, so that I can try to make some. Will it work with all bean's, or just the navy bean's?

 

[perchie.girl]

I wonder how many boiled quail eggs will fit in a jar.

Ooo pickled quail eggsies.... About a bizillian... you can can them in water bath too.

lol
deb

 

[perchie.girl]

I'm afraid of pressure canners. Stupid I know. Its an old, ingrained childhood fear I've never been able to shake off.

Very safe.... Pressure regulator plus a pressure relief valve.

Lots of literature on it. Back in the old days Great gradmas passed down warnings that Grandmas passed on... but since safety measures were introduced Rarely do they ever explode. You have to do All things incorrect including letting the canner run dry of water.

Usually it jsut ruins the canner and all the hard work that went in to preserving plus the product...

Pressure canning is not something you want to walk away from. Putter around the kitchen Set timers.... I did all this with the exception of working on the internet. The sound is something to get used to but after a minute or two it was kind of soothing.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Been canning for 20'ish years, but mainly water-bath stuff -- jams, tomato-based stuff. Finally used my pressure cooker for fresh corn a few years back, and it's still delicious. Made rosemary jelly this year. My 1st jelly. My favorite recipe is tomato jam, and my fig free is finally producing enough figs for jam.

I want to make:
Chi-Tea Jelly
Dandelion Jelly
Oooh Rosemary Jelly... adding to my list
Mint Jelly.... for pork but its awesome on toast too.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Strawberry rhubarb preserves......

I cannot do sweets these days but man oh man that was yummy stuff. Sweet and sour in just the right ways.

There is Low sugar Pectin... Oh right Rhubarb doesn't need pectin.

deb

 

[R2elk]

Great suggestion! I tried with 2 growing plants (potted that I bought at roadside stands). Maybe I'll try again this year.

I have grown rhubarb from started roots, potted plants and from seed without any issues. One year I let a plant go to seed and ended up with rhubarb seedlings all over the garden. I gave away over 200 seedlings.