What are you canning now?

[clucksbc]

i do only pressure can an wbc all my canning but this was for dry goods like flour rice ect..

 

[cravenchx]

i do only pressure can an wbc all my canning but this was for dry goods like flour rice ect..

You can vacuum seal dry goods in jars, if that is what you are talking about.

 

[Happy Chooks]

i do only pressure can an wbc all my canning but this was for dry goods like flour rice ect..

If you go to a bakery, you can pick up their empty food grade buckets. Some sell them for a couple bucks, but we got a bunch free. The lids seal really well. They are great for storing rice, flour, sugar, etc.

I also use them around the yard - picking the garden, storing chicken supplies, etc.

 

[rancher hicks]

Anyone here grow and dry beans? I'd like to grow and do beans for soups and chili. Anyone use a bean thing to separate the beans or peas from the pods?

Right now I just freeze beans.

Any advice on when to picks beans? Certain things are hard to know when to harvest and I sometimes get beans that seem to big.

What about when to pick peas?

Yeah I know there are books but you know they always consider things with the best conditions and perfectly planted and grow stuff. If I could afford all that I'd be paying someone else to do the work.

I remember Martha Stewart saying "I" planted 100 rose bushes and then show the Back Hoe and pile of perfect compost and all these guys running around doing all the work. I'm thinking, "Oh sure "you" planted alright".

Some of us don't have enough land to own a tractor or back hoe, I bet. Heck I don't even own a Roto tiller, but I do need a chain saw.

 

[wyoDreamer]

CANNING DRY GOODS IN THE OVEN - I would think that would change the nature of some dry goods. Specifically, I am thinking of Flour, brown sugar and rolled oats. I know flour will "toast" in the oven and I would think that the heat would change the nature of the grain itself. When I make homemade granola, it is a low, slow bake in the oven and the oatmeal turns toasted and tastes so different than uncooked oats. Brown sugar would probably turn into a solid lump.

 

[animalsRawesome]

I just read that you can dry can all your dry goods put all your dryed good in jars and put in the oven at 300 for an hour...
has anyone ever tryed this????
said food is good for 20-30 years...

Hmmm... Very interesting. Where specifically did you read it?

 

[clucksbc]

here is a write up on the oven canning
http://voices.yahoo.com/how-flour-dry-goods-long-term-storage-11293640.html

is suposed to not be good for nuts with oil.. dry milk dosen;t do well...i wouldn;t do sugar...
and some dehydrated goods don't do well

is suposed to do very well for crackers and cereals...

please know...i try and do only what is safe...but can't see any harm in this..and i always like to pass on a tip..
but i appoligize got the temperature wrong is 200 not 300 degrees

 

[animalsRawesome]

Thanks for the link!

 

[wyoDreamer]

Oh, 200 degree will make a big difference! Thank you for the link, it is very interesting.

I just recently purchased a cookbook for making mixes and I may have to try it out for those. I have made a sugar cookie mix, a hot roll mix and a white sauce mix. Having canned dry goods in a cabin would be great! You wouldn't have to haul flour and such with you every time you went camping, only to have to haul it home if you didn't use it. No worry about mice and insects getting into it.

 

[bockbock2008]

I have canned flour this way and will soon be doing some dry rice also. I wasn't going to do the sugar because I believe it would begin to caramalize. I had seen the same link just posted and used that method and it worked great. You just can't beat .49 cents for a 4lb bag of flour so I bought 12.