Anyone canning now?
08-30-2011, 10:40 AM
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I really don't have a recipe. I use tomatoes, onions, cellantro, and jalapeno peppers, lot of lemon juice, salt and pepper. I just throw it all in my blender and put it in a large kettle, bring it to a boil and simer for about 15 minutes. I usually just taste it to see if it is spicey enough. I love eating salsa with meat skins. I can't have chips so I eat the meat skins. it is great.
08-30-2011, 10:45 AM
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We find that if you are going to have an early frost or freeze, we pick our green tomatoes and lay them out on papers, and cover them and they ripen slowly. we had fresh tomatoes for Christmas dinner last year.
08-30-2011, 11:44 AM
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I canned about 40 quarts of pickles, mostly bread & butter and some dill. I have 4 gallons of refrigerator pickles in our extra frig. I canned some tomatoes but most of my tomatoes I sun-dry on racks on the front porch against a west facing brick wall.
I froze several batches of broccoli, but my green beans did nothing at all this year. They blossomed but did not produce. Must be a lack of bees, although I have had lots of cucumbers.
I froze several batches of broccoli, but my green beans did nothing at all this year. They blossomed but did not produce. Must be a lack of bees, although I have had lots of cucumbers.
08-30-2011, 12:04 PM
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We here in Wisconsin seem to be 3 weeks behind last year. First every thing was under water, then we had 3 weeks of cold weather, That stunted every thing, we could not weed the beets and carrots, as the weeds had real strong roots & deep, when you pull them up, up came the veggie. So crop is smaller, All I could do so far is green beans. My peaches are just about ready, made black berry jam, but in the next few weeks I should have pears by the bushel with 3 trees. I`m O.K. with what I got so far, just a little late.
08-30-2011, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Try freezing some if you have room. And if you're unsure as to what will and what won't freeze, go to your biggest grocery store and look through their freezers. I'll bet you'll be surprised at what will freeze nicely.
And during "The" war, I remember my Grandma canning peaches with one pit included and 5 or 6 whole cloves, because getting hold of sugar to add to it was nearly impossible at that time. She'd add sugar or honey to whatever she made from them during the winter.
And during "The" war, I remember my Grandma canning peaches with one pit included and 5 or 6 whole cloves, because getting hold of sugar to add to it was nearly impossible at that time. She'd add sugar or honey to whatever she made from them during the winter.
Sugar was rationed then. I still have my ration book.
08-30-2011, 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jillnjo
Today I canned 21 quarts of baby gold peaches and have more from our trees. My daughters will hopefully help me get rid of them!
08-30-2011, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by quiltinghere
I have a garden full of ripe tomatoes - but no energy to can them is growing there! Where do you think I can get some? :(
Whewwwww that's a long day!
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