What are you canning now?

[iawoodchip]

Stupid question on the sauerkraut...

Can it be canned to preserve it once done? Or would that ruin the texture?

I don't care for the stuff but the wife loves it. Since I am the canner in the household, I'd love to be able to put some away for her.

Yes. The texture will change a little. The reason I don't can it is to keep the probiotics in tact. Doing the 5# in a jar allows me to enjoy fresh kraut instead. Once refrigerated it stays fresh for months. I can always get some more cabbage & make a new batch.

I might mention, for those wanting to make a larger crock type batch, there's a new kind of crock on the market with a built in water lock seal that come in several sizes. Expensive though, in my opinion

 

[WYNot]

I'll eventually get an actual crock but this look interesting...

http://smile.amazon.com/FARMcurious...d=1426256927&sr=8-3&keywords=sauerkraut+crock


Actually... just realized that I've got some airlocks at home from a recent attempt to make hard cider. I could modify a jar lid myself and start playing with small batches of kraut before I get a crock and accessories.

 

[JavaJones]

Thank You Jim, I am going to give this a try.


Jeff

 

[sunflower4you]

Looking for recipes to use up several jars of rhubarb that I canned last year before it comes time to can this year's rhubarb! Guess we don't eat rhubarb like I thought we would. I just hated to see our two big plants go to waste! What I couldn't give away, I canned.

 

[WYNot]

Use it to make strawberry rhubarb jam? Or any other fruit and rhubarb jam?

Looking for recipes to use up several jars of rhubarb that I canned last year before it comes time to can this year's rhubarb!  Guess we don't eat rhubarb like I thought we would.  I just hated to see our two big plants go to waste!  What I couldn't give away, I canned.

 

[wyoDreamer]

Looking for recipes to use up several jars of rhubarb that I canned last year before it comes time to can this year's rhubarb! Guess we don't eat rhubarb like I thought we would. I just hated to see our two big plants go to waste! What I couldn't give away, I canned.

Here are the names of the rhubarb recipes in my BALL Complete Book of Home Preserving:
Apple Rhubarb Chutney
Barbeque sauce, Victorian
Orange Rhubarb Chutney
Rhubarb Conserve
Rhubarb Orange Jam
Rhubarb Red Current Preserves
Rhubarb Strawberry Pie Filling
Spreadable Rhuberries
Spring Conserve
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Sunshine Rhubarb Juice Concentrate

I feel I am going to have a lot of rhubarb to do something with myself. DH and I are not real big on Rhubarb Pie, so I will try some of these other recipes.

 

[sunflower4you]

Here are the names of the rhubarb recipes in my BALL Complete Book of Home Preserving:
Apple Rhubarb Chutney
Barbeque sauce, Victorian
Orange Rhubarb Chutney
Rhubarb Conserve
Rhubarb Orange Jam
Rhubarb Red Current Preserves
Rhubarb Strawberry Pie Filling
Spreadable Rhuberries
Spring Conserve
Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Sunshine Rhubarb Juice Concentrate

I feel I am going to have a lot of rhubarb to do something with myself. DH and I are not real big on Rhubarb Pie, so I will try some of these other recipes.

Rhubarb Conserve or Jam sounds good. I think I could just use my canned rhubarb as spreadable fruit on toast. I added sugar when I canned it so it should be good! Maybe a strawberry rhubarb crisp. I talked to my step-mom and she actual has a cake recipe where you put the uncooked? batter in the pan, then put rhubarb on top, pour a pint? of whipping cream over the whole thing and bake. Yes, bake after pouring cream on top. I know my directions are not clear at all...I will have to confirm her recipe next time she visits. It seems like a change from the standard rhubarb pie or rhubarb crisp. Canned rhubarb poured over vanilla ice cream sounds good, too. I must be hungry!

 

[JavaJones]

How a about a delicious Rhubarb Gazpacho. Yum!


Jeff

 

[jomoncon]

I wish we could grow Rhubarb here in the south - New Orleans. When I lived in Nebraska, it was a favorite of mine.

 

[rancher hicks]

I wish we could grow Rhubarb here in the south - New Orleans. When I lived in Nebraska, it was a favorite of mine.

Can it be grown as a shade plant? There are many varieties of rhubarb. I'll get back to you about an article I've have on it.