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| naturemaiden |
Posted - Jul 18 2015 : 1:24:20 PM
So far I've put up dilly beans, kidney beans and today is turkey stock. When I'm done today I will have canned 24 quarts. I still have 3 turkey carcasses to make more stock from.
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| windypines |
Posted - Apr 18 2024 : 03:35:25 AM
Yesterday was a rainy day here. So what do you do on a rainy day? You take a canning jar inventory and organize your canning shelves.
Took a bit, but glad I got it done. Even got my empty jars organized by size, lol.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 17 2024 : 06:29:36 AM
Lisa, what's great about canning dried beans is we can wake up one morning and say today is the day to can those dried beans. You reminded me I need to can chicken broth so I ordered 4lbs of chicken wings to be delivered today with my weekly order. And happy to say the wings are on sale, $6 off. I seem to use the chicken broth as fast as I make it.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nubidane |
Posted - Apr 16 2024 : 6:00:42 PM
Sara, I am glad you had success with the Superb. I am like you, I have several others, but I have used the Superb here and there. I like the heavier feel, and that they are US made.
I need to get busy and can some beans. I am out of canned beans, but have plenty of dried. Need to get my larder restocked.
I also noticed I have a few chicken carcasses in the freezer, so broth awaits! |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 16 2024 : 12:40:52 PM
I put-up 7 pints of baby green Limas today and they all sealed. Used Superb lids with Kerr wide mouth jars. I am out of Kerr wide mouth lids but have plenty of the Superb. I like to add green Lima beans to veg soup.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 14 2024 : 06:58:34 AM
Michelle, I bought Superb lids after Lisa told us about them. I still have Ball & Kerr lids to use before the Superb lids. With this canning I used Kerr jar, lids, & rings.
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| windypines |
Posted - Apr 14 2024 : 03:09:33 AM
Sara- That is great when all the jars seal. A satisfying sound, pop. I had canned beef stock a while ago, and it was the craziest thing. They popped constantly when I took them out of the canner. And they did it for a while. I thought, oh boy these are not going to seal, but they all did. that is the only thing that has ever done that to me. I have been using alot of Superb lids now. They are twice as thick/heavy as the ball or kerr. I have been having good luck. I do tighten the rings on them pretty tight.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 13 2024 : 10:19:19 AM
Put-up 7 pints eye of the goat heirloom beans this morning and they all sealed. Eye of the goat beans are in the pinto bean family.
For you under 80 Farmgirls "put-up" is the term I grew up with for canning.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 03 2024 : 04:58:30 AM
Sorry you have been sick, Michelle, colds can make you feel miserable.
Soups are always good to have on hand. I've been making a lot of egg noodle soup with one pint of my chicken or beef broth and egg noodles. Makes enough for two servings.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Apr 03 2024 : 02:58:32 AM
Hope all your jars seal Sara, And enjoy your beans. We finished up the syrup season, and no other canning going on. I should get some soups going, as I am out of those for quick meals. Or as I have been sick lately, sick meals. Darn cold has gotten me.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Apr 02 2024 : 10:04:11 AM
I'm not canning but I am awaiting my heirloom bean order that will be do in the coming days, it's coming by USPS so who knows when it will get here. Some of my favorite beans are back in stock, eye of the goat, Jaccob's cattle, and baby green Limas. When I am ready to can, I think I will start with the eye of the goat beans, they have been out of stock for over a year.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Mar 26 2024 : 07:07:45 AM
Thanks Karen.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| Jokamartell |
Posted - Mar 25 2024 : 6:29:17 PM
Great job, Sara! You are an inspiration to me! :)
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Mar 25 2024 : 11:38:46 AM
Canned 7 pints dried pinto beans today and they all sealed. I had a case of 12 oz Ball wide mouth jars with lids & rings that had not been opened so I used the lids and rings for today's canning with Ball jars.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nndairy |
Posted - Mar 20 2024 : 12:54:26 PM
Way to go Krista! You'll have a full pantry this fall with all the goodies you're going to can!
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Mar 18 2024 : 03:17:46 AM
That's what I thought Sara. I just wanted to check with you all and see.
Judith I was always told by my mom that anything with meat was low acid and should be done in a pressure canner.
Thanks ladies.
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| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Mar 17 2024 : 4:38:57 PM
I was always told no meat or meat products in a water bath. Also most veggies. Fruits and tomatoes in a water bath and now with all the low acid tomatoes you have to add lemon juice or vinegar.
Judith
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Mar 17 2024 : 4:18:34 PM
Denise, everything I have read about canning chicken broth is it is done in a pressure canner.
I have seen recipes for bone broth with vinegar done in a water bath canner. The vinegar changes the ph from low to high.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Mar 17 2024 : 3:22:03 PM
I have a question ladies. Is it safe to do chicken broth in a water bath canner or should that be done in pressure cooker? In a group I'm in someone said they did it in a water bath. I thought low acid is supposed to be pressure canned.
~Denise
Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured."
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Mar 15 2024 : 3:49:27 PM
Thanks. I was given a pressure canner for Christmas and I am super excited to see what else I am able to can this year.
Krista |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Mar 14 2024 : 06:04:54 AM
Krista, great job on putting up all that chicken. Will be great to have on hand for quick and not so quick meals.
Michelle, I'm feeling better today - it comes and goes. I know cooking syrup has to be hard but so rewarding. Enjoy your hard work.
Hugs, Sara "FarmGirl Sister" #6034 Aug 2014
FGOTM Sept 2015 - Feb 2019 - Oct 2023
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| levisgrammy |
Posted - Mar 14 2024 : 05:17:17 AM
Well you ladies sure have been busy! All sounds so good and good for you. Making things you know what the ingredients are in there. That's important.
~Denise
Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured."
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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| windypines |
Posted - Mar 14 2024 : 03:42:48 AM
Hope you feeling stronger Sara. Four jars not sealing is tough, but at least you got soup. Krista, way to go on canning chicken. We love canned chicken, so easy to use in so many ways. Cooked syrup again yesterday. Got 12 quarts and 1 pint. The season will end soon, as the trees are starting to bud. Going to turn cold again, so will see what happens.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| Jokamartell |
Posted - Mar 13 2024 : 6:59:55 PM
Krista, that’s a lot of chicken! :) Great job! :)
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Mar 13 2024 : 2:14:19 PM
Over the weekend my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and I canned 120 pounds of chicken. So we ended up with 40 pounds each. It was my first time canning chicken and I really learned a lot. I definitely underestimated how time consuming it is, but it's worth it. This canned chicken is way tastier for chicken salad sandwiches.
Krista |
| StitchinWitch |
Posted - Mar 13 2024 : 11:28:30 AM
Sara -- Were you using a new box of lids? Sometimes it is possible to run into a bad batch that doesn't want to seal.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21
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