What are you canning now?

It isn't a complete copy as far as format goes, but it is word for word.

http://extension.usu.edu/utah/htm/fcs/food-preservation-canning/usda_home_canning.

Apricot Pineapple Jam
4 c drained apricot pulp*(follow procedure below)
2 c drained unsweetened crushed pineapple
¼ c bottled lemon juice
2 c sugar **(optional)

* This recipe may be made with any combination of peaches, nectarines, apricots, and plums.
** This recipe may be made without sugar or with up to 2 cups, according to taste or preference. Nonnutritive sweeteners may be added. If aspartame (a low-calorie nutritive sweetener) is used, the sweetening power may be lost within 3 to 4 weeks.
Yield: 5 to 6 half-pints
Procedure: Thoroughly wash 4 to 6 pounds of firm, ripe apricots*. Drain well. Peel and remove pits. Grind fruit flesh with a medium coarse blade or crush with a fork (do not use a blender). Place ground or crushed fruit in a 2-quart saucepan. Heat slowly to release juices, stirring constantly, until fruit is tender. Place cooked fruit in a jelly bag or strainer lined with four layers or cheesecloth. Allow juice to drip about 15 minutes. Save the juice for jelly or other uses.
Measure 4 cups of drained fruit pulp for making spread. Combine the 4 cups of pulp, pineapple, and lemon juice in a 4-quart saucepan. Add up to 2 cups of sugar, if desired, and mix well.
Heat and boil gently for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring enough to prevent sticking. Fill jars quickly, leaving ¼ inch headspace. Adjust lids and process in water bath canner.

Jar size 0-1000 ft 1001-3000 ft 3001-6000 ft Above 6000 ft
½ pint 15 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 25 minutes
Pint 20 minutes 25 minutes 30 minutes 35 minutes
 
It isn't a complete copy as far as format goes, but it is word for word. http://extension.usu.edu/utah/htm/fcs/food-preservation-canning/usda_home_canning. Apricot Pineapple Jam
[COLOR=000000]4 c drained apricot pulp*(follow procedure below)
2 c drained unsweetened crushed pineapple
¼ c bottled lemon juice
2 c sugar **(optional)

* This recipe may be made with any combination of peaches, nectarines, apricots, and plums.
** This recipe may be made without sugar or with up to 2 cups, according to taste or preference. Nonnutritive sweeteners may be added. If aspartame (a low-calorie nutritive sweetener) is used, the sweetening power may be lost within 3 to 4 weeks.
Yield: 5 to 6 half-pints
Procedure: Thoroughly wash 4 to 6 pounds of firm, ripe apricots*. Drain well. Peel and remove pits. Grind fruit flesh with a medium coarse blade or crush with a fork (do not use a blender). Place ground or crushed fruit in a 2-quart saucepan. Heat slowly to release juices, stirring constantly, until fruit is tender. Place cooked fruit in a jelly bag or strainer lined with four layers or cheesecloth. Allow juice to drip about 15 minutes. Save the juice for jelly or other uses.
Measure 4 cups of drained fruit pulp for making spread. Combine the 4 cups of pulp, pineapple, and lemon juice in a 4-quart saucepan. Add up to 2 cups of sugar, if desired, and mix well.
Heat and boil gently for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring enough to prevent sticking. Fill jars quickly, leaving ¼ inch headspace. Adjust lids and process in water bath canner.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=000000]½ pint[COLOR=000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]15 minutes [/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]20 minutes [/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]20 minutes [/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]25 minutes[/COLOR]
Pint[COLOR=000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]20 minutes [/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]25 minutes [/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]30 minutes [/COLOR] [COLOR=000000]35 minutes[/COLOR][/COLOR]
You'll have plenty of pectin in the fruit for this recipe. Add the sugar to taste because it will depend on how sweet the apricots and pineapple are. I almost never use pectin for anything that is a jam or butter. If I'm making jelly however, I will because all the good pulpy fruit is strained out.
 
I got my exercise for the day. Made 10 laps around Walmart looking for the cheese cloth, and made 3 laps around Albertson's looking for white wine vinegar for the relish. Started to get really upset that I couldn't find the cheese cloth, and ended up finding it by the paint, who the heck keeps it by the paint?! I told the employee from the sporting good area that they should really put some by the canning supplies, he told me they used to until they deemed it a hardware product. Now I have to go back to Walmart in the next day or two again for the white wine vinegar, which I got the last bottle, found it at Albertson's for $3.35 a bottle, and I could get it at Walmart for $2 a bottle, and since I need 4 cups for one recipe I might as well get the better deal, even if it will be the third day in a row at Walmart. I just wish I could find a bigger bottle than the little 15 oz bottles. But now it is time to get the dishes done and I will let you know how my first jelly goes.

Wish me luck, the boys are being naughty today...
 
I got my exercise for the day. Made 10 laps around Walmart looking for the cheese cloth, and made 3 laps around Albertson's looking for white wine vinegar for the relish. Started to get really upset that I couldn't find the cheese cloth, and ended up finding it by the paint, who the heck keeps it by the paint?! I told the employee from the sporting good area that they should really put some by the canning supplies, he told me they used to until they deemed it a hardware product. Now I have to go back to Walmart in the next day or two again for the white wine vinegar, which I got the last bottle, found it at Albertson's for $3.35 a bottle, and I could get it at Walmart for $2 a bottle, and since I need 4 cups for one recipe I might as well get the better deal, even if it will be the third day in a row at Walmart. I just wish I could find a bigger bottle than the little 15 oz bottles. But now it is time to get the dishes done and I will let you know how my first jelly goes.

Wish me luck, the boys are being naughty today...


You might be better off waiting til later tonight or even tomorrow. I ca not work with kids, cats, or dogs anywhere near me!

FWIW, I had a tough time locating my cheesecloth as well. But Meijer does keep it in the canning aisle. :) good luck.
 
What is Meijer? I have never heard of that store before. I am so used to having kids under foot while canning and cats while I am trying to make tuna sandwiches, or opening any can for that matter, that I don't even think about it. When it is time for the hot jars to come out they get kicked out of the dining room but that is because it is the only space I have left for my jars to rest. Trying to get naps started so maybe I can get my counters sanitized and the apricots peeled and started cooking. Had to stop and eat something, I guess my body has decided food is required, guess I should have ate more dinner last night.
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Well I got the first batch all done, need to find the rest of the rings that I somehow lost. But even with the boys helping I got it done pretty quick. So far so good, they are about ready to come out of the canner!! And none of them have broken
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Same idea as Walmart- grocery and everything else. Here where I live our three big stores that have it all are Meijer, Walmart, and Kroger. We also have a few more local grocery stores such as Remke's, IGA, and Supervalu. Different parts of the country have different stores.
I went to Walmart to buy jars and found they were $1 more than at our Wegmans store. Walmart is not always the cheapest. Don't be fooled.

Too, much of their produce is foreign.
 

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