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Farm Kitchen:  What is everyone canning?  |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3291 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Apr 03 2025 : 6:10:38 PM
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So glad to hear you had success with all your jars, Sara!
Michele - how is the sugaring going? Are your trees confused by the crazy weather?
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Apr 04 2025 : 03:29:39 AM
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Great job Sara.
Heather, our season is over for us. It was an up and down year. Too warm, too cold, and a few days of just right. We did get 13 gallons of syrup, so plenty for two families. We finished cooking last Tuesday. Have everything cleaned up and put away. We still have to clean out sap tanks, which we will do today. Was waiting for nicer weather to do that. Always nice to be done. Hope you got lots of syrup also.
Farming in WI
Michele
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3291 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
3291 Posts |
Posted - Apr 06 2025 : 12:01:36 PM
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13 gallons! That's a lot of sap to boil LOL! I didn't get nearly that much, but I'm very happy with all the jars I have from my 4 trees :) Now I just have to slow down and quit using so much so it'll last a bit. I just made some cookies using the syrup instead of sugar.
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7271 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2025 : 11:23:49 AM
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Put up 7 pints great northern beans this morning and they all sealed.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Nancy Joplin
True Blue Farmgirl
355 Posts
Nancy
Ontario
California
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2025 : 10:56:37 PM
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Wow, Michele, that is a great deal of sap! Sara, 7 pints of beans. Great! You ladies certainly are busy!
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4423 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4423 Posts |
Posted - Apr 11 2025 : 03:19:55 AM
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Yesterday I canned noodles. I vacuum sealed them actually in a canning jar. I made noodles, dried them in my dehydrator and then vacuum sealed in a jar. Will see how this works out. I have been watching youtube and Homesteading with the Zimmermans, cause I could not pass that one up. It has been filled with great ideas, and she does things the way I do things. I hope to try lasagna noodles today.
Farming in WI
Michele
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7271 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Apr 11 2025 : 06:00:21 AM
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Michelle, great job on your noodles. Must let us know how they turn out.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4796 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Apr 11 2025 : 06:22:41 AM
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Best of luck with your lasagna noodles Michele, Have fun experimenting and let us know how they turned out.
Dawn in IL
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4423 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4423 Posts |
Posted - Apr 12 2025 : 03:45:53 AM
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The lasagna noodles turned out great. I do have them vacuum sealed in a gallon jar. Usually I made noodles and used fresh. This is the first time trying to keep them longer.
Farming in WI
Michele
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4423 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4423 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2025 : 03:06:38 AM
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I am ready to get started canning again. Going to try sloppy joe mix. I need to start making some room in my freezer for pork that is coming in May. Hoping this will make some quick meals during the busy summer.
Farming in WI
Michele
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7271 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7271 Posts |
Posted - Apr 25 2025 : 05:37:29 AM
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Michelle, sloppy Joes are always a good choice. Happy canning as you are known to say.
I hope to get back to canning beans soon as MS fatigue lifts off me.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2950 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Apr 25 2025 : 2:51:53 PM
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Sloppy joes do sound good!
I'm a boring canner. 5 pints chicken broth from a small carcass that I had in the fridge. Put it in instant pot with scrap vege and PC for 2 hrs, left on warm overnight, strained and canned. If any of you are not familiar with soup socks, they make the canning of any broth so much easier. Basically, a mesh style bag that you can put the carcass and vege in, tie it and put in pot with the water. Makes the straining and clean up so much easier.
Also 4 quarts pinto beans and 4 quarts white northern beans. And Sara, everything sealed! |
Edited by - nubidane on Apr 26 2025 07:43:18 AM |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4423 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4423 Posts |
Posted - Apr 26 2025 : 03:36:08 AM
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Sara hope you are feeling better soon. Take care of yourself.
Lisa I have never heard of a soup sock, that would be very very handy. I just looked them up. Looks like a cheesecloth, but it is stretchy cool. The instant pot sounds like it makes things pretty easy. Having all the jars seal is priceless!!
I am going to wait till Monday to can, supposed to be rain coming in that day. I want to do another batch of baked beans, different recipe though. So we have been eating the beans I canned and I had a can of boughten beans that I had opened one night. Oh my goodness. My homemade ones are so much better after I doctored them up. I could not believe the difference.
I have been watching you tube in the evenings. I found Homesteading with the Zimmermans. Well I could not pass that one up, since that is my last name too. I have really enjoyed it, and have gotten good tips and recipes.
Happy Canning Everyone
Farming in WI
Michele
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7271 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7271 Posts |
Posted - Apr 26 2025 : 06:09:30 AM
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Lisa, good job on the beans and all jars sealed. Thanks for letting us know about soup socks, never heard of it. I ordered one pkg for my sister in MA that makes chicken broth and one set for me.
Michelle, thanks for the good wishes. I filled my canner yesterday with water and jars in hopes of canning in a day or two. Rainy days are perfect for canning. Today the humidity is 93 so it should be raining. lol
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2950 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2950 Posts |
Posted - Apr 26 2025 : 07:47:58 AM
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It's chilly and rainy here. I'm going to a plant swap at the local thrift and then I'm thinking chili. Plenty of tomatoes and beans in the larder. I have a pack of ground venison that my friend gave me, so I'll probably use that.
Michele, would you mind sharing your baked bean recipe? I know you had mentioned that before, and it piqued my interest for sure.
Wow Sara, that is some humidity!
I'm going to check out the Zimmerman page. |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4423 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4423 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2025 : 03:13:14 AM
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Sara that is sure some awful humidity, yicks. Stay cool
Lisa I will take a picture and email you the recipe I wanted to try. Also if I find it, the recipe I did make that needed to be spiced up a bit but was still good. I use great northern beans.
Farming in WI
Michele
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2950 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2950 Posts |
Posted - Apr 27 2025 : 08:30:19 AM
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| Thanks Michele! I just saw the time stamp of your post. Are you normally awake at 3 AM? |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4423 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4423 Posts |
Posted - Apr 28 2025 : 04:17:11 AM
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Lisa, no I am not up at 3, hopefully, haha. Usually after five though. I am a morning person. Today it is after 6, was awake listening to some thunder and rain earlier. My cow is recently dried up, so taking it a little slower here. Got to get the chickens opened up and fed soon.
Got 8 pints of sloppy joe mix canned and sealed yesterday!! Had a bit left over for supper and it is pretty tasty. Different then how I normally make sloppy joe, but that is good.
Happy Canning!!
Farming in WI
Michele
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4423 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4423 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2025 : 03:53:50 AM
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5 pints of canned baked beans, 1 did not seal. That means one to taste before I make any more.
Farming in WI
Michele
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7271 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7271 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2025 : 06:10:14 AM
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Michelle, good job on your baked beans. That pesty un-sealed jar is good for something. lol
I ordered beef shanks to make beef broth to be delivered this morning if they have it. If they don't, I'll can beans.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7271 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7271 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2025 : 06:52:07 AM
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They had beef shanks so I will be making beef broth today in my spanking new soup sock, thanks to Lisa. Hope to put up in the morning.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2950 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2950 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2025 : 12:17:49 PM
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Michele, did you use the recipe from the book? Let me know how you like them.
Sara, I hope you like the soup sock. I think some of them allude to being one time use, but I reuse mine. I rinse the best I can, soak in soapy water in a bowl overnight, rinse, dry, and reuse. |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7271 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2025 : 1:27:40 PM
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Lisa, reusing the bag is a great idea. I will give it a try another time. It wouldn't work with the beef shank broth because of all the fat. I didn't trim the meat but will skim off the fat in the morning before heating up the beef broth. Finally got the kitchen counter cleaned off and all dishes washed. I can't believe one little old lady can make such a mess making broth.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
2950 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
2950 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2025 : 3:15:17 PM
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| I hear you Sara! Sometimes when I am cleaning up all the bits I wonder the same thing. But I can't bear to buy it when I can make it from scraps and cheap meat cuts or soup bones. |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4423 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4423 Posts |
Posted - Apr 30 2025 : 04:33:04 AM
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Lisa I used the recipe in the book. The canned baked beans are pretty good. I used a little too much molasses I think. I had measured out the wrong amount, and well you know molasses......... what a mess. I did get some back in the jar though. I will make and can more. Definitely alot of flavor.
Sara hope you got your stock all canned up with no issues.
Farming in WI
Michele
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