What are you canning now?

[clucksbc]

wow !!!what an incredible deel . on flour....it is at least $8 for 10 pounds...here...you could never have bought to much at that price...

 

[rancher hicks]

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.

Where did you find flour for that price? Would vacuum sealing work with the flour? If you left it in the bag? What about freezing?

 

[bockbock2008]

Where did you find flour for that price? Would vacuum sealing work with the flour? If you left it in the bag? What about freezing?

I got it at Aldi. For about the past 2 months they have had 4lb flour .49, 4lb sugar .89, a doz eggs for .29 and milk for .99 a gallon. I felt REALLY bad having to buy eggs since I have 30 hens but no eggs since November so.......

I'm not sure you could vacuum seal it and not have the little bugs hatch out. From what I understand, the weevil larvea is in the grain when its ground, so it's in the flour when you buy it. When you actually see bugs, the eggs have hatched. Freezing it will work also, I just like to keep my freezer as free as possible. The heat from canning it kills the larvae and seals it for a nice long shelf life. I don't can alot in quart jars and have boxes upon boxes of them so, why not?

 

[rancher hicks]

I did manage to get free sugar at canning time with a coupon from Sure Jel. I stocked up and have lots of berries to do up in the freezer. Just gotta push my self to get it done.

 

[hennotrooster]

Not a caner, yet.... I did however make some apricot jam about 28 years ago. Neighbor came over with bags of fruit and his wife in tow to teach me how to make my own jam. It was great.

Now my question is do canned meats lose texture and does the taste change much? I have bought a can of chicken and it was not the same but then again it was commercially made. So I am thinking that as with most foods home made is better. I would love to learn this process since my husband buys soooo much meat that the freezer is always full I really would like to get it cooked and canned the proper way, is there a good site that is used by anyone, since I have seen many and I am not sure which is best they mostly confuse me. I will be looking into buying a pressure caner as well.

 

[galanie]

I have canned chicken and beef both by raw packing it in jars, not water or anything, then processing at the recommended pressures and times. Usually 10lbs for 75 minutes. They come out very cooked and very tasty in their own broth. I add 1/2 the salt recommended (If you notice, every recipe everywhere wants a teaspoon of salt. I don't care what it is, it's always 1 teaspoon of salt. I chuckle and add 1/2 tsp)

Any sort of ground meat I've canned always screams DOG FOOD when I open the can. It tastes like Underwoods Potted meat and smells like Dog Food. The fat mixed in must do that cause cuts of plain beef aren't so "dog food" smelling. And the chicken is wonderful.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

There was a great sale on citrus this week so I bought a lot of oranges. I plan on making some marmalade.

 

[jomoncon]

Strawberries are just coming into season in Louisiana. So between yesterday & today I made 20 half pints of strawberry jam and 12 half-pints of sugar-free strawberry jam. Both of them came out so good! I sell these at a local farmers' market, and after getting so many requests for sugar-free jams, I finally made some sugar free strawberry & blueberry. They've been very popular. I even had the nicest complement when one man bought his second jar & said it was the best sugar-free jam he had ever had, and he had tried all the ones on the store shelves!

I had never made regular strawberry jam before, simply because I really never cared for it, but the ones I made came out so very good! My DH has gotten tired of me saying that I don't like strawberry jam, but mine is so good.

Now, I'm waiting for strawberry season to some full swing so the prices will drop. Just finished up with oranges for marmalade. After that, it'll be time for figs (from my own trees), blueberries & blackberries.

 

[clucksbc]

henno....canning meat really is worth it... ok it does get tender...but not grouse...i can just open a jar and start munching is that good...just pack some meat in a jar...and pop in the pressure canner..and it steaps in its own juices....you can't water wath meat...
some people braise there meat first...i found i prefer ground beef done that way...is REALLY handy...for quick meals..
but i recommend going to u tube, and whatching a few videos on canning meat or chicken till you feel confident...
good luck

 

[Pozees]

Strawberries are just coming into season in Louisiana. So between yesterday & today I made 20 half pints of strawberry jam and 12 half-pints of sugar-free strawberry jam. Both of them came out so good! I sell these at a local farmers' market, and after getting so many requests for sugar-free jams, I finally made some sugar free strawberry & blueberry. They've been very popular. I even had the nicest complement when one man bought his second jar & said it was the best sugar-free jam he had ever had, and he had tried all the ones on the store shelves!

I had never made regular strawberry jam before, simply because I really never cared for it, but the ones I made came out so very good! My DH has gotten tired of me saying that I don't like strawberry jam, but mine is so good.

Now, I'm waiting for strawberry season to some full swing so the prices will drop. Just finished up with oranges for marmalade. After that, it'll be time for figs (from my own trees), blueberries & blackberries.

Would you be willing to share your recipe for sugar free jam?