What are you canning now?

[Raech]

I dont use stems but i don't see why not for a sauce.

 

[wyoDreamer]

2 years ago, I canned some boneless/skinless chicken breasts from the store in wide mouth pint jars. I put 1 pound of meat in each jar and topped with chicken broth. Most of my recipes call for 1 pound of chicken, so that made the most sence to me and fit nice in the jar. However, there are just 2 of us in the house, if you are cooking for a larger family you may want to do larger jars.

 

[JulesChicks]

2 years ago, I canned some boneless/skinless chicken breasts from the store in wide mouth pint jars. I put 1 pound of meat in each jar and topped with chicken broth. Most of my recipes call for 1 pound of chicken, so that made the most sence to me and fit nice in the jar. However, there are just 2 of us in the house, if you are cooking for a larger family you may want to do larger jars.

Thank you, that is very helpful. There are 4 of us, but I can see myself making chicken salad from the canned chicken and the pints would do nicely. Can you can quart size and pints of chicken at the same time or would the processing time vary by jar size? Thanks so much.

 

[Beekissed]

Thank you, that is very helpful. There are 4 of us, but I can see myself making chicken salad from the canned chicken and the pints would do nicely. Can you can quart size and pints of chicken at the same time or would the processing time vary by jar size? Thanks so much.

You can do that just fine but you just process for the time allotted for qts., which processes the pts a bit longer but won't hurt a thing. I'll be doing chicken breasts in pints this year for recipes wherein I just want white meat but can't use a whole qt for the recipe. I'm also thinking about grinding up some chicken and canning that into pints as well....I think those will go over big for feeding my little granddaughters chicken soup. Sometimes I don't want to fix a whole pot of soup for Aliza, I'll do a Ramen noodle packet of soup and put some of my canned chicken in it so it tastes better and has more nutrition...she LOVES that kind of soup. The smaller pieces of the ground meat will suit her just fine.

 

[Peep_Show]

Didn't can, but had a pepper processing weekend with produce from the garden.... I live in New Mexico, where if you don't have peppers you're deported, period.

1 lb. red jalapenos = 2 oz. chipotle powder (peppers are split, deseeded, smoked, dehydrated, ground)

10 lbs. green chile peppers (picture a large grocery bag full) = 7.5 cups roasted chopped green chile (we like it milder, so took out pith along with seeds which might account for a wee bit lesser amount)


Needless to say, peppers are a diminishing returns crop...but so delicious!

 

[rancher hicks]

I dont use stems but i don't see why not for a sauce.

Well I did have enough for the recipe, so I'm good.

A friend gave me some tomatoes and I had some from my own garden.

I grew "Mountain Fresh" this year even though I had to buy plants. They turned out better than I expected and are a good size. There are other Hybrids with the "Mountain" name.

I did grow other varieties too. Not all turned out as nice as the Mountain fresh. What I liked was also the size.

I generally use a mix of varieties for my canning tomatoes and sauce. Mostly whatever is ripe at the time goes in the jar. Then DW makes sauce.

The house smells nice so I hope the sauce comes out good.

 

[mamatink7]

Any one can pickled eggs or other eggs??

 

[Peep_Show]

Another morning harvesting in the garden, another afternoon canning.

24 lbs. of tomatoes = 8 pints of spaghetti sauce

 

[mich9510]

Ok everyone, I'm fairly new to canning but so far have canned zucchini and squash, tomatoes, and made dill pickles. I have an Apple tree with nice tart apples so I wanted to can them for eating later in the year. I need some recipes for canned apples just for eating plain, for Apple pie filling and applesauce. I've found some online but wanted some tried and true recipes. Thanks in advance!

 

[JulesChicks]

Ok everyone, I'm fairly new to canning but so far have canned zucchini and squash, tomatoes, and made dill pickles. I have an Apple tree with nice tart apples so I wanted to can them for eating later in the year. I need some recipes for canned apples just for eating plain, for Apple pie filling and applesauce. I've found some online but wanted some tried and true recipes. Thanks in advance!

Me too! Our garden wasn't very successful this year (just cleared early summer and bunnies ate the started veggies), but we do have an orchard full of apples. It would take me forever to make applesauce from all of them! I would love some fast ways of preserving our harvest without freezing too many. And should these all be water bath canned or does it depend? TIA!