Canning and Home preserving

[perchie.girl]

I was wondering if that was the 'cure' @BullChick. Thanks.

When you pickle your eggs, do the yolks come out 'chalky?' We have a friend who is trying to create the 'perfect' pickled egg and keeps coming up with chalky yolks.

I throw Hard boiled eggs in the Refrigerator pickle container when it gets low. In that container I have onions and Cucumbers. I use those for salads and side dishes I use the onions as well as a layer to put under fish when I steam it on the stove... Onions carmelize the steam comes up and steams the fish... Oh yummy.

Oh and I love beets when I open a can I pour the beet juice in the refrigerator pickles Gives the eggs a festive color and they make great Deviled eggs. By the way the eggs dont stay long enough in the juice for the brine to get to the Yolks. So I havent a clue how to fix the chalky egg issue.

Maybe its the time to process? Or the amount of Vinegar in the brine? I havent pickled for water bath so dont know.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

I recall my mother describing the process, based on her experience as a kid during during WWII

Yeah I read some history on canning and it was big during WWII.

Hi Porky glad you poke in now and then. Hey are there ways to preserve that may be unique in Africa? I know there are methods for keeping foods cool without refrigeration. And I first learned about Rocket stoves from an African website.
I imagine Drying is big as well... Meats and fish.

deb

 

[BullChick]

Probably not the pickle process is great for Water bath canning. if you want a milder Jalapeno You could roast them before putting in the eggs... Oh man my mouth is watering and my stomach is screaming NO NO...

deb

Mild?! I like it hot! I buy my special jalapeño sauce by the gallon. I can use two gallons a year. I have made my own sauce, but prefer this secret company.

 

[perchie.girl]

I read somewhere that the 'best if used by' rule originated with metal cans in mind. They said that some canned items in metal cans such as tomatoes and products using tomatoes such as spaghetti sauces, etc, will start to leach chemicals out of the cans after a certain date. I would think that wouldn't hold with home canned produce or meat where we are sterilizing the jars and using 'safe' lids in the canning process or even the freezing process where the act of freezing itself is going to kill a lot of bacteria.

What's funny is that the local Amish have what they call the 'Bent and Dint' store nearby where you can go in and buy slightly outdated products that have been pulled from the store shelves and resold for fast sale. Something one year past the 'good if used by date' probably no problem there. I've bought stuff like boxed cereals, etc that are expired and they are just fine.

It's just the Food and Drug's fingers in the pot sort of thing, which yeah, it's for our own safety thing but does involve a LOT of waste.

The Guy that started Whole foods recognized the waste early on and struggled to get approval to open a store that had the "Bent and Dint" idea. There is one in Santee right now... Town Where grandmas house is... its called Grocery Outlet.

https://groceryoutlet.com/

They don't have scooters so I haven't been in there.... sniff sniff

deb

 

[Pork Pie]

Yeah I read some history on canning and it was big during WWII.

Hi Porky glad you poke in now and then. Hey are there ways to preserve that may be unique in Africa? I know there are methods for keeping foods cool without refrigeration. And I first learned about Rocket stoves from an African website.
I imagine Drying is big as well... Meats and fish.

deb

Drying meat tends to be further of south of the equator and though smoking is popular in some regions, meat tends to be eaten fresh (i.e. immediately after death). Wooden boxes containing fish wrapped in hessian, packed ice worked in Nigeria, but reheating stews 3 times a day was the usual practice to keep things edible.

Drying and grinding maize to make the equivalent of polenta is common, and dried beans are a staple too, since most peeps cannot afford meat as a source of protein on a regular basis.

In rural areas, peeps rely on what they grow - it’s only us spoilt brats in town that have the “privilege” of buying rubbish foods out of season

 

[perchie.girl]

I just ordered 'Pickled, Potted, and Canned' a book about the history of preservation. I so love love love history about practices and the evolution of the way we "do" things today. even the History of Mathematics... Very interesting stuff.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Drying meat tends to be further of south of the equator and though smoking is popular in some regions, meat tends to be eaten fresh (i.e. immediately after death). Wooden boxes containing fish wrapped in hessian, packed ice worked in Nigeria, but reheating stews 3 times a day was the usual practice to keep things edible.

Drying and grinding maize to make the equivalent of polenta is common, and dried beans are a staple too, since most peeps cannot afford meat as a source of protein on a regular basis.

In rural areas, peeps rely on what they grow - it’s only us spoilt brats in town that have the “privilege” of buying rubbish foods out of season

I know organ meats and blood are Consumed rather quickly and raw. Especially if they are out hunting. Blood Is mixed in with stews or consumed raw after a kill.

Thanks Porky

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

Here is a way to keep veggies cool in a hot climate without refrigeration.

From Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-in-pot_refrigerator
The pots have been found in digs over 3000 years old... brilliant

simple I love it.

deb

 

[Pork Pie]

I know organ meats and blood are Consumed rather quickly and raw. Especially if they are out hunting. Blood Is mixed in with stews or consumed raw after a kill.

Thanks Porky

deb

But Deb, we don’t hunt for meat - we grow or buy it - just like everyone else in the world (btw - Tarzan ain’t reality ). Bush meat is a delicacy in some countries but rarely consumed by the majority.

This is where I shop, as an example of modern Africa - https://tworivers.co.ke/

 

[perchie.girl]

and as mentioned previously... Rocket stove

Useful for cooking and for heating a room.
You can cook with small sticks what a regular fire would need as kindling.

Here is what one looks like when its burning

It also burns so hot that there is little to no ash.

deb