What are you canning now?

[hennible]

Well it's good to have someone to give you garden space. It's fun to save your own seed I'm almost done with my seed saving efforts for the year. As too the bunny poop attracting bunnies, who knows, but I have my doubts

 

[jomoncon]

Just finished 22 half-pints of mayhaw jelly. Did that much in 2 batches using pomona pectin. Nice & tart.

 

[hennible]

What's mayhaw?

 

[jerryse]

What's mayhaw?

One of our native hawthorn species . Small red fruit about 3/8 of a inch 10 MM . Kind of apple like . The same pests and diseases as apple . Cedar apple rust , coddling moth etcetera .

 

[hennible]

thanks

 

[rancher hicks]

Just finished 22 half-pints of mayhaw jelly. Did that much in 2 batches using pomona pectin. Nice & tart.

I bought a jar when we visited FairHope, AL . I wasn't impressed with it. It wasn't tart though and as I recall not firm enough to my liking.

Perhaps you should send me a jar of yours so i can get a better idea of what it's like.

No I am NOT kidding.

 

[MotherOfChkns]

This time of year I find myself canning a lot of chicken stock. At least once a month I roast 2 birds (not my own- usually), and use the bones for a big batch of stock the next day. I absolutely love having home-canned stock on hand. The way it stays gelled when the jars are cool is nothing like store-bought.

 

[3goodeggs]

That is a good idea. I do not think I will ever get up the nerve to butcher my own. I think I can practice on a roasted chicken. Great idea.

 

[hendricks115]

I wanted to share because I'm so excited. Just bought a steamer juicer this week and have it fired up. I am on my second batch of our home grown grapes and the juice is wonderful! Jarred 9 quarts of elderberry juice yesterday as well as 10 jars of pear sauce. After the grapes are done, I'm going to throw is raspberries, gooseberries and chokeberries to make a juice blend. Our little one loves our homemade juice!

 

[hennible]

Oh sounds neat. How's it work? Is the juice pasteurize?