WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[murphysranch]

I bought a pork shoulder blade roast for $12. I got three quarts of meat out of it and about 3 C of yummy slow cooked shreds that I simmered with rice- making two meals for the three of us.

 

[flowerbug]

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Between the two multicookers on the right, I managed to fit in all the bones. Then I added as much water as I dared. They slow cooked for almost 24 hours, and now the first 5 quarts are in the pressure canner. I added more water to the bones and kept them cooking.

Phew! If I keep to this method I can see myself canning turkey broth for weeks on end! I wonder how many times I can remove broth and add water before the broth begins to get weak. A lot of times I think, because each one of those bags of turkey bones I had could have made a huge pot of broth by itself. I wouldn’t be surprised if I get over 60 quarts in the end. I better go count my empty jars.

bury those bones in the garden and i bet they crumble to nothing within a few years. plants will still love what is left of them.

 

[Finnie]

I bought a pork shoulder blade roast for $12. I got three quarts of meat out of it and about 3 C of yummy slow cooked shreds that I simmered with rice- making two meals for the three of us.

Oh yum! I love canned pork shoulder!

bury those bones in the garden and i bet they crumble to nothing within a few years. plants will still love what is left of them.

Thank you for that idea!

 

[Finnie]

5 made yesterday, 15 made today. (Today I started at 7am and kept the canner going pretty constantly.)

I did retire one of the batches of bones because I thought they smelled a little odd. Not before I canned 7 quarts from it though, so when it’s time to open jars, I will have to do a sniff test. Anything that doesn’t smell good won’t get used. But I think I can get another 15 jars from the cooker that is still going.

I did go to Target for two more packs of quart jars yesterday. Unfortunately I found a crack on one jar, a chip on the rim of another, and several that have little curve-like “cracks” on the bottoms. I call those “centipede cracks” because they seem to have tiny “legs” feathering out from a central line. I’ve seen these marks on lots of jars that I’ve gotten from garage sales and goodwill. I don’t trust them, so I don’t use them. Searching online has brought up both “they are safe” and “they are not safe” answers.

So one pack of jars is going back to Target, and I think I will go to the nearby Walmart to buy replacements because the Target only had the two I bought in stock.

This is an example of the “centipede crack”. Sometimes they are more of a half circle shape.