What are you canning now?

[Kim_NC]

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Nice blog!....this wasn't my first visit, but keep forgetting to say something.

Thanks for the duck sauce recipe. During Winter when we're not gardening and canning very little, we make egg rolls, wontons, etc. I'm going to find some plums or apricots and make your duck sauce, so can have it for Winter too.

 

[KDbeads]

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Nice blog!....this wasn't my first visit, but keep forgetting to say something.

Thanks for the duck sauce recipe. During Winter when we're not gardening and canning very little, we make egg rolls, wontons, etc. I'm going to find some plums or apricots and make your duck sauce, so can have it for Winter too.

Thanks!
Eggrolls are on this week's want to eat list actually

Was going to make a dark plum sauce I found too but found out that hubby ate all our prunes

Next time I'm in town I'm going to look for the darker plums to see what I can make, or just get another container of prunes.

 

[ducks4you]

This long weekend:
canned 7 quarts & 1 1/2 pint, Stewed Tomatoes
canned 2 quarts, 11 pints and 2 1/2 pints of halved peaches (from the tree)
canned 7 1/2 pints of grape jelly
froze 12 bags (4-6 cups each) of grapes (Concord, I think, from my 5 vines) for making grape stuff this winter
froze 15 bags (4-6 cups each) of cut okra

One of my upright freezers, which I cleaned out, defrosted and sanitized last week, is now dedicated to all frozen vegetables and fruit. It's the older one which lives in the garage, and I'm putting all meat into the new one in the basement.

 

[vfem]

Ducks, this LONG weekend... is was LONGER then I thought it would be! LOL
That all looks wonderful though, I am surely jealous.

I didn't get anywhere near as much done as I wanted.

I did package and ship out 42 jars of jam, and 4 dz cookies for my business though. It was a wonderful sales weekend, and I am grateful. Now back to canning... more apple and pear butter to get done today.

 

[kimnkell]

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Wow, I checked out your website but didn't see any prices. How much do you charge for you jellies?

I sell them for $5 at the local farmers market. I brought 110 total to the market saturday....95 which I canned friday. I sold 97 jars which is an all time record. I think people were gearing up for back to school and Labor Day.

BTW I sold my thousandth jar yeaterday!!!

Wow, that is great! The jam looks good. I am always canning too and love to make jelly.

 

[chicken stalker]

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You have to state the ingredients, size of container, person and location/phone# of where it was made. You also have to have your kitchen inspected but that is free. Most farmer's markets require a million dollar insurance policy...which isn't as bad as it sounds.

 

[Kim_NC]

I finished up Brunswick Stew - 25 quarts. Had 1 pt chicken stock and 1 pt pork stock leftover so into the canner with those too.

Also "cleaned up" veggies remaining from the weekend and canned...
- 4 half pints and 1 pt Anaheim Pepper Rings
- 4 pts Dilly Beans
- 3 pts Snap Beans

ETA: That leaves sweet potatoes, pears and apples waiting on me. *sigh*

 

[LindsayB]

Today I made 5 half pints of Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit Jelly. I was alittle worried about how it would taste but I just had some on a piece of toast and WOW! Very good! Its very similiar to watermelon jelly. We have tons of them at our Deer Lease so I'm definitely going to pick more.

 

[vfem]

You guys are so busy so early and so late! LOL

I still have a batch of pear in the crockpot. Seriously.... its been in there for about 18 hours and its not done, too thin still. Tastes FANTASTIC though!!!!!

 

[KDbeads]

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Another with the prickly pear!! Help me!!
What's the best way to get them prepped? Take a torch to the spines or a pair of scissors? I have 380 acres to go picking, the lady who owns the place wants to make some too and they are looking about ripe now!