What are you canning now?

[michickenwrangler]

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Have you ever canned grapefruit with the cranberry juice and honey? Recipe in BBB. I just came across it the other night. I am about the only one in my family that likes grapefruit and my grandmother sends me a case every Christmas - getting package today...

No, but I have plenty of honey and cranberries. I should have tried to make some.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

Today's canning project: Cranberry, Pomegranate, Cherry Jelly.

 

[vfem]

You guys just reminded me I didn't can my cranberry chutney this year!? BUMMER! That was always so yummy on left over sandwiches all winter.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

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We got some of it from you last year. I loved it on collards and turnips.

 

[oberhaslikid]

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I have one and I love it once you use it you will not
know how you lived without it. Takes very few minutes mix in the mixer and then take the dough and roll out your sheets then to the cutter cut noodles .
I dry mine on a rack or cook right away.
I bought mine through a restraunt supply store. Cheapest Ive found but will last a life time and resell value is hard to beat.

 

[bockbock2008]

I had some pear juice frozen from our pear trees this year and wanted to do something with it. I was planning on making vanilla pear jelly that someone on here had mentioned. I only had liquid pectin and couldn't find a recipe that called for liquid instead of powder. So to the Ball Book I went and found cinnamon pear jelly. I made that recipe but in addition to the cinnamon, I added about2-3 teaspoons of my homemade vanilla. OMG! (gosh) I used about half a cup more than the recipe called for, because that is what I had frozen and its still trying to set up after a week. But even if it doesn't it will be awesome on ice cream. To me it tastes like fried ice cream. To my 16 yo SS, it tastes like honeybuns.

 

[rancher hicks]

I realize I'll have to go back to check a few things.

I just put the last four jars of Pomegranate jelly in the canner. DD and I are going to do the Cranberry when she gets up.

I used 3 fresh pomegranates with a bottle of organic juice. However there are other juices in the organic juice. Does anyone know where to buy 100% pomegranate juice?

I used whole frozen Cranberries. However the organic juice does have added other juices too.

I used my new food mill for the first time. Very helpful but I expect I'll still be straining with the cheese cloth if I want clear jellies.

I have two Pomegranate jelly recipes and had to add and divide them. One called for 6 cups of sugar but since I was using juice with added other juices I use the other recipe that called for less sugar. It would cost a fortune to buy enough Pomegranates to get the amount of juice the recipe called for. As it was organic juice cost a lot.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

I canned a bunch of meatless spaghetti sauce. I figure you can brown some meat and add it to the sauce when you heat it up.
Made 7 quarts and 4 pints (then theres the 1 1/2 quarts we already ate!)

I also typed out and printed on some index cards..

And not that its canning, but it's in a jar. This gets me out of baking everyone cookies this year!!

I also did white chocolate-cranberry cookies and a butterscotch brownie mix in a jar.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

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I found some at safeway when I was out of town once (we dont have a safeway less then an hour away so I dont go there much.) It had no sugar and was all pomegranate juice. I dont remember the brand but It was in a glass jar. I also know that our raleys has a few different juice isles. The artificial sweetener isle. The 'healthy' isle. and the water and flavored water, coconut water, etc isle.. I was in food max yesterday and looked for some and couldn't find any. Ended up with a bunch of strawberries for strawberry jam instead.

 

[bockbock2008]

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Oooh! Thanks for the quick idea! I was trying to come up with something quick for tonight. It's the first of 4 "Christmases" this weekend. Moms, whole family (all cousins, aunts and uncles), home and then off to the in-laws.