Preserving Your Harvest

[wyoDreamer]

I can cranberry and cherry juice. I will have to look up the quantities but it is basically washed fresh cranberries, a little sugar and water. I don't think it is an "approved, certified" canning recipe, but it sure is tasty.
I have also made a juice concentrate that uses rhubarb, oranges, sugar, lemons(?) cooked in a crockpot, strained and canned. Add to sparkling water, lemon/lime soda or whatever. My mom drinks it straight out of the canning jar, my sister likes it in her soda stream ...
I also downloaded a number of recipes for concentrates, a couple included lilac flowers, rose hips, lavender.

 

[ladybrasa]

Ooohh, yes, I just saw a video for a lilac cordial today (not canning). Are the downloads you have linkable?

 

[Sally PB]

I think I have the penultimate batch of jars of tomatoes in my canner. We'll make a bunch of salsa, then I'll can whatever is left. Whew.

BTW... my half bushel of tomatoes for $10 weighed 29.2 lbs. I am VERY sure I'm getting my money's worth.

 

[wyoDreamer]

@ladybrasa I believe I have the link with the file, but it is on the other computer. I will try to post them tonight.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Think I wiil cook green tomato salsa saturday
Found a good recipe in the new book
Spicy Green Tomato Salsa

Ingredients
12 ½ cups chopped green tomatoes
1 onions, red or white chopped
4 jalapeno peppers, sliced into 1/2-inch-thick rings
1 cup chopped fresh cilantro
¼ cup raw sugar
3 tablespoons minced garlic
2 ½ tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1 cup lime juice
2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Directions

Combine green tomatoes, onions, jalapeno peppers in a large bowl.

Mix cilantro, sugar, garlic, oregano, and cayenne pepper together in a small bowl.

Fill a blender with about 2 cups tomato mixture, 1 teaspoon lime juice, and 1/4 of the spice mixture; blend to desired consistency and pour into a large bowl. Repeat blending with remaining tomato mixture, lime juice, and spice mixture, working in batches, until all ingredients are blended. Stir vinegar into salsa.

 

[BReeder!]

I'm going to dehydrate this 1/2 bushel of habaneros I picked today - or at least as many of them as I can fit in the dehydrator today. I plan to just cut them in half and put them on the trays. I don't feel like bothering with removing seeds and veins, so they're getting dehydrated too. Whatever seeds shake off afterward will be removed. I'm going to turn most if not all of these into powder I think for cooking with and adding to the chickens feed. I might keep just a quart sized bag of dried halves for adding to salsa, chili and other dishes.

 

[Sally PB]

^^NICE!

 

[Sally PB]

Where will your dehydrator be, @BReeder!? Can you dehydrate hot peppers inside the house? Or do you put it somewhere else?

I'll be making and canning salsa for DH tomorrow. Then I'll can the rest of the tomatoes and call it done for 'maters this year. We'll have about 60 quarts down in the basement.

 

[BReeder!]

Where will your dehydrator be, @BReeder!? Can you dehydrate hot peppers inside the house? Or do you put it somewhere else?

I'll be making and canning salsa for DH tomorrow. Then I'll can the rest of the tomatoes and call it done for 'maters this year. We'll have about 60 quarts down in the basement.

I'm going to put it outside to dehydrate the peppers. Sounds like a terrible idea to do it inside.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Been sick for awhile, looking forward to feeling better and getting canning and dehydrating done!
I have tomatoes, apples and pears to work on!