What are you canning now?

[marymac]

I went to Marc's and bought 5 bags of carrots, 3 lb each, for 1.19 a bag. Out of 15 pounds I ended up with 12 qts of canned carrots. I was surprised I got that many!! They'l be good this winter.

 

[Dragonfly Ranch]

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Your canned carrots are beautiful!

Sandee

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

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Can I please have your pie filling recipe?

I have so many apples and I'd like to make some too!

I will get that sent soon as I can.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Apple Pie Filling

4 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup cornstartch
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg [I use more]
1 teaspoon salt
3 Tablespoons lemon juice
2 o3 drops yellow food coloring [I don't use this]
5 1/2 to 6 pounds tart apples, peeled, cored, and sliced

In large saucepan blend first 5 ingredients. Stir in 10 cups of water; cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Add lemon juice and food coloring. Pack apples into hot jars, leaving 1 inch headspace. Fill with hot syrup, leaving1/2 inch headspace. [Use spatula to help distribute syrup.] Adjust lids. Process in boiling water bath [pints] 15 minutes; [quarts] 20 minutes. Makes 6 quarts.
Copied from an old [1973] Better homes and gardens home canning cookbook.

Ozark Hen the walnuts sound delicious, wish I had some!

 

[TipsyDog]

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Sounds delicious and easy! I'll be making some this weekend. THANK-YOU Hillbilly Hen!

I'm also going to make some giardiniera this weekend. I've never tried it before but there's so much nice califlower in the stores right now I thought I'd give that a try.

 

[TipsyDog]

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It's pickled cauliflower, red peppers, carrots, celery, olives - and really anything else you want to put in there. We like it. They sell it glass jars at the grocery, but it's not cheap. I'm sure I can try out a couple of recipes to make my own.

Here's a recipe I found and they show alot of pictures of it:

http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/09/the-great-souse/#

 

[TipsyDog]

Here's my first attempt at giardiniera (pickled cauliflower & vegies). I'll have to let it sit on the counter for a day and then refridgerate. I didn't water bath them because I just made enough to last a few weeks. Also, I think I may have cooked the veggies a minute too long as I wanted them alittle firmer. But - it's trial and error with these things!

 

[marymac]

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Those veggies look beautiful!!! Makes me want to do this. Thanks for all the compliments on my carrots.

 

[KDbeads]

Finishing the last bath for pepper relish right now. Will be a total of 12 half pints.

Depending on how many more jalapenos and habaneros come off before the freeze hits we may have to make another batch.

 

[KDbeads]

My pepper relish...