What are you canning now?

[ScoobyRoo]

Just when I thought I was done (put all my canning stuff away) I had a neighbor give me a big bag of hot peppers ( I'll make cranberry/jalapeno jelly & pickle) and my local store owner gave me her left over pumpkins. Should I freeze some for the chickens or make..........what with them? Just when I thought I was done! But I hate to see anything go to waste.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

Smith2....do you can deboned chicken with a broth? I can beef and you are right, it is quick and handy for casseroles soups, etc. May try my hand at canning chickens. Also, are they older chickens you use for canning?

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Henry'schickens--I've used both hens and extra roos for canning. Both are good. I cook them in the slowcooker with plenty of water to make broth. Then I debone them and can them and the extra broth for use in soups.

I've done hamburger too. Will be nice and quick later when I need it!

 

[Farmer Kitty]

Henry'schickens :

Thanks Farmer Kitty. I'm going to try it. The only disadvantage for me is that my DH doesn't care much for chicken. He will eat homemade chicken & (homemade) noodle soup. he is a steak & tator man.

The canned chicken and broth are great for homemade chicken noodle soup! You can try making casoroles with it too. My DH was a meat and potato man too but, I have slowly gotten him to eat and like other things.​

 

[bulldog-girl]

Farmer Kitty, I have read that canned potatoes have a less than satisfactory texture. What do you do to yours? I have several bags of potatoes that I got on a really good buy and would love to can some. I don't like mushy tasting potatoes. I don't like them frozen either. Still taste mushy to me.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

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It's my first time canning them so I don't know how they will be. I had one that didn't seal so I will be able to let you know soon.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

I ended up with 16 qts, 8 pts, 10 - 1/2 pts of potatoes.
The qts are sized for American fries, potato salad, etc.
The pts and 1/2 pts are sized for omletes and soups.

I also processed 1 roo to can. I still have his buddy to process first.

1 qt. didn't seal-I fried it in butter (American fries). They were good.

bulldog-girl -I washed them, cut them to size, cooked about 1/3 of the way, packed into prepared jars, added boiling water, fit lids, pressure canned for 35 min for pts and 40 mins for qts @ 10#'s pressure.

I have a friend whose Aunt just raw packed them and added hot water. Then canned. She says they are good.

I followed the recipe I had. Has anyone done the raw pack? If so, how were they?

 

[redhead83402]

I do know one thing about canned potatoes ~ they have to pressure canned, not waterbath canned ~ and I must admit, I don't care for the texture either ~ to me they have a sort of mushy/processed feel going on.

However ~ if you add them to other things, like soups, bread (for dough), etc, it's not noticeable ~ and WOW farmer Kitty ~ CongratS~ that's a LOT of canned potatoes!

In Idaho, it gets cold & stays cold, so potatoes just go into the dark cellar, and they will keep all winter long, without the hassle of canning. We glean them from the fields, stick them into those plastic crates with all the holes, and leave them in the cellar, dirt on & all.
~Red

 

[Farmer Kitty]

It gets cold and keeps them here too. I canned those because with the dairy farm and hectic schedules sometimes it's nice to have them all cut and cooked ahead!

That was 3/4 of a 50# bag and DH is suppose to bring home another 50# tomorrow or early next week for eating. He brought one home about 3 weeks ago and it's 3/4 gone too.

I'm done canning them-at least for now.

You just never know about later on!

 

[Scrambled Egg]

In the past few weeks I have canned apple butter, apple/strawberry butter (just threw a bag of fresh forzen strawberries in the apple butter..very good!), pear preserves, salsa, muscadine jam and grape hull preserves. I am going to try the pumpkin when I get around to cutting it up, think I'll add lemon to bump up the acidity in the pumpkin. Giving alot of my canning away for christmas gifts.