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[kuntrygirl]

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Sounds like you had a busy day. How was the movie? It looks like it is a good movie. I want to go and see it. Keep an eye on that predator over there.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

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We had 2 pear trees & I made it for years & I never used a crock pot. I've never used a crock pot to can anything, in fact.

Let me go dig through my archive recipes & see can I find it for you.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Found it! I made apple butter this way too -- we used to go up to Wisconsin every fall to visit Jim's people & bring home apples from the orchards there --

APPLE OR PEAR BUTTER

Fruit butters are smooth, even, fine-grained mixtures of medium soft consistency, without seeds or distinct pieces of fruit & with no juice as a separate liquid. Butters are less sweet than jams, preserves, jellies, marmalades or conserves. (Appr. 8 cal/t).

Steps in Making Butters:
1. Weigh fruit and sugar.
2. Chop or cut the larger and harder fruits. (Pulp left over from the extraction of juice for jelly may also be used).
3. Cook until tender with very little or no liquid.

4. Place mixture over heat, bring gently to a boil, stirring to prevent scorching. When mixture begins to thicken & sputter, add sugar & thoroughly dissolve it. Then cook as rapidly as possible without scorching, until done.

5. Fill sterilized containers & seal.
6. Wipe sterilized containers, label & store in a cool, dry place.

8 pounds apples or pears (note - this was about 25 medium pears)
4 cups apple cider
3 cups sugar
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon allspice
1 tablespoon cinnamon

Peel & chop fruit. Cover w/apple cider & cook over moderate heat until soft. Mash the fruit with a potato masher (I used my mixer) to beat it into an extra smooth consistency.
Add sugar, lemon juice & spices. Cook over moderate heat as directed above. Total time to cook took about 3 hours. Yields approximately 6 pints.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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We had 2 pear trees & I made it for years & I never used a crock pot. I've never used a crock pot to can anything, in fact.

Let me go dig through my archive recipes & see can I find it for you.

Oh good. I wonder if I can just make it in a pot, replacing the crock pot.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't wait to try it!!!!!!!!

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Pear Galette is also good:

APPLE OR PEAR GALETTE:

Cooking spray
Single pie crust dough
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded sharp cheddar cheese
5 ripe pears, peeled cored & cut into 1 inch slices
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
CARAMEL:
1/3 cup white sugar

Preheat oven to 400°. Line a jelly roll pan with foil & coat with cooking spray. Roll dough into an 11 inch circle & place on baking sheet. Sprinkle crust with cheese, leaving a 1 inch border.

Combine pears, juice, & nutmeg in a large bowl & toss well. Add brown sugar & flour & toss. Arrange fruit on dough leaving a 2 inch border (pears will be piled high on dough). Fold edges of dough toward center, pressing gently to seal (dough will only partially cover pears). Bake at 400 for 30 minutes until crust is lightly browned (filling may leak slightly during cooking). Cool on a wire rack.

For caramel: heat sugar in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves, stirring as needed to dissolve evenly (about 4 minutes). Cook 1 minute longer until golden brown. Remove from heat & drizzle over galette.

Also good w/apples instead of pears, & also good to toss in a cup of cranberries.

 

[kuntrygirl]

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[catdaddyfro]

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Good morning to you too, Yeah I need to do the chicken yard swap shuffle too here Terri, I have so many growouts from the the spring hatches and up and coming broody hatches it's OVERWELMING

at times. Just not enough room for everone, been culling and butchering for going on 4 weeks now

not everyday but pretty often still hasn't made much of a dent in my space as they are outgrowing my efforts to de-populate for room if ya know what I mean

, anyway gonna keep plugging away at it and try to deter my broodies from hatching anymore for some time. I just hope

next hatching season when I realy will be wanting them to go broody they will do as good then as they are now, we'll see huh?

Anyway you and all the rest of the La-yers TRY to stay cool , till later on bye

Jeff

Jeff, ya having fun over there will all of those babies?

Stay cool.

Hey there La-yers

Kuntrygirl you know I really do enjoy hatching and raising all those babies, but you know its just like most other intrests too, at times it can just be plum monotonous esp. if your temps. are running a little warmer than normal, but I will have to say I am sorta looking forward to cooler weather but just remember how much a pain in the rump all those FROZEN waters were back in the winter. I'm one that perfers the heat tho' as I always say if I get hot I can sit down and cool back off and get up and go on. If I get cold there "ain't no" sitting down and warming up if your out in the cold, so I'd much rather work in the heat than the cold anyday, cold hands and fingers won't work in my line of duty, but I can almost always have a fan blowing on me when busy in the shop.

BTW all this pics. and talk of preserves and goodies is making me hungry + the smell of frying chicken in the background here is really working on my senses this morning.

Flyboy 718 yeah come on in here with all the rest of us La-yers.

Everybody stay cool,

Jeff

 

[Orpimom]

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Hello from over here!!

I am very happy to have the excess gone. I still have a lot of the chickens,well,mine anyway.DH sold off all his and some of mine...lol. I still have my GCM,BR,Orps,silkies and a couple sets of bantams.And my button quail.Still have a couple cochin hens for sale.Excellent incubators if anyone inerested...lol...

No julie ,he didn't make out near as well as urs.Tony ended up cleaning him last night.Glad to hear you're woring ur numbers down on the ducks. Just be sure to RESIST the urge to replace...lol.I have a few eggs in the bator right now,and when they hatch in a few days,it goes out to the shed with the other two.Today I'm cleaning out all the feeders and waterers not being used right now and storing them in the shed too...

Now quail is what I need to try. They sound easy to raise.

If you decide on some quail,there is a wonderful guy right close to you Julie.He runs a large research,development,and process facility.He has dozens of different breeds of Coturnix quail. Beautiful facility.The only person we deal with on quail.He is an actual certified facility.Wonderful guy.His name is Robbie Richard with James-Marie Farms. He is in Lawtell.Wonderful guy to work with and he continually produces excellent quail.He actually works with various universities on genetics.He helped with the restraining of the Jumbo Texas A&M.He produces REAL jumbo birds!!! My quail produce eggs the size of bantam eggs.They aren't bad to raise,but they waste alot! But if you make ur cages like he and I do,you cut ur feed bill on them in more than half!!! With very little waste.And my averages between M/F have been producing many more females than males.(always a plus...lol)
4 week olds...

I'm not hoping for COLD weather,but it will be nice when later October gets here.I like those days...​

 

[La Mike]

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Lol just pop in and have your say

from Haughton just right around the corner

Raising quail aint the easiest thing but sure is great eating. I only raise the bobwhite though. Dont much care for the coturnix but thats just a personal thing. Will be grillin up some GG bobs and duck tonight

And to everyone that aint ever ate duck lol Once you cook it right once you will be hooked especially if you get to eat a few scovy or pekin

Julie crock pots don't use enough electrical current to burn your house down

Sure is nice to pop a chicken or roast off in one and come home from work and dinner be waiting for you

Hope all is good for everyone its still hottern a hooker in church here and dry enough nats are still causin dust storms.
I personally cant wait for cooler weather. I can put on enough close to warm up but you cant take off enough to cool down (well not without being arrested or scarin the neighbors

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