What are you canning now?

[PlymouthRocker]

MY FIRST CANNING TODAY!!

I'm so proud! I made 10 pints of applesauce and we had one for dinner with our pork loin and butternut squash. My 7-year old kissed me after dinner and said, "Thanks for the meal."

Gonna be doing a lot more of this!

 

[TipsyDog]

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CONGRATS! Hope you'll enjoy many years of canning - it's LOVE in a jar!

 

[Atlchick]

Just finished 20 pints of Hull Preserves. It's an old family recipe for muscadine grapes - using hulls and all. The hulls add just a touch of something special. So much better than jelly alone! Has anyone outside of my family ever heard of it?

 

[PlymouthRocker]

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Not me - and I LOVE GRAPE JELLY so I would love this!

 

[Lil_Chickadee]

Autumn berry jelly.

http://www.psa-rising.com/eatingwell/wild-foods/autumnolive.htm

Made a really good jelly that is a dark cranberry in color. Taste reminds me of a cross between crab apple and strawberry jelly.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

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I sometimes have this same problem with the crock pot. I spoke with my friend - he's professional BBQ chef - who told me to cook it in the oven at 250 degrees for 10-12 hours, getting the temp up to 180*. I told him that I have an electric roaster, and he said that was a great alternative. The pork fell apart. He said to avoid pork loin because it's too dry.

Thanks for the tid-bit. We save our tenderloins for the smoker.

I have reg. pork roast that I want to use for this. I have an elec. roaster but it is too big. I will stick to the oven then. BTW, congrats on your canning. I did applebutter yesterday and will be doing turkey stock later this week.

 

[ozark hen]

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I sometimes have this same problem with the crock pot. I spoke with my friend - he's professional BBQ chef - who told me to cook it in the oven at 250 degrees for 10-12 hours, getting the temp up to 180*. I told him that I have an electric roaster, and he said that was a great alternative. The pork fell apart. He said to avoid pork loin because it's too dry.

The way we fix pork tenderloin is either shish-kabobs or grill the whole loin...about five minutes per side (four sides) @ 400`.
You can fix a frozen chicken in the crockpot the same way..I pour our favorite salad dressing over it and let it cook. I would not put a roast in my oven for 10-12 hours...LOL Hon, get a new crockpot!!

 

[ScoobyRoo]

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I sometimes have this same problem with the crock pot. I spoke with my friend - he's professional BBQ chef - who told me to cook it in the oven at 250 degrees for 10-12 hours, getting the temp up to 180*. I told him that I have an electric roaster, and he said that was a great alternative. The pork fell apart. He said to avoid pork loin because it's too dry.

The way we fix pork tenderloin is either shish-kabobs or grill the whole loin...about five minutes per side (four sides) @ 400`.
You can fix a frozen chicken in the crockpot the same way..I pour our favorite salad dressing over it and let it cook. I would not put a roast in my oven for 10-12 hours...LOL Hon, get a new crockpot!!

Maybe it is the cuts of meat that I put in the crock pot? They just don't come out falling off the bones. I know my crock works because I'm on my 3rd and 4th batch of applebutter. I will go ahead and try the pork roast in the crock and give it the benefit of the doubt that it will do me good this time

 

[ozark hen]

Try putting the roast in the crockpot ( on low)and leave it overnite..or have you done this? I have never heard of anything not falling off the bone after many hours of slow cooking that is why I thought that your crockpot was "broken"? LOL Good luck and I hope you are thrilled this time. Let us know. We will figure out something for you two gals who can't get those crockpots to work for you.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

Henry'schickens :

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The way we fix pork tenderloin is either shish-kabobs or grill the whole loin...about five minutes per side (four sides) @ 400`.
You can fix a frozen chicken in the crockpot the same way..I pour our favorite salad dressing over it and let it cook. I would not put a roast in my oven for 10-12 hours...LOL Hon, get a new crockpot!!

Maybe it is the cuts of meat that I put in the crock pot? They just don't come out falling off the bones. I know my crock works because I'm on my 3rd and 4th batch of applebutter. I will go ahead and try the pork roast in the crock and give it the benefit of the doubt that it will do me good this time​

Just to put in what cut of pork I used when I made this last weekend. I used pork butt (at $1.18 per pound) and it was firm to cut but would fall apart as you cut into it to eat. In fact going to go and heat up the last of it for lunch right now.

Cold and rainy today. I need to learn how to can soup - still afraid to use a pressure canner.

I like the frozen chicken idea too. Do you think it would work with spaghetti type sauce?

Sandee