What are you canning now?

[bockbock2008]

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Did you leave any green stuff on the Dandelion flowers you put in the tea?

Ummm, yes? I just picked the flowers and removed th stem but left the green that the bloom emerges from. Guess I did that part wrong. I know I have read on the rose petals to remove the white part of the petal but what about honeysuckle? Take off everything including the little green tip where it attaches to the vine, leaving ONLY the flower?

 

[HenThymes]

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Did you leave any green stuff on the Dandelion flowers you put in the tea?

Ummm, yes? I just picked the flowers and removed th stem but left the green that the bloom emerges from. Guess I did that part wrong. I know I have read on the rose petals to remove the white part of the petal but what about honeysuckle? Take off everything including the little green tip where it attaches to the vine, leaving ONLY the flower?

Hey bockbock, yes you have to remove all the green from the dandelions. I made a batch about a month and my DH actually likes it better than the clover!

It turned out well for my first try, just a little time consuming removing all that green.

I may even enter the dandelion in the fair this year, last year I took a second with the clover.

Here is how mine turned out

~ Have a huge bucket of awesome red clover in the fridge just waiting for me to turn it into tea!~

 

[Patchesnposies]

Hey All!

I was thinking about Sandee, and was wondering if anyone had heard from her and knows how she is doing.

 

[Momagain1]

so far this month I've canned:

Barbecue beans -- 16 pints
chicken broth -- 10 quarts & 6 pints
beef broth -- 6 quarts & 12 pints



have red beans soaking so I can "can" them too tomorrow
have black beans dried; on standby so I can can them this upcoming week!

 

[Momagain1]

This lady has the most AMAZING canning recipes ever!!

Seriously; we need to TRIPLE the amount of what we can of these following recipes from her:


THESE ARE SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good on sandwiches; especially italian beef...

http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/2010/05/23/candied-jalapenos-cowboy-candy/


These are good with well..anything!! They are a mustardy crunchy onion...amazing! Even better when you
use it with the above one!:


http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/2008/12/09/golden-crunchy-pickled-onions-foodie-christmas-gift-7/

This is great too; nice flavor; milder than some..but definitely not a thick sauce/dip:

http://www.foodiewithfamily.com/2010/08/24/thai-sweet-and-hot-garlic-dipping-sauce/

 

[CowgirlJules]

Thank you for the link! I'm going to try those when our jalapenos come in. And I do love finding new food blogs, especially ones that feature canning or preservation.

 

[Momagain1]

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You are welcome; she also is on FB and I follow her there too..she's very helpful!! I <3 her foods lol...

but I stick to the canning ones on her blog cause the others are uh..kinda high fat lol..and I've lost too much weight to go back!

 

[CowgirlJules]

Yeah, I was cursing myself just for printing some of them while I'm on a diet. Maybe I can lick the paper.

 

[Momagain1]

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now THATS the way to get fiber LOLOL

 

[HenThymes]

Our honeysuckle is all in bloom!!

Will be picking tomorrow for jelly.

Going to be a busy day, need to get my clover done and now honeysuckle... I love nature!