Preserving Your Harvest

[Smokerbill]

My new food mill arrived today, plus I got a pound of citric acid to use when canning tomatoes so I don't have to use lemon juice like I did last year.

I got a great deal on the food mill, $30.99 with a coupon and I had $15 gift card cash from Bing rewards, total cost $17.71. I like getting deals!

I emailed the manufacturer to see if I can get one of the ultra-small plates that'll strain out small berry seeds. That would be nice to have. The mill seems well made, heavy stainless steel, not flimsy.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Picked tomatoes and made stewed tomatoes.

 

[Smokerbill]

I dug up all my onions and shallots yesterday. That got me thinking that my favorite part of bread and butter pickles is the onions. I found this recipe for bread and butter pickled onions that I think I'm going to try. Looks like it would be good.

https://ucanr.edu/blog/backyard-gardener/article/bread-and-butter-pickled-onions

 

[WingItRanch]

I dug up all my onions and shallots yesterday. That got me thinking that my favorite part of bread and butter pickles is the onions. I found this recipe for bread and butter pickled onions that I think I'm going to try. Looks like it would be good.

https://ucanr.edu/blog/backyard-gardener/article/bread-and-butter-pickled-onions

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I love your garden set up!

Personally, never been a fan of sweet pickles. I remember I once bit into a bread and butter pickle thinking it was dill and never got over that shock.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

I dug up all my onions and shallots yesterday. That got me thinking that my favorite part of bread and butter pickles is the onions. I found this recipe for bread and butter pickled onions that I think I'm going to try. Looks like it would be good.

https://ucanr.edu/blog/backyard-gardener/article/bread-and-butter-pickled-onions

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That recipe looks good. Red Chiles and ginger would be great in bread and butter pickles. Let me know how you like it after they sit a month or so.

 

[Smokerbill]

That recipe looks good. Red Chiles and ginger would be great in bread and butter pickles. Let me know how you like it after they sit a month or so.

Since I had several pounds of pickling cukes I decided to go with a standard B&B pickle recipe this time, but with the proportions of cukes and onions altered.

I cleaned up all the onions that had scapes and got 4.4 pounds, and had 3.3 pounds of cukes. The original recipe calls for 6 pounds cukes and 3 pounds of onions.

The sliced veggies are salted down and draining now. I'll process them in a few hours.

https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/pickle/cucumber-pickles/bread-and-butter-pickles/

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Made and canned 13 pints of apple pie filling from our Sweet Sixteen apples.
Rings are getting a bit rusty, is there some predestined time to need to replace them?

 

[saysfaa]

My first attempt at dill pickle relish is in progress.

Will I know what it tastes like at the end of the cooking process - before water bath canning? Or will the taste develope more with the water bath and/or over time?

This is a test batch. I'm trying to avoid making a year's worth before discovering I would prefer a different recipe.

 

[Smokerbill]

My first attempt at dill pickle relish is in progress.

Will I know what it tastes like at the end of the cooking process - before water bath canning? Or will the taste develope more with the water bath and/or over time?

This is a test batch. I'm trying to avoid making a year's worth before discovering I would prefer a different recipe.

My dill relish didn't taste great at first. Seemed to be too vinegary and not dilly enough. I'm hoping it improves over time, like a fine wine. LOL

I just tasted some extra dill relish I put in the fridge a week ago. Still to much of a vinegar taste, and not much dill.

This is the recipe I used...
https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/pickle/relishes-salads/dill-pickle-relish/

Lots of vinegar, no water and not many dill seeds. I think it's a bad recipe.

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Made and canned 13 pints of apple pie filling from our Sweet Sixteen apples.
Rings are getting a bit rusty, is there some predestined time to need to replace them?
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Rings are just a tool is how I look at it. They are there to hold lid down while processing. Then I take mine off wash and store. Rusty rings are used rings. Just the way it should be