What are you canning now?

[jab91864]

Spent the day canning

27 quarts tomatoes
3 quarts frog balls
7 pints beet relish
4 quarts hot peppers
6 quarts hot dill pickles

Problem is I bought new packages of ball jars w/lids and some of the lids have a stamp on the lid, from the inside... looks sort of like a V. Those jars don't seem to be popping sealed like all my others. I just thought they were changing their seal and never thought what if they are defective ?? Anybody bought any of those jars/lids ? It wasn't just one case of jars, there were some in several cases. Now I am looking at some of my hard work sitting on my kitchen table and thinking OMG what if they don't seal. Stuff is still hot but all the other jars have pinged already...

 

[Bare bottom farm]

(20) 1/2 pints of peach jam, 10 pints of peachs, 17 quarts of tomatoe jucie, (11) 1/2 pints of pineapple jam.

I'am going to do a apple jelly, but I can't think of another kind of jelly or jam to make any body got any good ideals?????

 

[Bare bottom farm]

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What are frog balls??

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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Strawberry and/or grape are my favorites! I have plans to make both if I EVER FIND TIME!

 

[ChikeeMomma]

Got up this morning and two of the jars of pickled jalapenos hadn't sealed. I assume they are like pickles and are fine to hang out in the fridge forever -- any thoughts? Of course, the one and only pint of the bunch, which is for my brother, didn't seal.

 

[booker81]

I believe I deserve some sort of mock parenting award.....I'm having my 2 1/2 year old wash tomatoes in the sink

She doesn't know this is just the first 5 gallon bucketful...there is another one out back too.

Hee hee hee......

 

[RockyToggRanch]

Just finished caramel apple jam...thanks so much for the recipe
Had a 4 gallon batch of feta going at the same time. Talk about multi tasking

It only used 4 apples to get the 6 cups...I picked 30 lbs. I better look for an apple butter and a pie filling recipe.

 

[theOEGBman]

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I started with apples this week! I only got about 12 plums total this week... they have all been jammed... including one plum jam w/ almonds! YUM!

I used all of the plums I had, but I still have so many out on the tree! And I start school this week so that's going to be in the way as well. Then next weekend I have two birthday parties, my two best friends... then the weekend after that Im going 5 hours south for a reptile show! I have to work the plum and apple canning into all of that.

I managed to can 7 quarts and 2 pints of plums in syrup, 3 quarts of plum juice, 5 pints of plum jam, 4 pints of plum jelly and one half pint of plum jelly. Wore me out! I took pics but I just dont feel like uploading them tonight.

 

[Kim_NC]

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I use this recipe. And I substitute cantaloupe for the watermelon if that's what I have.

Watermelon Jam

3 cups Sugar
1-1/2 cups finely chopped seeded watermelon (do not puree)
1/4 cup lemon juice
3/4 cup water
1 package (1-3/4 ounces) powdered fruit pectin

In a bowl, combine sugar, watermelon and lemon juice. Let stand for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. In a saucepan, combine water and pectin. Bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Add to the watermelon mixture; stir constantly until the sugar is completely dissolved, about 3 minutes. Ladle into jars. Cover and let stand at room temperature until set, about 24 hours. Process in boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

Yield: 4 cups.

 

[vfem]

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I put watermelon in the food processor, then strain out the juice only.

4 cups strained watermelon juice
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 package of pectin
3 cups of sugar

Boil add to setting point, ladle into sterilized jars and WB for 10 minutes.