Preserving Your Harvest

[Iluveggers]

Thanks, I did 80 minute pints just to be safe! Looks like it turned out great, and now have some grab-&-go lunches for work when there’s no leftovers to grab!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Juicing some of my Pixie Crunch apples today, making 2 batches. They are a small apple, so they are a hassle to peel. Juicing them in the steamer is making me like them a lot more. My husband and oldest son love these apples, so I'm glad to be using more of them.
I have 4 varieties of apples so I'm going to process and can them separately.
4 cuts, then into the lemon juice water, then into the steamer juicer.

 

[Sally PB]

Pixie is right! Wow, those ARE small.

Glad you have a way to use them efficiently.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Canned Apple Juice and Apple Pie Filling today.

 

[Iluveggers]

So a few of the books I was looking at say that you should boil any soups for 10 minutes after opening the can. Has anyone else ever heard this? I canned my soups for work lunches…we only have a microwave there to heat up. Do I need to open in the morning, boil at home, and store in the fridge & reheat at lunch? Any ideas?

 

[NanaK]

So a few of the books I was looking at say that you should boil any soups for 10 minutes after opening the can. Has anyone else ever heard this? I canned my soups for work lunches…we only have a microwave there to heat up. Do I need to open in the morning, boil at home, and store in the fridge & reheat at lunch? Any ideas?

My Mom always told me any veggies home canned should be brought to a boil before eating so I do. I don't think I've ever read it anywhere. Interesting you found reference to this.

You can heat to a boil in the microwave as long as you use a dish safe for this. I would stir half way through heating.

Edit. I don't necessarily boil 10 minutes. Just till it bubbles a minute or two.

 

[NanaK]

Canned Apple Juice and Apple Pie Filling today.
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I'll bet your kitchen was smelling wonderful! They look tasty!

 

[tripletfeb]

So a few of the books I was looking at say that you should boil any soups for 10 minutes after opening the can. Has anyone else ever heard this? I canned my soups for work lunches…we only have a microwave there to heat up. Do I need to open in the morning, boil at home, and store in the fridge & reheat at lunch? Any ideas?

I've never heard that. Wonder what the reasoning is? You don't need to boil veggies before eating, or meat I don't think

 

[Iluveggers]

My Mom always told me any veggies home canned should be brought to a boil before eating so I do. I don't think I've ever read it anywhere. Interesting you found reference to this.

You can heat to a boil in the microwave as long as you use a dish safe for this. I would stir half way through heating.

Edit. I don't necessarily boil 10 minutes. Just till it bubbles a minute or two.

I've never heard that. Wonder what the reasoning is? You don't need to boil veggies before eating, or meat I don't think

Thanks. Maybe I’ll open the first one at home and boil, see that it tastes ok and doesn’t smell weird, boil for the 10 minutes. Then I can do a quick microwave boil with the rest at work. I have a nice mug that should work.

 

[NanaK]

I've never heard that. Wonder what the reasoning is? You don't need to boil veggies before eating, or meat I don't think

I've never seen it written any where. Wondering is it something that was passed along from back when lots of folks water bathed everything?
That's all I could think of?