Upcoming canning frenzy

[mgibbzzz]

Just finished canning peaches and apples. ugh! I hate canning peaches, but they taste so yummy!


DMK Ranch

 

[cluckychick]

This year we have done:

zucchini bread and butter slices
spaghetti sauce
green beans
whole tomatoes
salsa (hot, mild, medium)
tomato juice
Pickles: sweet, dill, kosher, bread and butter
yellow tomato preserves

 

[JennsPeeps]

UPDATE on my stockpile thusfar!!

Since last Thurday, I have put up by myself:
5 quarts tomato sauce (that was 20 lbs tomatoes!!)
8 pints carrot pepper salsa
7.5 pints vanilla-peach jam
8 pints peach salsa
2 pints spiced peaches
5 pints dilly beans
6 pints applesauce
8 quarts green beans (it was like... 10 pounds!!)
9 quarts corn (45+ ears...

)
8.5 quarts vegetable soup
3 pints red onion marmelade

The following are sitting in brine & will be canned in about 2 weeks (quantities are guesstimates):
3 pints sauerkraut
8 pints sweet pickles
6 gallons dill pickles

Left to do:
More blueberry jam
More tomato sauce
Plain tomatoes
Blackberry jam
Chicken stock
Pickled 3-bean salad
Roasted red peppers
Apple pie filling
Asst dried herbs
Zucchini for the freezer
Bell peppers for the freezer

The rule here the past few days has essentially been that if something held still long enough to get stuffed into a jar, it was going into a canner of some shape!!!! I've actually run out of space to put jars. Guess it's time to clean out that cupboard in the mudroom filled with stuff I never use.

Whew. I'm tired just LOOKING at that list!

This is the MOST canning I've ever done and I'm really happy about it. Of course, I'veonly been canning for 2 years but I like knowing exactly what happens to my food, where it came from, where it's been. It's also nice to know how much food we've got sitting here. That makes me happy.