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2011 food preservation - what have you put up?
Comments (115)Hey, guys! Long time no post. I didn't have a very good year for tomatoes, which form the backbone of my canning season, so I've been feeling a bit bummed. By the time I realized I wasn't going to get enough to can all the tomato stuff I wanted for the year, it was too late to buy a bunch at a decent price. I did buy a few late ones at an exhorbitant price just to be sure I could put up some of everything, but I also caved and BOUGHT six jars of Classico sauce when it was on a great sale last week. Felt like I had to look both ways to be sure nobody spotted me, LOL! I did put up lots an lots of applesauce. I usually do some, but this year our usual local orchard was hit by hail in August, with the result that they had fewer first-quality apples and lots and lots of seconds at $5 for a half-bushel, so I'm on my second half-bushel of mixed seconds for sauce. HOWEVER, I've done more freezing of veggies than ever before---this is my first full harvest season since I got my FoodSaver vacuum sealer! I didn't count it all, but I put up - strawberries (some plain and some with a little local honey) - corn---LOTS! - sweet peppers---I bought a 3/4 bushel and roasted about half, sliced & froze the other half in raw strips - squash---winter squash is practically free around here by November, and we got three ENORMOUS ones a few weeks ago; these I just processed this weekend, so I can tell you that I froze - 12 cups of puree (two more cups in the fridge to use this week) - 12 cups of raw cubes - 4 cups of partially cooked cubes (I found different opinions on whether it should be cooked partially first, including on threads here, so I did some of each and will see what I think). Boy, there was a lot of orange in my kitchen by the end of the session! I also didn't have any zucchini/summer squash this year---usually I'm freezing oodles of zucchini bread for winter breakfasts---so now I'm working on filling what room is left in the freezer with other fruit quick breads. So far I've found a banana muffin recipe I really like, and am experimenting with various apple breads, coffee cakes, and muffins. I made some squash muffins, and they're not bad, but I think I can do better. That's all. Just wanted to pop in and say hi and tell y'all what I've been up to! Happy harvesting, Zabby P.S. Dumbear, that green onion relish sounds excellent! I'll try it next year!...See MoreWhat have you put up 2010 Part II
Comments (106)Gifts of homegrown oranges and Black Plums received so I made 50 half-pint jars of Plum Orange Jam from http://www.thatsmyhome.com/general/plum-orange-jam.htm - doubled and then more. I did not use the peel from the plums since they were not grown organically. The color of the jam is golden, the taste is very orange-y tart. Sorta marmalade, but refined. Gift of Chiogga beets for pickling 8 quarts - not very pretty canned because they are not rich red - kinda sickly pink and the design is OK for fresh but lost in translation. Taste is much more sweet than regular Detroit Dark Red. So -- I have to wait 3 weeks for melding to be sure. My homegrown figs are abundant now - 60 more half-pint jars of jam yesterday. Tried the low sugar/macerate version for 40 jars and love that version more than the pectin high sugar version. Gives a much more intense fig flavor. Coyote Juice - Tiny grape-sized golden heirloom Coyote tomatoes that grow in clusters -- prolifically to the max. 30 half-pints - and at least another zillion jars to fill from the rest of the harvest season to come. Anyone want seeds for next year? Nancy...See Morewhat have you put up 2010 part three
Comments (110)Hi everyone, I am new to canning this year and having a blast!!! I hope everyone is welcome to join here? I started canning as a way to take the preservatives from my sons diet. ( He has ADHD) This year I have put up 23 pints salsa 7 quarts salsa 17 pints sweet relish 5 half pints sweet relish 8 pints cinnamon pickles 4 quarts tomato sauce 3 pints tomato sauce 12 pints peach butter 5 half pints peach butter 11 pints peach sauce 11 half pints papple butter (not misspelled, don't ask you wouldn't believe me. lol) 3 quarts papple sauce 2 pints papple sauce 11 pints triple berry jam 7 half pints triple berry jam 11 quarts apple sauce 9 pints apple sauce 5 pints strawberry preserves 7 half pints strawberry preserves Thank you for such a great forum to find information on. The lady at the extension office knows my voice already! lol...See MoreWhat have you put up? 2022 version!
Comments (150)Jack, we're even warming up here, so maybe we'll get enough of a thaw that I can dig that horseradish that got left in the ground. We got a couple of feet of snow, and my hoophouses collapsed, so I'm going to try to prop them up a bit and see if I can save the lettuce for fresh salads until Christmas. That's kind of preserving, isn't it? Calves have been in the barn for weaning for nearly a month, we will "release the beasts" on Saturday, LOL. No more thawing the water tank and carrying hay, they'll be out at the hay feeder with the "big cows". Annie...See Moreberrybusy
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