What are you canning now?

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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Hillbillyhen - here is the link to a thread that discussed the use of mayo jars, etc. Hope it helps!

Sandee

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2489411

 

[ozark hen]

Just finished four quarts of Marymac's sweet and sour cabbage. Instead of straining my brine, I put my seasonings in a little bag so I could remove them all at once. I also added caraway seeds. My dh was impressed with them. LOL

You gals are my inspiration

 

[KDbeads]

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Now that looks good!!! Where was that recipe at or was it posted (200+ pages are a lot to go through!)


Canned 9 pints of peaches yesterday, have had bourboned peach butter simmering most of the day and will process after dinner and feeding the dogs.
If I ever get any cucumbers out of this fall garden I'll be making lime pickles. Lemon tree didn't do so well this year and I was so hoping to do some lemon preserves.


ETA.... the search function worked this time for me.... found the cabbage recipe!!!!

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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Hillbillyhen - here is the link to a thread that discussed the use of mayo jars, etc. Hope it helps!

Sandee

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=2489411

Thanks Sandee.

 

[NotTheMomma]

Everyone see the thread I made about the canned cakes? I bought 3 cases of jars to make this, and already had some as well. Now I'm worried, and scared to make it. I don't wanna go through all that work and have it taste bad, or cause someone to get sick. Has anyone had a problem at all with them? What's the longest time you've had a jar and opened it? I was soooo hoping to make these for Christmas.

We went to the orchard today and picked about 2 gallons of blueberries.

I just finished canning 6 1/2pints of blueberries for muffins and pancakes, and 6 1/2 pints jars of blueberry/pineapple conserve. OMG IS IT YUMMY!!!! I froze the rest of the blueberries to work up later. Going to try to get some more tomorrow and ask the farmer if I can get some for the chickens since he said he won't be picking anymore.

Also got a peck of peaches so will work on those tomorrow. I'm tired.

 

[oberhaslikid]

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I still use the older ones.Have for years.

 

[ozark hen]

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Thank you for this excellent advice!! Kudos to you for catching this!!!
I just looked up "breads canned in a jar" and was shocked to find that you can bake them in a jar but they are to be eaten right away or kept up to a week!!! Too bad we all didn't know this right away ...we would never had made all these jars for Christmas gifts.

Here is the recipe from allrecipes. Be sure to read the last lines of the recipe.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Banana-Nut-Bread-Baked-in-a-Jar/Detail.aspx

 

[chicks4kids]

I saw the banana bread recipe that said good for one week as well.

However, I think it just depends on the recipe. I know that the "breads in a jar" recipes are denser than our own "from scratch" recipes. They are that way for some reason, and I have had breads last months and months in a jar.

My "expiration date" for breads in a jar is 6 months. Alot of my recipes have the 6 months or up to 1 year date. But personally, I don't care for the ones that sat for a year.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

I have read mixed reviews on the breads being stored for months to. If you read the reviews on the allrecipes.com post there are people there who say they have kept for months.

May be a solution is to the freeze them in the jars. What do you think? My problem is that I have NO room in my freezer right now. Also, I'm going with the idea that since Kerr published the recipe that they were tested and have a shelf life of 6 months.

I also remember that as a kid my mom would buy brown bread in a can. Now grant you that was packaged in a tin can - but along the same idea. Back in those days there were no expiration dates on anything.

Sandee

 

[tdkmom]

We did 71 quarts of 'kraut yesterday. Beets and pears left to do this year.

As for the bread, I keep mine up to a year. I only use the recipe I got out of the Kerr canning book. Although I do make variations: take out pumpkin and put in zucchini, etc. I opened up one of my MIL's jar from 2006 and it wasn't any good. Just ate a Pumpkin bread from last fall and it was fine.

Everyone use your own judgment. If you worry about it, don't do it. We have had no problems so therefore I will continue to make the breads. I don't like breads frozen, they don't tast right to me.