What are you canning now?

[Jen4]

Thanks Moxiechick

 

[galanie]

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Know what's worse- is how I discovered my blackebrry plants were covered in berries? I got injured pretty good at our woman's softball leagues championship games. ( we won

) but anyhoo here's my knee about 20 minutes ago https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25181_cimg5492.jpg
SWOLLEN-had xrays and MRI's waiting for results-thinking torn ACL and mooshed meniscus...fast forward. they day after I took my cocker for a small leashed walk on our side yard. I can barely walk so I was going very slow-I saw a tiny bump in yard I was TRYING to navigate around and when I went to pick up my hurt leg, I couldn't pick it up high enough -2 inches?-my toe tip caught the top of the ant hill and I rolled to the left on the ground into the blackberry bushes-OUCH!!!! very thorns ripped me to shreds-as I lay there looking up at the sky and staring at my dog telling him to "go get daddy" ( as if he knew what the heck I was talking about) and I turned the right and saw all these HUGE blackberries ready for the picking!-So what did I do? I picked berries while I laid there in pain until I was found and helped up filled a quart bag

OUCH! I've had a torn meniscus and my daughter had a torn ACL and I'm here to say, either one hurts like hell. I sure hope its one or the other or none of the above and not BOTH!

 

[chickencrazymamahen]

10 quarts of homemade chili.

 

[Olive Hill]

One of the regional chains we have here -- Meijer's -- has had Organic Mini-Bella Mushrooms on sale for $2/lb quite a bit lately so I'm canning those up as I'm able. Converted 7 lbs of mushrooms into 8 half pints of slices for pizza and the like and 5 pints of pieces (mostly halves, some wholes and quarters) for use in sauces, etc.

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Do you use a tested recipe or do you live on the edge and can up your own recipe?

I would love to can MY chili, but I haven't gotten that adventurous. I wish there were a canning testing service that you could send recipes into and have them tested.... hey! There's a business idea for one of you industrious ladies.

 

[chickencrazymamahen]

I guess I live on the edge, just use my regular recipe thinned down a little. Years ago(ok, many years ago, lol) when Paul Harvey was on the radio he was always promoting canning and would talk about taking the extra servings of your favorite soups and chili's and canning them....thats when I started. I process them at 10 lbs. 90 minutes, leaving a healthy 1" at the top. Same with my beef stew/soups and chicken soup. I love having them available when I don't want to cook!!

 

[KenK]

Eight half pints plus one pint of hot pepper and onion relish. It didn't come out just like I wanted but hopefully it will taste good anyways.

 

[Olive Hill]

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I freeze single servings a lot, for lunches, etc. But it would be nice to just have them canned. One of these days I'll just do it, feed it to hubby first and hope he doesn't croak.

 

[vfem]

No canning today, but I did finish the updates and things I needed to do to may Jamming Class Booklet. I think 10 pages is good for a class fresher, and then 6 pages of tried and true recipes. Good stuff! So glad I had time to site and finish editing and writing out how I feel about making jam. I do love canning!

 

[sonew123]

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OMG!!!

that sounds amazing!!!

 

[CranberryCreekFarm]

6 half pints of wild maine blueberry jam today!