What are you canning now?

[wegotchickens]

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My mom had never heard of them either. Somewhere I read in the instructions to remove one jar at a time from the oven to apply the lid and screw band. I can get 16 in my oven at one time and did not use cookie sheet to help with even heat distribution.

The other thing to be aware of - you can't stop eating once you start and next thing you know the whole jar is gone. Just ask my husband, he fell victim to this Monday night.

Sandee

I'm looking forward to 'testing' her results

Life's been too stressful to want to cook or can lately.
I look at my enormous basil plants and feel guilty for letting them go to seed and not harvesting more.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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Guess I'm going to have to buy some tomatoes. our garden is done. The one really interesting ingredient is the maple syrup.

Do you use a "pure maple" syrup? Also, when you has process for canning is that in a water bath and if so how long?

Sandee

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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Thank you. Note to self - go to Farmer's Market Saturday buy tomatoes!

Sandee

 

[Sandrachx]

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holey cow - how do 2 people eat 22 pints of the same thing in one year! or are these gifts?

 

[Sandrachx]

so far this summer i've done 15 bottles of ketchup, 9 12oz jars of mulberry jelly, froze 42 qts of corn, 28 qts of broccoli, 9 pints of strawberry-banana freezer jam, 9 pints of strawberry freezer jam, canned 22 pints of pickle relish, 6 pints of bread+butter pickles (british), 6 pints of Bread+Butter pickles (microwave), and 32 jars of salsa. lots will be used as holiday gifts - still want to make peach anything. but times running out there, not sure if i'll find many freestone at a good price now.

love seeing all the interesting things being canned. lots of recipes for next year!

 

[TipsyDog]

Just finished up a batch of Tdkmom's canned zucchini bread (Post #1720) and I hear them going pop, pop, pop! They smell good and I'm amazed this is can be made in a jar!

I'm so excited that I wrapped a hot one up in a towel and took it right over to my sister's house.

Can't wait to try it. Thanks for the recipe!

 

[lilshadow]

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How long does this keep? Is it just like canning other stuff, it's just bread right? Co the jars automatically seal when you put the lids on? Sorry about the questions, I am just trying to imagine this..

 

[TipsyDog]

Lilshadow: Yes they seal themselves as they cool. Tdkmom says she has them for about 10 or 11 months! Go back to post 1720 (I think it was on page 171 or 172) and read a few pages where everyone talked about this bread. It was really easy to make and it looks pretty good!

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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holey cow - how do 2 people eat 22 pints of the same thing in one year! or are these gifts?

These are definitely gifts - If we showed up at Christmas to family and friends homes without jars of this jelly they would throw us out and lock the door. We put it pour over 8 oz of cream cheese and serve on Wheat Thin crackers. It is gone in about 10 seconds flat, even the kids eat it!

Sandee

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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That's provided that you can keep from eating them right away.

I think we have already eaten about 8 jars of the Zucchini Bread. Husband fell victim the other night and ate half a jar in one evening.