What are you canning now?

[rancher hicks]

DW works with diabetic woman and she does eat my jams, but with a bit of peanut butter. Not sure why this helps but it does. Of course I don't think she eats much at one time though.

I did research for jams for diabetics but nothing looked good. Plus it can only be stored for a short period of time.
Well there are freezer jams but they didn't look good either.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Do you guys have any idea how hard it is for a diabetic to read all of this, LOL. I do remember the days though, I can get away with just a little fruit, sugar, I cant do. I think I am going to have to quit looking at all of this delicious stuff, or I am going to break down and wind up in a diabetic coma. It do look great, and probably tastes better.

Isn't there some sort of conversion information you could apply to some of these recipes?

DW works with diabetic woman and she does eat my jams, but with a bit of peanut butter. Not sure why this helps but it does. Of course I don't think she eats much at one time though.

I did research for jams for diabetics but nothing looked good. Plus it can only be stored for a short period of time.
Well there are freezer jams but they didn't look good either.

Protein. It helps balance out the sugars.

 

[camilleathome]

Im thinking that instead of jams. Fruit BUTTERS would be your best bet. fruit still has sugars but a lot less than jams usually have. Also Im just completely against aspartame and splenda etc(My throat tightens as soon as I eat it I have bad reactions)

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

Ooooh nice! Recipe please?

Blueberry syrup ----- from the Ball Blue Book

yield about 3 pints

2 quarts of blueberries
6 cups water divided
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
3 cups sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Wash blueberries, drain. Crush berries. Combine berries with 2 cups water and lemon peel in a medium saucepot. Simmer 5 minutes. Strain through a damp jelly bag or several layers of cheesecloth. Combine sugar and 4 cups water in a medium saucepot; boil to 230 degF (adjust for altitude). Add blueberry juice to syrup. Boil 5 minutes. Stir in lemon juice. Ladle hot syrup into hot jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Process 10 minutes in a boiling water canner.
Note: fruit syrup is typically thin. I f a thicker syrup is desired, combine 1 cup syrup and 1 tablespoon cornstarch in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, cooking till syrup thickens. Do not add cornstarch before canning.

 

[sonew123]

Thank you!!!

 

[MossyoakLane]

;Ok....since Friday I have made:
Peach Jam
Peach Ginger Jam
Plum Peachy Jam
Plum Jam
Plum Chutney

And processed the rest of the plums and froze it in batches for later jam making.


Can I sit down now?

 

[rancher hicks]

;Ok....since Friday I have made:
Peach Jam
Peach Ginger Jam
Plum Peachy Jam
Plum Jam
Plum Chutney

And processed the rest of the plums and froze it in batches for later jam making.


Can I sit down now?

That is a lot of jam, but I need to sleep sometime.

I've to many things to do, what with chickens and work and just get out of this house. Went to the craft/art show in the city. It was nice but to much jewelry.

Lots of paintings and photos, some very nice but in the hundreds of dollar range. Some of the artist look to young before I'd recoup my investment. Paintings don't become valuable until the artist dies and many of them looked to healthy. I did talk to some of them and some also seemed to sane. Only the crazies become famous and valuable.

Seems to me the nuttier they are the more their work is valued.

Anyhow set up to do the blk currant and rhubarb. DD and hers brought me some blueberries. Must be a older variety as they are smaller than usual. My father and his lived on a mountain in Virginia and used to have wild.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I took my red table grapes and made grape jam. (jelly looked like too much trouble)

 

[bachbach1]

You can eat sugar if you have diabetes, but your body doesn't regulate the blood sugar level, and that long term is catastrophic. If you ignore high blood sugar, blindness, heart, kidney disease, loss of feet, (necessary amputation) can occur, so it is a pretty intense thing. A spike here and there can be handled, a little extra insulin helps when I am bad, LOL, and I was bad after seeing all this yummy stuff. Still it is great to see you guys canning. In today's society is is almost a lost art, so spread the knowledge every chance you get. That will help fight the disfunction spreading now days, and keep the "art" of canning alive.

 

[rancher hicks]

You can eat sugar if you have diabetes, but your body doesn't regulate the blood sugar level, and that long term is catastrophic. If you ignore high blood sugar, blindness, heart, kidney disease, loss of feet, (necessary amputation) can occur, so it is a pretty intense thing. A spike here and there can be handled, a little extra insulin helps when I am bad, LOL, and I was bad after seeing all this yummy stuff. Still it is great to see you guys canning. In today's society is is almost a lost art, so spread the knowledge every chance you get. That will help fight the disfunction spreading now days, and keep the "art" of canning alive.

Aren't there two types of diabetes? I know DW was told she has it but she's not changed her diet. Not that I didn't try to help by taking every diabetic cook book out of the library. She's very stubborn.