What did you can today?

[capecmom]

I pulled the last of my carrots from the garden so I found a recipe for carrot cake jam. It made 9 half pints!

I also made 3 more qts of apple sauce. I plan on canning up a huge load of pork tomorrow as boneless pork loin was on sale for 1.99. I bought an enormous one that I have to cut up but it should be delicious.

[capecmom]

OK-I'm on a roll, lol ;D

I just made 9 half pints of bruschetta topping. Just waiting for it to come out of the water bath-running late to Mom's for dinner-Uh oh-I need to fly quick!

[bonnylake]

8 - half pint jars of perfectly made lightly sweetened red delicious applesauce for my grand-daughter to enjoy her first year of eating G-maBonny homemade goodies

[☼ ЯÏĊk ☺]

You folks sure are ambitious. Nice!
I didnt can anything today, its 5:20 am, gotta have some coffee tobuild up some big-boy inertia.
I save my canning, if possible, for bad weather days. I have approx. 400 lbs. Of winter squash, half of which I need to can.
We canned over 18 gallons of gr. Beans this season in pints and quarts. Not enough yet, but getting there. Carrots and parnip and cabbages are all thats left in the gardens.
Instead of a little salt in my beans i tried some bullion. Tried some last week. Made a fatguy very happy.

[deberosa]

Back from PA and brought with us all of the green tomatoes from my mom's garden. We made 12 pints of green tomatoe relish yesterday. Will be trying out a pumpkin chutney recipe sometime later this week since there are a row of pumpkins on the deck waiting for processing.

[bonnylake]

Oct 26, 2010 8:24:38 GMT -4 deberosa said:

Back from PA and brought with us all of the green tomatoes from my mom's garden. We made 12 pints of green tomatoe relish yesterday. Will be trying out a pumpkin chutney recipe sometime later this week since there are a row of pumpkins on the deck waiting for processing.

I will be waiting anxiously to see how a pumpkin chutney gets made and how it tastes.... that sounds weird enough for me to want to have some around for turkey day ! ;D

[deberosa]

Oct 27, 2010 0:27:26 GMT -4 @bonnylake said:

Oct 26, 2010 8:24:38 GMT -4 deberosa said:

Back from PA and brought with us all of the green tomatoes from my mom's garden. We made 12 pints of green tomatoe relish yesterday. Will be trying out a pumpkin chutney recipe sometime later this week since there are a row of pumpkins on the deck waiting for processing.

I will be waiting anxiously to see how a pumpkin chutney gets made and how it tastes.... that sounds weird enough for me to want to have some around for turkey day ! ;D

Yes, this should be interesting. Pumpkin, very thinly sliced lemon and grated ginger root are the main ingredients. We got off onto another project yesterday and today but it's all ready to go. ;-)

[capecmom]

Deb,
It sounds delicious! Let me know how it comes out! I have some good friends who I would make something like that for for gifts. They just LOVE anything pumpkin!

I made 5 qts. of split pea soup last night and canned it. Saved another qt and a half for dinner tonight, lol. I don't feel like cooking.

[bonnylake]

I think I'm done canning until I can get a couple of giant turkeys on sale after T-day! I love canned turkey for tossing into everything... can't wait!

Oh and fresh cranberries too! At the dented can store they have a combo of cranberry raspberry whole-berry sauce from Ocean Spray that I had never seen before - so awesome!! Two of my favorite flavors in one place - glad I have some raspberries in the freezer to try this out myself.

[capecmom]

I made 7 more qts of split pea soup today-buggers ate all but one qt that I made last weekend.

Have some whole berry cranberry sauce going at the moment. It's Mom's favorite and she is coming for Thanksgiving dinner.

After that I may take a stab at the chocolate sauce I've been wanting to make-yeah yeah you're not supposed to can it any more. I'm doing it anyway.

[nhlivefreeordie]

I am still rationing my 2 dozen jars of whole cranberry sauce I made last year. It came out so good I am afraid to use it all up ;D
Also the applesauce I made from the McCoun apples from NH, I keep that under camera surveillance.
Julie, you must be feeding an army, how do you keep up?

[capecmom]

Aw-the ravenous appetites of my family-it's hard to keep up sometimes. DH and oldest son can eat a qt of soup at a sitting-then have bread with it and then dessert. Now you know why I always freak out about the food stocks at my house. I don't know where they put it-we are not large people, lol. Hollow legs.

I made whole cranberry sauce yesterday-just added a little orange zest to it but plain otherwise. I tasted the little that was left in the bottom of the pan and it was pretty yummy.

[nhlivefreeordie]

Evidently you all burn up the calories either through activity or keeping warm.

I add a couple cinnamon sticks while I am cooking the cranberries, it is not over powering at all, just a faint hint on the back of your palate.

[☼ ЯÏĊk ☺]

Reading your posts, getting hungry....
Gonna try canning butter, read in Jackie Clays newest book
cheese tomorrow.
Maybe a quick snack while the jars simmer.

[☼ ЯÏĊk ☺]

Looked in the freezer just now. Turkey in there 31.77 #. Gonna chunk it up this weekend and smoke most of it.
Cant begin to guess how many pint and quart jars of meat and broth its gonna take.
Had its relative last thanksgiving, man was it good!
Figured with this one id start cutting up chunks and using broth i already canned for the first batch, then boil the carcass for broth for the rest.
Im new to canning meats, anyone use different seasonings in some so its not all the same, or do you do it after?
Was considering some soy sauce, ginger and garlic added to some broth to make turkey teryaki. Maybe a jar or three, see how it comes out.
Were gonna get narragansett turkeys next year. And kill em before they get so huge. Was busy haying and gardening last year in between the rain.
Nice problem to have, where do i store it all? :-)