WHAT ARE YOU CANNING TODAY?

[TanksHill]

I canned meat for the first time just this last weekend! We had a turkey in the freezer, so we cut it up and canned it. I am looking forward to canning more turkeys in the next weeks as they go on sale.

That's is an excellent idea. I bought two the other day and stuck them in the freezer. At this rate and with the amount of other things my freezer is overflowing.

I can't believe I didn't think of it. Now I need to research pressure canning turkey.

Thanks, gina

 

[Ldychef2k]

Winco has swet potatoes for 24 cents a pound, so I am canning abuot 20 pounds this morning.

 

[GardenWeasel]

Thankyou HannaLee. I too am a big fan of red palm oil. It was in a recipe for Brazillian shrimp stew, so began the search as the recipe stated iy would not be the same without it. Ordered it and coconut oil off the internet and did nutrional research on those oils and I was hooked. Dinner for me tonite will be a mystery package unlabeled. ( I'll remember what that is)I hate it when I do that cause I seldom remember.

 

[freemotion]

I canned meat for the first time just this last weekend! We had a turkey in the freezer, so we cut it up and canned it. I am looking forward to canning more turkeys in the next weeks as they go on sale.

That's is an excellent idea. I bought two the other day and stuck them in the freezer. At this rate and with the amount of other things my freezer is overflowing.

I can't believe I didn't think of it. Now I need to research pressure canning turkey.

Thanks, gina

I canned some chunks today, since I was cooking a couple up to make more catfood at forty-seven cents a pound! Instead of saving the roasted breast meat for us like I usually do, I cut it off raw, simmered it, cut it in chunks, and hot-packed it in quart jars with a half tsp sea salt, half a large garlic clove, and a few bits of scallion. Filled the jars up with hot turkey broth made with the bones of the previous two turkeys. I hope it is good for sandwiches as turkey salad. I tend to forget about the cooked breast meat in a ziploc and it dries out in the freezer, so although this is a bit more work, I think it will be more cost effective as there will be less waste for us.

I processed five quarts of the chunks at 11 lbs for 90 minutes. They look good.

 

[freemotion]

Not canning today but wanted to thank all of you for this very cool thread. Thanks to your generosity, I have canned my first dried beans and my own chicken broth. Want to make some of the cream of soups if I ever find a bargain on mushrooms. Bones for stock making are rare here too. Most stores have boneless everthing shipped in. Any other recipies for cream of anything soups out there? My DH is a big fan of celery and potatoes. First season with my pressure canner so need precise amounts. Again thanks.

Look at post #12 on this thread: http://www.sufficientself.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1790&p=2

I made and canned this soup and it is wonderful! I use it all the time in recipes. I used both fresh mushrooms and some dried shiitakes for a stronger mushroom flavor. I just shake the jar before opening it as it can separate a little.

 

[Ldychef2k]

Got a free turkey, so I canned 8 pints of meat and 7 quarts of broth made from the carcass and a package of extra necks.

 

[buckeye lady]

Cranberries are $1 a bag. Cranberry jam is my plan for today.

 

[miss_thenorth]

10 quarts applesauce, and I got my first canning burn today. As the appleasuce was boiling, and I was stirring, it bubbled up and onto my hand. Since i was doing three things at once, it was about 1/2 a minute before I got to put ice on it. Yowsa, does it hurt!!!

so, more applesauce is in my future, and I am also going out to pick quinces.(or quincies --????? I'm not exactly sure what they are, but a new friend told me where to get them, and said they make excellent jam) Anyone heard of them?

 

[dzook]

Today's canning is potatos!!! When they are 68cents for ten pounds I can up a bunch. They are so easy to make into mashed potatos or soup etc...

 

[Ldychef2k]

Today: 7 quarts mustard greens and ham. 7 quarts collard greens and ham. 6 pints ham chunks, 8 pints turkey italian sausage which were on clearance..worked out to 44.5 cents a pint.

Taught DGD a bit about canning today. She enjoyed it.