What are you canning now?

[rancher hicks]

Has anyone signed up to get the free samples on here? The Tide pods and other things.?

 

[Frogdogtimestwo]

This is the recipe I use for wine jelly. Note about recipe, it calls for liquid pectin by the jar which is 6 oz so that's usually two packets so just check your box size. I bring it to a boil briefly before removing from heat, which I find helps with setting up the liquid pectin properly then process for 10 minutes in boiling water bath canner.
http://www.food.com/recipe/wine-jelly-78292

 

[Carols Clucks]

Thanks for the wine jelly recipe

What wines have people used that like or dislike? (types not brands)


And a question, I followed a recipe for a peach preserve that used pectin, I think it is massively too sweet. I already processed it hoping I would change my mind, but I still think it is too sweet. Can I open the jars and mix with an unsweetened batch, boil and reprocess or just find some people with sour attitudes I think need sweetening up to give them too?

 

[vfem]

Having a yard sale today, and put out all these extra tomatoes for sale, and I've sold more from the garden then anything else! hahaha

 

[rancher hicks]

We're getting rain today but I still don't feel like firing up the stove to make jams.

 

[sonew123]

Having a yard sale today, and put out all these extra tomatoes for sale, and I've sold more from the garden then anything else! hahaha

Awesome!

 

[KDbeads]

6 pints tomato jam

This is the recipe I started with:
5 pounds tomatoes, finely chopped, whole, leave seeds and skin on
3 1/2 cups sugar
8 tablespoons lime juice
2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 tablespoon salt
1 tablespoon red chili flakes
Combine all ingredients in a large, non-reactive pot. Bring to a boil and then reduce temperature to a simmer. Stirring regularly, simmer the jam until it reduces to a sticky, jammy mess. This will take between 1 and 1 1/2 hours, depending on how high you keep your heat.
When the jam has cooked down sufficiently, remove from heat and fill jars, leaving 1/4 inch of head space. Wipe rims, apply lids and twist on rings. Process in a boiling water canner for 20 minutes.

Well after 2 hours of cooking mine wasn't jamming so I tossed in a box of no sugar needed pectin. I guess my tomatoes were either extra juicy or maybe my scale was off a little and I had more than I thought.

 

[Dentaku]

I made rhubarb lemonade syrup the other day, turned out great!



If anyone's interested i'll write down the recipe(metric system measures).

 

[rancher hicks]

I made rhubarb lemonade syrup the other day, turned out great!



If anyone's interested i'll write down the recipe(metric system measures).

This sounds really good. Do you just drink it straight or add carbonated water? How do you store it?

 

[Happy Chooks]

I made rhubarb lemonade syrup the other day, turned out great!



If anyone's interested i'll write down the recipe(metric system measures).

Yes please! And what do you use it in?