What are you canning now?

[BarefootMom]

okay so I was boxing up my canned goods this afternoon (waiting for DH to hang shelves in the storage room/ pantry) and I decided to line them all up and take a picture.

Green beans, Blueberry pie filling, strawberry jam/jelly, beanie weanies, cabbage soup, bean soup, chicken broth, and chicken breast.

not a big start, but once the tomatoes start producing it will be on lol. The majority of the things I can are tomato based- salsa, spaghetti sauce, rotel tomatoes, pizza sauce, just canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, Sloppy Joe sauce, Chili ready tomatoes/chili base...

 

[hennyannie]

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Looks like a real good start to me! I have only 21 jars of green beans and 7 jars of new potatoes so far!LOL

 

[3goodeggs]

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That's why I am trying so hard not to can anything this year... the utility room is the 'weekend project' that keeps getting put off. I have counters now so it is starting to come together.

My advice is to leave all of those canned goods on the table. When there is no place to move, sit down and eat or even find counter space to cook... they get the idea.

One day we will get the office back, and the kitchen table back, and the space under the piano back,,,

 

[3goodeggs]

okay everyone, I am ready to either can or toss the sauerkraut.
I followed the directions, I did it just like I was supposed to... but is it suppose to smell like dirty socks?
I added more water and some homemade vinegar to get the liquid level up today. I will give it a few more days and brace myself to eat some. It may be excellent, but the nose is iffy about it. No one around here can tell me if it smells bad or not. We are all on the wire. Is that normal?
When I can it, I am supposed to water bath can it... I don't know how I feel about that. If I pressure canned it will it turn to mush?

it was a brave experiment on my part.

 

[Acre of Blessings]

Just started my 10 day bread and butter pickles.

 

[rancher hicks]

Well I don't intend to get fanatical over canning.

Rancher

 

[math ace]

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Hey Rancher,

I use pints for Jams.... I use pints for anything that can be processed in a water bath. Quart jars require too big of a pot for a water bath to cover the jar.

I use quarts for things we eat a lot of and can be processed in the pressure canner. When it is processed in the pressure canner it uses less water, which means less weight on my flat top stove....

So, my green beans are done in quart jars.... My sweet banana peppers are done in a pint jar.
They are BOTH processed in the pressure canner. HOWEVER, everyone eats green beans, but I am the only one that eats banana peppers.

 

[math ace]

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Rancher,

I didn't plan too either BUT it happened this year.

I had enough blackberries to make 18 pints of jam....
I had enough tomatoes to make 21 pints of salsa and the tomatoes are still running out of my ears!
I stumbled accross blueberries for less than $1 pd. I bought $5 worth and made 18 pints of jam.
I had enough banana peppers for about 7 pints of sweet peppers.

The garden wasn't worth a lick last year, but it is doing well this year.
Producing more than we can consume.
I've given some away to the neighbors too.

 

[KDbeads]

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Hehehe....... guess you really don't want to know my total from last year or so far this year before I moved

 

[krcote]

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The thing is, canning is a lot like chickens. We never meant to be obsessed. And here we are.