Preserving Your Harvest

[BReeder!]

Fingers are still burning from making the pepper jam yesterday.

Pulled out a jar of salsa today with tacos we made for dinner. The latest batch is very spicy. Oops! It's good, but in small amounts.

 

[WthrLady]

sweet potatoes are canned
orange jelly is out of the canner for tonight.

Might take the WHOLE day off tomorrow.
Although I have weeds to pull in the garden.

 

[21hens-incharge]

I canned tomatoes and made a double batch of peach butter today.

Taking tomorrow off sounds like a great idea.

 

[vall]

7 jars of relish, done. This recipe: https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_06/pickle_relish.html

Also made passion fruit curd, it can be frozen:

• 3 oz passion fruit juice
• 3 oz sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 T butter cut into small pieces

Over double boiler stir together first three ingredients, do not let boil. Once cooked add in butter one piece at a time.

Personally not going to stress out about what is no longer approved. My mom thought I was crazy for adding citric acid to tomatoes, boiling jars instead of sealing in the oven.. they never got sick with the old methods. If it's in a book, it's good enough for me.

 

[muddy75]

It's not Himalayan pink salt. I'm looking for pink curing salt. It's used by packers and butchers to preserve cured meats.

Are you referring to jerky cure? I found it on Amazon
The Spice Lab Curing Salt #1 (1 Lb Bag) Pink Curing Salt (Prague Powder 1) 6.25% Sodium Nitrite "Insta Cure" for Game, Sausage, Bacon, Ham, Jerky Seasoning, Cure, Brisket & Corned Beef. Made in USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZBGVW...abc_9RWN1H15X70C0H3SYBHE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

[WIchickMama]

crab apple jelly is on the list for today, as well as shelling some beans. I love this time of year but it makes me so tired and my feet HURT! but I will be glad come December to have it all. Anyone have a good pickled green bean canning recipe?

 

[BReeder!]

crab apple jelly is on the list for today, as well as shelling some beans. I love this time of year but it makes me so tired and my feet HURT! but I will be glad come December to have it all. Anyone have a good pickled green bean canning recipe?

crab apple jelly sounds delicious! Does it retain some of the sour after adding a bunch of sugar? I love the sour taste of crab apples.

 

[BReeder!]

Are you referring to jerky cure? I found it on Amazon
The Spice Lab Curing Salt #1 (1 Lb Bag) Pink Curing Salt (Prague Powder 1) 6.25% Sodium Nitrite "Insta Cure" for Game, Sausage, Bacon, Ham, Jerky Seasoning, Cure, Brisket & Corned Beef. Made in USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZBGVW...abc_9RWN1H15X70C0H3SYBHE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks! That's actually not a bad deal. I got the 2lb package for $10. It will arrive tomorrow. Now I can go to the packing house and pick up a pork belly! Yea!!! While it's not my harvest, I'll be sure to post about making bacon on this thread once I start the process. It takes two weeks to cure, then a day's work to smoke, cool, slice and vacuum seal it all.

 

[WIchickMama]

crab apple jelly sounds delicious! Does it retain some of the sour after adding a bunch of sugar? I love the sour taste of crab apples.

It does! and I do make some spiced crab apples too (like the red spiced apples)

 

[BReeder!]

It does! and I do make some spiced crab apples too (like the red spiced apples)

It's a shame you're not closer to me.