Anyone canning now?
#81
Originally Posted by Pam B
I did more green beans this evening (after a full day teaching kdg). I am so sick of garden stuff right now! If DH picks anymore, I think I will scream! Once school begins, I truly do not have the energy to put up garden stuff. And to top it off, I skipped going to Zumba in order to take care of the beans this evening!
#82
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lots of green peppers? make sweet hamburger relish. about half green peppers and half cukes.
or just freeze them. if you don't cook with them (like me) , fry them up with onions. sooooo goood like that, i think.
that's what i do, at 64. still try to can or freeze as much as i can. try to can, then as i get tired, or not have enough for a canner full, i freeze.
nemotodes? i'm going to have to look that up. lots to do for that sandy soil. manure the heck out of it. old straw or hay, grass clippings, leaves, dig a hole and plant your garbage. last resort, compost. fertilize. you would be surprised, with fertilizer and water, a lot of times, you can raise something.
or just freeze them. if you don't cook with them (like me) , fry them up with onions. sooooo goood like that, i think.
that's what i do, at 64. still try to can or freeze as much as i can. try to can, then as i get tired, or not have enough for a canner full, i freeze.
nemotodes? i'm going to have to look that up. lots to do for that sandy soil. manure the heck out of it. old straw or hay, grass clippings, leaves, dig a hole and plant your garbage. last resort, compost. fertilize. you would be surprised, with fertilizer and water, a lot of times, you can raise something.
#83
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Originally Posted by luey0202
i'm getting ready to do stewed tomatoes tomorrow....but I was just cking some receipes online and the way I have always done mine - cold pack - I believe.... peel my tomatoes, then add green peppers, hot peppers, onions, celery and garlic and then cook the heck out of them all together then put them in hot jars and seal them......done..... now I believe reading online they are saying that is no longer a healthy way to do them anymore..... do any of you still do them this way.... Like I say I have for years and have never had any problems.... help ???? fast.... thank you all
i'm using up the last of 2005 tomatoes i did like that.
and..... i saw farmers in fla raising crops under cheap latice. for a little shade.
#84
Originally Posted by luey0202
I have always done mine - cold pack - I believe.... peel my tomatoes, then add green peppers, hot peppers, onions, celery and garlic and then cook the heck out of them all together then put them in hot jars and seal them......done..... now I believe reading online they are saying that is no longer a healthy way to do them anymore..... do any of you still do them this way....
Two years ago I was checking on-line and with our County Homemakers Extension Service. Found out that tomatoes would be SAFER by ADDING 2 TABLESPOONS OF LEMON JUICE PER QUART of tomato sauce.
Lemon juice raises the acidity level in the juice so it's 'safe'.
We did about 90 jars in 2009 this way and we're still here! But then again, in previous years (30+) we did not add anything to the jars.
Which one is "right"? Does the lemon juice made a difference? I don't know but it's very easy to add the lemon juice to the jars as you're filling them...so I do.
I LOVE hearing the lids POP when they're sealed. :) :)
#87
My brother was driving from Erie to Pittsburgh area and found tomatoes for $8. a bushell, I wish he could have brought me some at that price. Sorry you had no blossoms. I miss canning but don't have opportunity because of prices up here.
Originally Posted by NDQuilts
Tomorrow is pear day. I have about a bushel to can. I wish I had tomatoes, but mine never bloomed and they are pretty expensive by the bushel.
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quilting here... yes i add lemon juice to my tomatoes. what we do, is called 'open kettle method'. and no body recommends it any more. but it has been a life saver for me, this yr. my tomatoes just are coming in 3 qts full at a time. so i do 3 qts several times a week. adds up.
does anyone do anything besides tomatoes this way anymore? you can PM if you don't want to admit it on the board. tomatoes are the only thing i do that way, besides jam. BUT I WASH MY JARS IN BLEACH, RINSE, AND MICROWAVE THEM.
does anyone do anything besides tomatoes this way anymore? you can PM if you don't want to admit it on the board. tomatoes are the only thing i do that way, besides jam. BUT I WASH MY JARS IN BLEACH, RINSE, AND MICROWAVE THEM.
#89
I think it's funny that we're talking about this & this subject came up in my 19th Century foodgroups (yahoo):
What to eat, and how to cook it: with rules for preserving, canning and drying fruits and vegetables
John Cowan 1870
http://books.google.com/books?id=xfk...page&q&f=false
What to eat, and how to cook it: with rules for preserving, canning and drying fruits and vegetables
John Cowan 1874
http://books.google.com/books?id=QL1...page&q&f=false
What to eat, and how to cook it: with rules for preserving, canning and drying fruits and vegetables
John Cowan 1870
http://books.google.com/books?id=xfk...page&q&f=false
What to eat, and how to cook it: with rules for preserving, canning and drying fruits and vegetables
John Cowan 1874
http://books.google.com/books?id=QL1...page&q&f=false
#90
has anyone ever heard of watermelon pickles? My fiance was telling me about them. Apparently, it's the watermelon rind that gets preserved. I've never heard of them, but would be up for making them possibly. He said they're very good.
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