What are you canning now?

[drakeschicks]

Wow, what a blessing!! How many pounds of apples do you think you went through?

I don't know how many pounds, I had two grain bags, each was over half-full, too heavy to carry so I dragged them to the house. It was a good year in the Northeast this year, I had the most tomatoes ever!

 

[jomoncon]

I didn't can anything this past week, but it's so interesting to read what everybody else has been doing!

 

[KentuckyMom]

I was half-kidding when I said why don't we make a kiwi jam to my mother and was quite surprised when I saw a recipe for it in the Ball Book  for canning.   I really like tasting the natural fruit sweetness; though, if needed, I don't mind doing a bit of sugar , but four cups of it?? That's an awful lot! Is there any way I can cut back?  I'm pretty new to canning so please forgive me for all these crazy questions! : D  : )

I made this Kiwi Jam a couple of years ago when my Dad hit the jackpot at the flea market and brought me a big box full! It was very, very good and did not last long! Even people who were skeptical of the idea of kiwi jam ended up really liking it!

 

[PioneerPrincess]

I made this Kiwi Jam a couple of years ago when my Dad hit the jackpot at the flea market and brought me a big box full! It was very, very good and did not last long! Even people who were skeptical of the idea of kiwi jam ended up really liking it!

Wow, that's neat! My mother and I just finished canning our kiwi jam. Mmm... was the taste I had scrumptious! It was the first time she and I had had kiwi jam. We canned pear sauce, pear juice, applesauce, and apple slices yesterday. I roped my mom into it, thinking it'd only take a few hours to do a 'few' pears and apples.

Yup, we were exhausted by the time we were done.

My mom mentioned canning pineapple, so I looked in the Ball Book and found three recipes that I have my eye on trying; the jam, in whole spices, and in a light syrup. Have any of y'all tried canning pineapple and, if so, what's you're favorite recipe? Thanks for all you're advice and help!!! I really appreciate it. I have really been enjoying all this canning!

 

[Arielle]

Need some advice. Given the extra work to can pumpkin chunks, should I use th 2 super sized pumpkins that I have ? Every online recipe I looked at recommended the small sugar pumpkins for a number of reasons. YOur thoughts???

 

[Pozees]

Need some advice. Given the extra work to can pumpkin chunks, should I use th 2 super sized pumpkins that I have ? Every online recipe I looked at recommended the small sugar pumpkins for a number of reasons. YOur thoughts???

Two years ago I had a monumental pumpkin harvest. I cut them into large pieces, cooked them all day in the slow cookers, pulled the skin off and froze in zip top bags. Thawed and gave it to the chickens about once a week or whenever I remembered, they loved it.

 

[Arielle]

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Freezing might be the better choice for pumpkin. DH is taking one that he bought on sale today to cook and eat at work. He was instrumental in getting a full kitchen intalled at work to encourage staff to cook and eat real food at work. I guess any pumpkin can be made into pumpkin pie. OTherwise I will try to find a pickling recipe like my mom used, pie spices and vinegar and sugar as the base. The rest to the freezer.

 

[Glasshen]

Pumpkin makes great soup, too. There are lots of recipes for butternut squash soup, you can use pumpkin.

 

[Arielle]

Pumpkin makes great soup, too. There are lots of recipes for butternut squash soup, you can use pumpkin.

Great idea!! Can that be canned?? The one time I had butternut soup it was thin, and runny, not like a comercial bique which is thick.

 

[akelley]

Need some advice. Given the extra work to can pumpkin chunks, should I use th 2 super sized pumpkins that I have ?   Every online recipe I looked at recommended the small sugar pumpkins for a number of reasons.  YOur thoughts???

The reason recipes call for the small pumpkins is that the larger the pumpkin, the greater tge chance of the texture being "off". That being said, I have made pumpkin puree from the big'uns, and never had any texture or taste issues.

I don't can pumpkin. I roast and puree it, then put it in ziploc bags in 1 cup portions, and freeze it. I just did two small pumpkins this weekend, and have three more left to do. I got 5+ cups of puree from the two I did last weekend; I see pumpkin EVERYTHING in my future