WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[NH Homesteader]

Eeek! That is brutal!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Oh my gosh - that hurts me just hearing about it. I can't even imagine how much it hurt you! No more stepping over trailer hitches for sure!

 

[tortoise]

I am shuddering. How wonderful that you had a large store built up before your accident though! I can't imagine how much that would be! I have 100 - 200 jars and never have filled them all at the same time.

 

[tortoise]

Our garden froze so I'm picking tomatoes of all colors to see what will be salvageable. I wore myself out and am resting now. Will have to pick again tonight. I have 216 pounds of tomatoes on my deck now. Some are red-ripe and I need to start making sauce asap.

I canned 8 pints of unsweetened applesauce and half or more of each jar siphoned out. I'm bitter. Shoulda just froze it.

 

[milkmansdaughter]

Wow @waretrop !! I really hope you've healed well, and that you'll be able to get all the pins and plates removed eventually. Your situation does highlight exactly why we should plan ahead. 1500 cans! That would have saved sooo many trips to a store (and sooo much money) when you were healing.
I wish I lived close to some of you ladies so we could can together.

 

[waretrop]

I have done very little shopping since I got broken. But my shelves are getting bare so I just can't wait to get back into canning.

@milkmansdaughter They will only remove the inside screws. The outside hardware is good. Never gave me any trouble. I am just a little angry that the doctor make me wait so long and then I had to insist on the removal of these last ones. Second trip for removal of screws...

 

[Mini Horses]

DANG. Waretrop...was that trailer hooked up and moving

Hope all is healing well for you!!

 

[treerooted]

Ah @waretrop that's rough!

Sorry about the freeze @tortoise


They weren't calling for a frost last night, but what did I see this morning? Tried hosing down the tomatoes to remove the frost as is sometimes recommend. I think all I did was create an ice storm. Live and learn.

Canned more tomato sauce, but I had the water bath out so I didn't have to freeze this batch. Just 9 1/2 pints. Plus the 11 from before. Still have that many tomatoes picked.

Shoot, now I just read that it may be unsafe to can tomatoes after a frost? I picked them this morning...

 

[Hinotori]

I'm busy here. We went to Westport and bought four 25 pound albacore tuna yesterday.

Small pieces in jars for us and bloodline being canned for the dogs.

Smoking all the rest before canning. Most will be plain, some will have garlic, some will have jalapeno.

 

[Britesea]