What are you canning now?

[erinszoo]

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.

Now that's COLD!!!!

 

[rancher hicks]

This morning I went out and they were wearing Fox furs.

 

[hennible]

Classy birds

 

[erinszoo]

Lesson number umpteenth thousandth - label jars of jelly while you still know what flavor they are. I have no idea what I'll be drenching my biscuit in tomorrow other than it came from my pantry and is a reddish orange hue. Could be sand plum, peach, grape, currant, or one of the mixed kind. Possibly even apricot. Sigh. Lol.

 

[hennible]

Felt pens are handy... I'm having that problem with salsa right now :/

 

[erinszoo]

Wonder what people did before sharpies?

 

[jerryse]

Lesson number umpteenth thousandth - label jars of jelly while you still know what flavor they are. I have no idea what I'll be drenching my biscuit in tomorrow other than it came from my pantry and is a reddish orange hue. Could be sand plum, peach, grape, currant, or one of the mixed kind. Possibly even apricot. Sigh. Lol.

My wife and I still do not agree on this . I date and label everything canned or frozen . She does not bother . I hate meal surprises .

 

[WthrLady]

I use a dynamo label maker. What's in the jar, date canned, and batch, and method.

 

[wyoDreamer]

I use printer labels. For gifts, I make fancy labels with borders and graphics in addition to the name. I create the label, print as many as I need and save it fro the next time I can.
For a new recipe, I make a second label for the back that gives suggestions on use. For example, for plum sauce the suggested uses are stir-fry, grilled chicken, roast pork, dipping sauce.

 

[hennible]

Nice