What are you canning now?

[hennible]

I know.

 

[erinszoo]

In the winter when I'm making big pots of soup and stews, I'll often can the leftovers for a quick lunch later on.

 

[Beekissed]

I like to take the leftover soup, add more ingredients to flesh it out and then thicken the broth to make a pasty or pot pie with it.

 

[sunflower4you]

Rancher hicks,
Here are some pics of it. I bought it off of eBay last year. It's an All American 15.5 qt.

Your local extension office can be a great resource. Ours will even test your pressure canner for free so you know it is safe to use.

 

[rancher hicks]

If I have to cull a bird I do it at night when I can't see their little faces. I couple of times I've done it when I wake up in the middle of the night and just do it without thinking too much.

I also don't name many birds. This way it's no one I know. Big Delores has a gang but only she has a name.

We have a NY picnic each year and someone was coming to show us how to process but I didn't make it. Maybe this year.

 

[Beekissed]

I name all those who earn a name, either by being a distinct breed or color or by displaying distinct traits. I don't like eating food without a name if I can help it. Makes one appreciate their food so much more if you know their name and their story. I want to see their faces and remember them, I want to remember every little bit of their lives from the beginning to the end. I like having a personal relationship with the food I consume and I want to know what happened to them from start to finish. I want to make sure their story was a good one and the end of the story good as well. I'd never trust that to anyone else....their lives are too important to me.

 

[rancher hicks]

I'm in NYS, we're canning ice cubes,

Lord have mercy my roosters crow froze in mid air. My chickens were standing the sheep just to keep their feet warm.

 

[bumpershoot]

 

[rancher hicks]

 

[Raech]