What are you canning now?

[KenK]

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How long do you blanch them? I tried making mashed potatoes and then freezing them and they didn't do right. We don't have a good place to store potatoes so I generally don't plant many. I wish the ones sitting on my counter would sprout so I could plant them. Try finding some seed potatoes in the fall around here.

 

[meowmmy65]

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yes but all the recipes I found are for freezer jam

I am going to use some for 3 gallons of Peach Elderberry Wine mmmmmm!

awww. elderberries!
When I was a kid those plants were EVERYWHERE! now that I am canning jellies and making wine there are none to be seen.
I am really considering planting some 'ditch weeds", as they were called, in my orchard.
what was that move called? ...'something' and old lace', when the sweet little old ladies made elderberry wine in the basement...where they stuffed the bodies of salesmen?
I have neither a basement or elderberries!

and thanks to the German shepherd, no salesmen.

Arsenic and Old Lace!

My Grandmother made the BEST elderberry pie, and I've been looking for them this year. Thinking about putting a few plants in, too. They are so good for you - and for me - very nostalgic.

I've put up a lot of jam and jellies this summer - strawberry, strawberry/rhubarb, rhubarb/ginger, raspberry (more of that to come, as my bushes are full!), sweet/hot pepper jelly, and apricot. Also, peach bbq sauce, bread & butter pickles, and peaches.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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yes but all the recipes I found are for freezer jam

I am going to use some for 3 gallons of Peach Elderberry Wine mmmmmm!

Well here you go then:

Peach Melba Jam Recipe

This jam can be enjoyed as soon as it is cool enough to eat. Place some in a glass or ceramic container in the refrigerator and can the rest.

Ingredients

4 cups of pitted, chopped up fresh peaches
1 cup of raspberries, fresh or frozen
Juice of one lemon
1 - 2 cups sugar

To Make the Jam

Chop up whole peaches and put in large cooking pot.
Squeeze juice of one lemon and strain out seeds.
Add lemon juice to peaches
Mash peaches and lemon juice well with a potato masher.
Turn on heat and bring to a boil over medium heat.
Cover and simmer for ten minutes, stirring occasionally.
Now stir in raspberries and sugar.
Increase heat to medium high
Boil rapidly and stir often for 20 - 25 minutes (if jam seems to get thick sooner, it is okay to boil and stir for less time.)
Remove from heat and skim off of foam.
Proceed with canning.

Canning

When cooking a large batch of jam to can, it is best to start sterilizing jars and lids before starting to prepare the jam. This ensures that the jars will be both clean and hot when the jam is ready to be poured into them.

Sterilize canning jars and lids. This can be done by boiling for ten minutes, or by following manufacturer's instructions.
Place jars and lids in a large pot of water and bring to boil.
Also heat water in the canner while making peach melba jam.
Let jars and lids sit in hot or boiling water while making peach melba jam.
When jam is ready, remove jars from water with tongs.
Ladle hot jam into hot jars.
Affix lids according to manufacturer's instructions.
Process in hot water bath canner for at least ten minutes.

This recipe will yield four to five half pint jars of peach melba jam.

 

[BarefootMom]

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How long do you blanch them? I tried making mashed potatoes and then freezing them and they didn't do right. We don't have a good place to store potatoes so I generally don't plant many. I wish the ones sitting on my counter would sprout so I could plant them. Try finding some seed potatoes in the fall around here.

I never use seed potatoes- put potatoes in a brown paper bag and put in a dark cool place. They will sprout. I put mine under our attic stairway - this spring they were 3ft tall before we planted them!

 

[KenK]

I thought you were supposed to put them in the light to "green".. They aren't doing anything now so I'm going to put them in a paper sack when I get home.

 

[chicken stalker]

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yes but all the recipes I found are for freezer jam

I am going to use some for 3 gallons of Peach Elderberry Wine mmmmmm!

Well here you go then:

Peach Melba Jam Recipe

This jam can be enjoyed as soon as it is cool enough to eat. Place some in a glass or ceramic container in the refrigerator and can the rest.

Ingredients

4 cups of pitted, chopped up fresh peaches
1 cup of raspberries, fresh or frozen
Juice of one lemon
1 - 2 cups sugar

To Make the Jam

Chop up whole peaches and put in large cooking pot.
Squeeze juice of one lemon and strain out seeds.
Add lemon juice to peaches
Mash peaches and lemon juice well with a potato masher.
Turn on heat and bring to a boil over medium heat.
Cover and simmer for ten minutes, stirring occasionally.
Now stir in raspberries and sugar.
Increase heat to medium high
Boil rapidly and stir often for 20 - 25 minutes (if jam seems to get thick sooner, it is okay to boil and stir for less time.)
Remove from heat and skim off of foam.
Proceed with canning.

Canning

When cooking a large batch of jam to can, it is best to start sterilizing jars and lids before starting to prepare the jam. This ensures that the jars will be both clean and hot when the jam is ready to be poured into them.

Sterilize canning jars and lids. This can be done by boiling for ten minutes, or by following manufacturer's instructions.
Place jars and lids in a large pot of water and bring to boil.
Also heat water in the canner while making peach melba jam.
Let jars and lids sit in hot or boiling water while making peach melba jam.
When jam is ready, remove jars from water with tongs.
Ladle hot jam into hot jars.
Affix lids according to manufacturer's instructions.
Process in hot water bath canner for at least ten minutes.

This recipe will yield four to five half pint jars of peach melba jam.

Ohhh thank you!!!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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How long do you blanch them? I tried making mashed potatoes and then freezing them and they didn't do right. We don't have a good place to store potatoes so I generally don't plant many. I wish the ones sitting on my counter would sprout so I could plant them. Try finding some seed potatoes in the fall around here.

I never use seed potatoes- put potatoes in a brown paper bag and put in a dark cool place. They will sprout. I put mine under our attic stairway - this spring they were 3ft tall before we planted them!

I've planted potatoes ONCE. The itty bitty ones that get overlooked at harvest sprout to give me potatoes the next year.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

I haven't canned anything yet this year. I just picked up a bushel of tomatoes for $18.00, so I will be working on those soon.

 

[cravenchx]

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So, exactly how do you foodsaver your potatoes?
We have an abundance of irish taters, thought about
canning them, but I was afraid they would discolor like
my turnips did last year. Welcome all suggestions!

 

[vfem]

knocked out 6 jars of the pear ginger honey preserves, and 6 jars of hot pepper jelly! YUM!