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Let's talk canning...
Posted on 7/20/14 at 9:37 am
Posted on 7/20/14 at 9:37 am
I picked some figs yesterday and decided to make some preserves. Really easy and tasted great. Made and preserved 8 8oz jars. Wife went shopping so I decided to do more cooking, made and preserved 12 pint jars of salsa.
I've been researching more recipes this morning and I think I'll can some pizza sauce for use on the primo (thanks wick!). I also found a maple bacon bourbon spread that I will be making but that wouldn't be preserved (just stored in the fridge for a few months). I don't plan on preserving any meats because the internets have scared me with all kinds of talk of botulism. Don't want any of that!
I might look into pickling and canning a few things as well.
Please share your tips, recipes, advice here so I can get going.
I've been researching more recipes this morning and I think I'll can some pizza sauce for use on the primo (thanks wick!). I also found a maple bacon bourbon spread that I will be making but that wouldn't be preserved (just stored in the fridge for a few months). I don't plan on preserving any meats because the internets have scared me with all kinds of talk of botulism. Don't want any of that!
I might look into pickling and canning a few things as well.
Please share your tips, recipes, advice here so I can get going.
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Posted on 7/20/14 at 10:08 am to Coon
I've canned about thirty pints of pickles both dill and bread and butter and they are every bit as good as Cochons which I really like.
I canned about the same amount of tomatos as well. Add a tablespoon of lemon juice, pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar.
I made about a dozen jars of tomato sauce too. Picked basil, thyme and oregano as well as the tomatos from my garden and cooked down. It's a nice kind of light, like a marinara and can be used on pasta or pizza.
I've canned about a dozen half pints of pesto. Basil, pine nuts, asiago cheese, garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil.
I have a five gallon bucket of figs sitting on my outside bar that my neighbor brought over an hour ago. I gave him a watermelon and a dozen tomatos in barter. I'll put them up this afternoon after church.
My wife is centrifuging her honey from her bee hives this afternoon. She will probably get about 250 lbs of honey.
I need to pick a bunch of peas today since they are ready.
It's been a full and fulfilling summer.
I canned about the same amount of tomatos as well. Add a tablespoon of lemon juice, pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar.
I made about a dozen jars of tomato sauce too. Picked basil, thyme and oregano as well as the tomatos from my garden and cooked down. It's a nice kind of light, like a marinara and can be used on pasta or pizza.
I've canned about a dozen half pints of pesto. Basil, pine nuts, asiago cheese, garlic, salt, pepper and olive oil.
I have a five gallon bucket of figs sitting on my outside bar that my neighbor brought over an hour ago. I gave him a watermelon and a dozen tomatos in barter. I'll put them up this afternoon after church.
My wife is centrifuging her honey from her bee hives this afternoon. She will probably get about 250 lbs of honey.
I need to pick a bunch of peas today since they are ready.
It's been a full and fulfilling summer.
This post was edited on 7/20/14 at 10:10 am
Posted on 7/20/14 at 10:31 am to Martini
Nice brag. I hope to get to that point. I'm trading some preserves for fresh yard eggs.
A few thing I'm unclear on:
How important is head space when preserving?
How long do things last?
What can and can't be shelf stored?
What am I going to do with all this food I'm preserving???
A few thing I'm unclear on:
How important is head space when preserving?
How long do things last?
What can and can't be shelf stored?
What am I going to do with all this food I'm preserving???
Posted on 7/20/14 at 10:46 am to Coon
They claim head space is important. I suspect there is a wide variety of acceptable ranges on each recipe.
General rule of shelf life is 1 year. I'm sure you can push it much further, but for safety's sake 1 year gets quoted a lot.
General rule of shelf life is 1 year. I'm sure you can push it much further, but for safety's sake 1 year gets quoted a lot.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 11:51 am to Martini
quote:
My wife is centrifuging her honey from her bee hives this afternoon. She will probably get about 250 lbs of honey.
How many hives does she have? I keep thinking about getting in to this as a hobby.
Sorry for the hijack, OP.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 12:08 pm to Martini
quote:
My wife is centrifuging her honey from her bee hives this afternoon. She will probably get about 250 lbs of honey.
Post a pic, please. Centrifuge and wife.
OK, just the centrifuge.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 1:44 pm to Coon
I wasn't bragging. You wanted to talk about canning and I told you what I have done and how.
If they are canned and sealed properly they will store for a year. I put everything on a shelf that I can in a cool closet. I eat what I preserve or give as gifts.
Hickory My wife has two hives and each hive has probably four supers, which are the boxes where the bees store the honey and they are almost completely full. Each super should have around 50-60 lbs so she could have close to 400 lbs. Honey average weight is 12 lbs per gallon so she could have over 30 gallons. We'll see.
If they are canned and sealed properly they will store for a year. I put everything on a shelf that I can in a cool closet. I eat what I preserve or give as gifts.
Hickory My wife has two hives and each hive has probably four supers, which are the boxes where the bees store the honey and they are almost completely full. Each super should have around 50-60 lbs so she could have close to 400 lbs. Honey average weight is 12 lbs per gallon so she could have over 30 gallons. We'll see.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 1:46 pm to Martini
Have a fig tree in the backyard of the house we are living in right now. They seem a little unusual. Are there lots of fig varieties in La?
Posted on 7/20/14 at 1:53 pm to fightin tigers
Go to a book store and get the Ball Bluebook. It's the absolute bible for canning.
This post was edited on 7/20/14 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 7/20/14 at 1:53 pm to fightin tigers
Probably six or so. I have two small Celeste trees I planted last year. Didn't harvest from them. Neighbor has a brown turkey I think it's called and they look like the figs in the other thread. LSU has a couple varieties that are larger. I don't care for them.
Posted on 7/20/14 at 1:56 pm to Martini
They are a little small, picked them early because the birds have been feasting on them.
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