What are you canning now?

[spoikey]

ahh good idea. Should I prepare same way as I always do it? Do I still need lemon juice?
My 80 apple batch made 12 qt jars, I was hoping for 2 more but still was thrilled!!

Lemon juice is not necessary for applesauce. It only brightens the color.

 

[mamatink7]

Lemon juice is not necessary for applesauce. It only brightens the color.

thank you. I read in all my canning books and I spoke with Ball representative lemon juice is required with anything apple made due to acidity, which is needed for Canning to help preserve... that would be great if I didn't need to use it for apples and peaches now0

 

[jerryse]

thank you. I read in all my canning books and I spoke with Ball representative lemon juice is required with anything apple made due to acidity, which is needed for Canning to help preserve... that would be great if I didn't need to use it for apples and peaches now0

I think citric acid would work (fruit fresh ) if you do not want the lemon flavor .

 

[mamatink7]

I think citric acid would work  (fruit fresh ) if you do not want the lemon flavor .

I don't mind either way, I use fruit fresh anyways while I'm cutting and peeling to keep from browning. I've just always been told to use the lemon juice. Only thing that holds the lemon flavor is when use it for peaches. Thanks again

 

[spoikey]

The cut off line for being enough acid is 4.6. The lower the number the more acid. Apples fall well below 4.0. No additional acid is ever needed for apples. Ball and USDA both recommend using bottled lemon juice. With a little research you will find Ball and USDA get funding from citrus growers for pushing their products. Same with most products they push.

 

[jerryse]

Canned 7 pints of hen of the woods mushroom and 5 more pints in the pressure canner now .

 

[Cebarmlds]

Canned 7 pints of hen of the woods mushroom and 5 more pints in the pressure canner now .

Great, I never thought about canning shrooms. I've dehydrated some. Not hen of the woods of course because I never knew before this year that they were edible.

 

[hippiestink]

Looks like I'm making pie filling and sauce. And chunked pumpkin.

 

[lcertuche]

Looks like I'm making pie filling and sauce. And chunked pumpkin.

 

[rodeogirl1]

I hope you have good luck finding pumpkins on sale. The grocery store near me has pumpkin "on sale" for $1 for 4 lb .... they were $.25 a pound before Halloween