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    Old 09-25-2010, 02:17 PM
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    Originally Posted by Olivia's Grammy

    The best canning book is Blue Bell Canning. It used to cost a $1. I'm sure it way more than that now.
    I saw one at Lowes For $5.95
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    Old 09-25-2010, 02:21 PM
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    I bottle blueberries and make jams and jelly
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    Old 09-25-2010, 02:22 PM
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    Originally Posted by Olivia's Grammy
    I would love to have your tomato and spaghetti sause recipes. I love good tomato soup. I used to have a spaghetti sause recipe but have lost it. Thanks for sharing your pictures the fruit is beautiful.
    Tomato Soup
    2 Gallons ripe tomatoes, cored, halved
    7 stocks celery
    7 springs (or more) fresh parsley
    4 large onions, quartered
    4 large green bell peppers, seeded, quartered
    Simmer together until tender, then blend well in blender. Strain.

    Add: 7 Tbl flour
    5 tsp salt
    2 tsp paprika
    3 Tbl sugar
    1/4 tsp ground cloves
    3 Tbl butter
    Blend butter into flour, whisk into tomato puree mixture. Simmer just to blend.

    Bottle in clean glass jars in hot water bath for 20 minutes.
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    Old 09-25-2010, 02:26 PM
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    Thank you so much. Now that all the tomatoes are gone I'll have to wait until next year.
    Spaghetti sauce recipe too, please.
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    Yes, I do corn, green beans, carrots, pickles, relish, swt pepper relish, apple pie filling, peaches, and this year I'm getting concord grapes for jam. I also do shelled beans, baked beans , beef stew etc.
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    Old 09-25-2010, 02:31 PM
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    Originally Posted by Olivia's Grammy
    Thank you so much. Now that all the tomatoes are gone I'll have to wait until next year.
    Spaghetti sauce recipe too, please.
    it isn't as precise: ( but YUMMY)

    Simmer lots of tomatoes, cored and halved. Blend them in a blender, then strain into a big pan (about 3 or 4 gallons of puree).

    While the sauce is simmering, add: chop about 4 bell peppers, 3 onions, fresh parsley (or dried), beef bullion cube for each gallon, Tbl worcheshire sauce, 1 Tbl minced garlic (I get the little bottles of pre-minced, in the fresh vegetable isle) Dried italian seasoning with oregano, 1 pkg of dried spagetti sauce mix. Simmer until it gets thick. Taste, to add salt / pepper. Bottle in clean glass jars, hot water bath for 25 minutes.
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    Old 09-25-2010, 02:35 PM
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    Thanks.. The recipe I used to use gave me tummy problems. I never could figure out what to leave out. I buy my sause now, but will be making these recipes next summer. We always have so many tomatoes go to waste.
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    There is as much satisfaction in seeing a table full of home-canned goods as there is in seeing a completed quilt!!

    I don't mind canning at all but am still a newbie when it comes to pickles.
    I'm afraid to do anything tomato without pressure canning.
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    I can also. Just veggies from the garden and fruit from our trees.
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    Originally Posted by b.zang
    There is as much satisfaction in seeing a table full of home-canned goods as there is in seeing a completed quilt!!

    I don't mind canning at all but am still a newbie when it comes to pickles.
    I'm afraid to do anything tomato without pressure canning.
    Tomatoes are very acidic. Anything acidic you can do in a water bath. The recipe will tell you which method to use.
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