What are you canning now?

[BarefootMom]

who wants free pectin??

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[Frogdogtimestwo]

VFEM you are just evil to post that picture of FIGS, you know my dilemma of getting them where I live, they cost a fortune at our farmers market!
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P.S. I am just teasing....

 

[vfem]

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I just it would be more upsetting if I said those figs were free! However, I am giving them a bunch of jars of the fig jam in exchange for the picking frenzy. Most of those went to the freezer and neighbors more so then jam. I have still have 1 3 gallon bucket left I'm too exhausted to mess with.

 

[vfem]

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Totally signed up for that!!!!!

 

[krcote]

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Totally signed up for that!!!!!

Me too!

 

[pogeybait4883]

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Im making these pickles for the first time too. I would like to point out a discrepancy in the ingredients because I too just bought the Ball book a few weeks ago from Amazon. The cups of water in my book on the same page shows 32 cups, not 16. The rest of the ingredients match up. Since I used a stainless steel pot to boil the water,vinegar, and salt I originally was only able to use 16 cups cause that's all it would hold. After about the first week in the pot I added a few more cups because I was concerned I might not have enough brine when the pickles were canned. I'll let you all know how it comes out.

I too did not see any scum till almost exactly 2 weeks. Also the brine does become clouldy at about 1 week and this is normal as it indicates the start of fermentation. I have been bringing the pickles up occasionally and inspecting them and some of the larger cukes are softer than I would like. Not soft like spoiled cukes but not crisp. I bought a product that is recommended by Ball and it's called Pickle Crisp. Apparently it's more safe than pickling lime or other crispers. When I go to can these babies I intend to cut them into spears and add the pickle crisp to try and make them a little crisper. I'll let everyone know how that goes. Wish me luck, I have about another week of fermenting to go.

 

[KDbeads]

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Uhm.... mine says 16 cups!

Does anyone else have 32 cups in their book, same page?

 

[HenThymes]

Hi Everyone!

Hope all you canning is going great this season. Been busy with kids, horses and chickens and haven't had a chance to keep up with the thread.

I have managed to get a few things done over the past couple of weeks though. Canned concord grape jelly, peaches, pickles and made spaghetti sauce just last night. Garlic is all pulled up now so caramelized onion jam here I come!!

Also trying to prep a few jars getting them "perfect" to enter in the fair again this year!

Hope everyone has a great day.

 

[marymac]

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Went there and they sent me coupon for 1.00 off on ball products in my email. You can copy off how many you want. I did 5 coupons, good thru 10/31/11

 

[3goodeggs]

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Uhm.... mine says 16 cups!

Does anyone else have 32 cups in their book, same page?

Mine also says 16 cups water. Mine is a 2006 copyright edition

Good luck with the fair entries HenThymes!
And thank you for the coupon, BareootMom!