Preserving Your Harvest

[WingItRanch]

Ohhh! I didn't know about this thread! I just started learning how to can! I successfully canned homemade chicken stock, pickled cucumbers, and dewberry/blueberry jam. I somehow messed up the jam. It tastes delicious and the jars sealed properly but it's too runny. I found the recipe online and I think the amount of berries to pectin was wrong. Live and learn!

 

[BlueDawnRising]

Ohhh! I didn't know about this thread! I just started learning how to can! I successfully canned homemade chicken stock, pickled cucumbers, and dewberry/blueberry jam. I somehow messed up the jam. It tastes delicious and the jars sealed properly but it's too runny. I found the recipe online and I think the amount of berries to pectin was wrong. Live and learn!

When my jam turns out too thin I just declare it a sauce instead It’s all about the branding! “You should try this blueberry sauce I made on your pancakes!” They never know that it was supposed to be anything different!

 

[WingItRanch]

When my jam turns out too thin I just declare it a sauce instead It’s all about the branding! “You should try this blueberry sauce I made on your pancakes!” They never know that it was supposed to be anything different!

I may have poured it on some vanilla ice cream... so that fits!

 

[tripletfeb]

Picked my garlic scapes today and put them in the dehydrator. They will probably take longer than the 6-8 hours they are supposed to take, it's so humid here and currently raining

 

[Smokerbill]

I'm giving pickled garlic scapes a try. They've been in the jar a couple weeks and they taste OK but they're a little chewy.

 

[tripletfeb]

I'm giving pickled garlic scapes a try. They've been in the jar a couple weeks and they taste OK but they're a little chewy.

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I looked into doing that instead of dehydrating but I would be the only one to eat them. Dehydrating makes more sense for me. Maybe next year I'll try to ferment them

 

[Smokerbill]

I looked into doing that instead of dehydrating but I would be the only one to eat them. Dehydrating makes more sense for me. Maybe next year I'll try to ferment them

How do you use the dehydrated scapes?

I was actually thinking batter-dipped deep fried garlic scapes would be good.

 

[Smokerbill]

I've gotten things pretty much organized for canning now. I bought 10 dozen new jars and some lids, and have a new weighted gauge pressure regulator coming tomorrow as an upgrade to my old dial-gauge canner.



Six dozen of the new jars are wide mouth half pints. I never would have bought them, but Walmart had them on sale for $7 a dozen. I'm thinking they'll be good for stuff like relish and tomato sauce. They are still offered at that price today.

 

[tripletfeb]

How do you use the dehydrated scapes?

I was actually thinking batter-dipped deep fried garlic scapes would be good.

You can use them like you would garlic. I plan on putting them in tomato sauces or soups

 

[Iluveggers]

I chop all my scapes and freeze them in one large ziploc bag. Just pull off a corner if I want them for omelets, in a dish, etc. I do can and have dehydrated, but scapes come at the end of the school year, super busy as a teacher, so the freezer is easiest for me in June! Lol