WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[sweetproserpina]

Canning strike today , but I did 10 pints of hot salsa yesterday and it's dill pickles tomorrow.

 

[PamsPride]

22 quarts of spaghetti sauce today and 17 pints of salsa yesterday.

 

[me&thegals]

Dill pickles, cut sandwich style.

 

[big brown horse]

Halved tomatoes, 6 pints of them. (I'm still a newbie.)

 

[freemotion]

Halved tomatoes, 6 pints of them. (I'm still a newbie.)

Not for long!!!

 

[sweetproserpina]

My kitchen overfloweth, I've got 22 jars of dill pickles done. I washed the cukes in the washing machine (gentle, no soap!)- it totally worked and saved a ton of time. Anyone else do this?

 

[VickiLynn]

Good idea, but I don't think it would work in my front-loader (unless I want to make relish).

 

[sparks]

Banana Nut Bread Jam...tasty

 

[me&thegals]

Banana Nut Bread Jam...tasty

Mmmmm.... Recipe, please?

14 quarts dill pickles, 8 quarts bread and butter pickles, 5 pints salsa verde and soon-to-be unknown quantity of plain ol' green beans, and marinara sauce.

 

[sparks]

Banana Nut Bread Jam

3 cups mashed bananas (7 to 10)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
4 cups of sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 and 1/2 cups toasted walnuts chopped
1 box of dry pectin
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg (optional)

mix bananas, walnuts, lemon juice,and pectin in lg pan. Stir while bringing to a rolling boil. Add sugars all @ once. Continue cooking and stirring until a full rolling boil. Continue to boil 1 minute. Fill jars to within 1/4 inch. Put in boiling water bath for 10 min. Yield approx. 9 1/2 pint jars. Also good on ice cream....not a low-sugar recipe!