What are you canning now?

[lilshadow]

9 1/2 pint jars-spiced peach butter
12 4 oz jars-peach butter
4 1/2 pints-peach butter
3 pint jars- peach butter
12 pint jars-salsa
4 quart jars-salsa
6 pint jars- pear butter
4 quart jars-green beans
10 quart size freezer bags-green beens
Today I am going to do
pickled beats
dilly beans
pickled zucc.
and more green beans.
I finally overcame my fear of canning, and now I can't stop.

 

[VT Chick-lit]

Yesterday I canned 6 pints of stewed tomatos, froze corn niblets and made Corn Cob Jelly form the recipe listed earlier in this thread. This is the first batch of Corn Cob Jelly that I have ever made. It was quite easy and very YUMMY

 

[JennsPeeps]

I've been on a canning binge the past few days:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=84049&p=2

My kitchen is finally clean again after 5 days of canning!! I even whipped out the razor blade to chip away at the burned-on gunk on the stove enamel. This was my first major canning spree. I did it all alone with just a couple exceptions. DBF helped pack the dilly bean jars and then chopped tomatoes for the sauce. He'll help with the next batch, too.

Today I also made cookies, picked blueberries, and walked home from the blueberry farm (~2 miles). I was going to start some bread overnight but my yeast didn't proof.

Still have more to do but have run out of money for now. Guess it's time to relax & enjoy my vacaton, eh? Think I'll read a few books and kill off a couple of bottles of wine.

 

[Farmer Kitty]

On Labor Day, before heading back to the fair, I canned down 4 pts of no sugar added beet pickles and froze down 7 pkgs. of green peppers.

Yesterday's canning included 8 quarts of tomato juice (4 red and 4 yellow) 3- 1/2 pts of sugar free corn cob jelly, 7 pts. of corn froze down.

 

[wegotchickens]

I've been on a blackberry syrup binge for a while now. It's all I want on my pancakes. I've also made spiced peach syrup. It's pretty easy to make syrup. My canning book has the proportions in it for juice to sugar ratio. When I 'winged' it I ended up with jelly half the time LOL

 

[sara]

Monday my sister and I did 75 jars of peaches, tomato juice, and diced tomatoes

 

[sara]

Quote:
No. All that will do is over cook them. No matter how long they are in there, it will not get hot enough to kill the botulism bacteria. It can kill you. You HAVE to use a pressure canner to get a high enough temp to destroy it and ensure they are safe.

Hmm, I use a waterbath canner for green beans. I didn't know you couldn't.

 

[JennsPeeps]

I use the info on this website quite a bit. It follows USDA guidlines for safe canning. It's what prompted me to purchase a pressure canner. I ws so bummer last summer when I found out that I couldn't can corn or other veggies.
http://www.pickyourown.org//allaboutcanning.htm

Here's why water bath canning isn't safe for low-acid foods:
http://www.pickyourown.org//canningqa.htm#pressureorwater

Now, there are people here who will say that they're been BWB (boiling water bath) canning for 40 years and never had a problem. They'll probably say so in this thread (if they haven't already). I say - go buy a lottery ticket. Maybe they'll BWB can for the rest of their lives with no problems, or maybe someone will get sick some day. I'd rather invest in a pressure canner and guarantee that my home-preserved food is safe - not to mention to avoid spoilage & lose my hard-earned canned things - than to spend the money on medical bill co-payments. Better safe than sorry.

 

[LoneCowboy]

Today I'm canning spaghetti sauce. Last year we were totally done canning by Labor day. This year we didn't even start until after Labor day, except for a few pickles. The season has been way late this year. Hope all those tomatos on the vines don't go to waste. I still need salsa this year.

 

[Sebrightmom]

I have can spaghetti sauce, tomato juice, and peaches. I have also made peach, mulberry, and corn cob jellies. This is my first year canning. I still have a lot of learn. I am making the jellies for Christmas presents. I still have pear jelly to make. I also want to make apple jelly.