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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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| lovecatsandsunshine |
Posted - Nov 10 2025 : 08:58:19 AM
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sweet tea jelly
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
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| nubidane |
Posted - Nov 07 2025 : 2:11:33 PM
Oh yes! I think that rings a bell to me. I loved that show. |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Nov 07 2025 : 1:35:29 PM
A little Fannie Flagg trivia. She played Bob Newhart's receptionist on the old Bob Newhart Show. Nothing to do with canning but fun to know. May have to be my age to remember the show.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nubidane |
Posted - Nov 07 2025 : 1:13:19 PM
Don't be so sure Sara. I'm horrible at frying foods.
The book is equally good, if not better, as is usually the case. I listened to the book on tape, and Fannie Flagg read it. She has such a great narrative voice. If your library can find a copy, it may be worth it. |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Nov 07 2025 : 12:57:17 PM
Lisa, great buy on the Amish 1/2 price sale. Fried green tomatoes done right is one of my favorite foods. Done wrong they're a soggy mess. I have faith that yours will turn out perfect. Didn't read Fanny Flagg's book but did see the movie and loved it. 20 odd years ago in Van Alstyne, TX there was a restaurant called the Whistle Stop Cafe next to railroad tracks. They made the best fried green tomatoes I have ever eaten.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nubidane |
Posted - Nov 07 2025 : 12:18:05 PM
Here's to you Sara!
I am canning green beans, roasted tomatoes, and have a huge batch of tomato soup in the roaster that I will puree and can.
I took advantage of the Amish 1/2 price end of year sale and LOADED up the back of my car. Of course, now I have to DO something with all of it.
Oh and still have green tomatoes in my garden that will need to be picked before tomorrow night. We are expecting a freeze.
May make some fried green tomatoes and think of the movie |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Nov 07 2025 : 05:48:18 AM
Thanks, Michelle for the canning jar toast. Love it.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Nov 07 2025 : 04:56:30 AM
Raising my canning jar, in cheers, hoping you have more good days then bad!! Can on!!
Farming in WI
Michele
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Nov 06 2025 : 08:39:55 AM
Michelle sounds like you have a plan for canning when the weather turns.
I have heirloom beans to put up along with recipes in my canning books I want to try, just need a string of good days to get some of it done.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| windypines |
Posted - Nov 06 2025 : 04:19:54 AM
The kitchens have maybe cooled down a bit with all the canning. Great to have so much preserved for the winter and beyond. I have a few things to do yet, when the weather turns. Jams and jellys, and some more beans. Pumpkins are on the porch ready to be cooked down too. I have kept a few apples in a basket out there too. They are staying so nice. Much better then when I put some in the refrigerator. But that will only work for so long.
Enjoy the fruits of your labor!!
Farming in WI
Michele
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 23 2025 : 4:20:25 PM
Good job on your canning, Lisa. I haven't made green tomato pickles but have made a green tomato relish. Don't think I had a recipe for it. I just added onions, red bell pepper, spices, jalapeno pepper, and 5% apple cider vinegar.
I checked my canning books and didn't find a pickle recipe but did find two interesting recipes in my Preserving Italy canning book.
Green tomatoes preserves.
Green tomatoes preserved in salt.
If you are interested in either or both recipes I will copy them on printer and mail them to you.
Ball Blue Book has a green tomato mincemeat recipe.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nubidane |
Posted - Oct 23 2025 : 3:38:26 PM
Oh dang it Sara! I hate that a nosebleed interfered with your happy canning dance! I hope you are OK!
I wish I had some local gals that would go in on the lids and we could divvy them up. It is a great price, but I'm with you; that's a LOT of lids.
Canned stewed tomatoes, green beans, and chopped tomatoes. Want to try green tomato pickles. Has anyone tried these, and if so do you have a good recipe? |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 23 2025 : 10:53:01 AM
Put up 8 pints chicken broth and they all sealed. Not doing the happy canning dance cause I had a nosebleed while canner was cooling and I'm taking it easy.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 23 2025 : 06:05:15 AM
Lisa, it would take me 3 lifetimes to use that many lids.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nubidane |
Posted - Oct 22 2025 : 3:38:15 PM
In case anyone is interested, Fillmore Container has Superb lids for $170 for 2100. Their shipping is pricy (like $25), but it still comes out to 9 cents a lid.
I'm just trying to decide if I need 2100 lids! |
| nubidane |
Posted - Oct 14 2025 : 1:24:16 PM
Thanks Sylvia! |
| Cissik |
Posted - Oct 14 2025 : 12:53:21 PM
Here's what I found:
Apple Thyme Jelly with Cider
To make an easy apple thyme jelly, follow these simple steps:
Gather ingredients: 4 cups apple juice, 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, 1 package pectin, and sugar.
In a pot, combine apple juice and thyme; bring to a boil.
Stir in pectin and boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Add sugar (about 5 cups) and boil for another 1-2 minutes until dissolved.
Remove from heat and strain to remove thyme leaves.
Pour into sterilized jars and seal; process in a water bath if desired. 10 minutes.
I plan on leaving the thyme leaves in the jars.
Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
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| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 13 2025 : 1:33:03 PM
Lisa great job on your pickles and great buy at the Amish on tomatoes. As Michelle says "happy canning".
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| nubidane |
Posted - Oct 13 2025 : 12:46:16 PM
Sara, the Bean Queen is Back!
Sylvia, that sounds really good. Where did you find the recipe? We also have some good local cider right now.
I canned 6 pts kosher pickles and 6 pts bread and butter, and 3 more pints of salsa.
Have a ton of tomatoes to can. $6 for about 20 lbs at the Amish. Thinking of doing some stewed and maybe some bruschetta |
| Cissik |
Posted - Oct 13 2025 : 12:30:55 PM
Latest canning project is for Christmas gifts. Trying the recipe for Apple Thyme Jelly. Makes 4-ish half pints. This should fit into my jam maker. Uses apple cider and I love making regular apple jelly from our local organic produce guy. He makes fresh cider every fall....until he runs out!
adding thyme, the jelly goes on pork, cheese plates, and toast!
Has anyone tried it?
Sylvia
Kent, WA
Farm Girl #5389
www.etsy.com/shop/antiquemarie
Pumpkinsandcrows.blogspot.com |
| YellowRose |
Posted - Oct 13 2025 : 10:32:51 AM
I put up 7 pints of Good Mother Stallard heirloom beans today and they all sealed. This bean makes a really good broth which I like.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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| MaryJanesNiece |
Posted - Oct 10 2025 : 2:10:27 PM
Michele, I really want one of those! This was my first year pressure canning ( I have just done water bath canning in the past) and I really didn't like it and I have found myself very discouraged with it because of the constant babysitting. It gets difficult to stay next to the stove forever when I am also chasing around 4 kids lol! An electric canner would be amazing! Adding that to my wish list.
Krista
Farmgirl Sister #528
Farmgirl Of The Year 2025 |
| windypines |
Posted - Oct 09 2025 : 03:41:24 AM
Heather I fit 8 reg pints, 7 wide mouth, and 5 reg quarts and 4 wide mouth. I have the smaller Presto electric canner. Now they have come out with a 23 quart one I think it is. My old All American is about the same but I can double stack pints in it. I like it for ease of use. Once the regulator is on, I am done babysitting it till it is done.
Farming in WI
Michele
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| nndairy |
Posted - Oct 08 2025 : 6:21:23 PM
I canned 9 quarts of tomato soup and they all sealed :)
Michele - how many jars fit in your electric canner? I don't have one but might have to add it to my wish list!
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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| windypines |
Posted - Oct 07 2025 : 04:34:17 AM
Club was very nice. The ladies were all so nice.
Came home and finished up the chili bean canning. 15.5 quart jars, and all sealed. Happy happy happy. That will last us quite a while.
I did break out the stove top canner for a batch. Hard to go back to baby sitting that after using the electric canner. But having both going was nice to get the beans canned. While sitting in the kitchen I made a batch of ricotta and put in the freezer.
Farming in WI
Michele
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