Hobbyhorse1027

I just started canning this year. Looking at the jars after a productive evening of canning is its own reward. So far in the past 2 months I have canned over 14 cases of produce. I made pear, strawberry, peach, pepper, mango, and pinapple preserves. I also canned pear honey, salsa, spaghetti sauce and apple sauce. Its nice to know that so many others can. Like quilting, canning is a dying art.

Olivia's Grammy

I told my DH I got your recipes for tomato soup and spaghetti sause. I think he's excited that the tomatoes won't go to ruin next year.

tadpoles_62

oooh those look delicious , i love to can ,

seabolt22

We (DH &Me) Put veg and fruit up in jars and freezer each year

Alice Woodhull

Here is a good recipe for Dill Pickles. It was the blue ribbon winner at the Indiana State Fair this year, and has won in the past also.

4 quarts water
1 quart vinegar (I use white distilled)
1 cup canning salt
Heat this to boiling.

Place in quart jars:
1 head dill per jar
1 clove garlic per jar
Fill jars with cucumbers, leaving 1/4 inch head space. Pour vinegar mixture over cucumbers, leaving 1/4 inch headspace. Place lids on jars, process 5 minutes in boiling water bath. Let set over night, remove bands from jars and store in cool, dark area.

marlene tarzwell

My hubby and I did up a bunch of tomatoes and dill pickles and I also make lotz of strawberry and blueberry freezer jam. I also hate tomatoes in a can. I have 5 siblings and growing up my mom always did up around 8 to 900 jars of fruit and veggies. Sur ewas goo during those long cold winters in Northern Mi.

marlene tarzwell

Could you please tell me about how many qts. or pints, this amount of brine will make? Thanks.

Alice Woodhull

I think I got7quarts from this. I don't remember doing but one canner full of them.

lawsonmugs

Alice thanks for the pickle recipe. I makes one sounds the same but I soak the cukes in ice water first,so they are crispy when you open them. Thanks for your time to type it up. Mary

Barbm

I've canned before I discovered quilting. Here's a pic of just 1 weeks worth of canning. I really need to get off here and get to some more tomatoes, apples and peppers hubby picked. And he just came in and yelled to come downstairs- there are "papinkis"- mushrooms he just picked.

off to work!