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Several days, maybe a week ago, I read about vinegar being sold now that’s 4% instead of 5%, which makes the vinegar less acidic than the approved 5% for adding to canned items. The label should say “diluted with water to 5% acidity”. I figured it was a Facebook hoax and didn’t pay much attention...

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Over the weekend someone shared a picture of Strawberry Butter they had made. I wrote her and asked for the recipe, and she sent it to me. It looked easy and we had three pounds of strawberries in the fridge so I made a batch and it was super easy and super delicious. Vince was...

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about making more corned beef to can. My big decision was to figure out whether to can it in pints or quarts. I knew pints would be ok for making corned beef with eggs or corned beef with potatoes but for sandwiches, I wasn’t sure. Before,...

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A followup to the bone broth post from 10 or so days ago: I simmered the bones for at least two days four different times. Each batch got fresh carrots, celery, onions, bay leaves and the first two batches had garlic. Each batch got a splash or two of apple cider vinegar. Only the first...

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My rhubarb is all fairly new and I didn’t want to harvest too much of it but I definitely wanted to can something rhubarb. Yesterday morning I pulled all the rhubarb I felt like the plants could spare. A few of mine are two year old plants so mostly it came from those. I harvested...

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In an earlier post I mentioned that all of a sudden, it seemed like I had so many empty jars. We use quite a few each week but I don’t really keep up with what’s on the shelves and because I have jars tucked where ever I can find a spot for them, there’s no...

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Yesterday I made Brunswick Stew from the Grow & Preserve youtube. It was so easy to make and it was delicious! I canned 9 quarts and saved out enough for us to have it for dinner yesterday. This is a recipe I’ll make over and over and make sure we always have jars of this...

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Earlier I said I was making Brunswick Stew today. I knew I had everything I needed but when I was getting everything out yesterday, I looked at the potatoes I had in the pantry and they didn’t look too good so I went out to the potato bags and dug around. The potatoes need another...

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The other day when I started to make mango salsa, I couldn’t find the Ball canning book I use for the recipe so I googled to see if I could find a recipe for canning and I came across Carter and her Grow and Preserve Youtube Channel. She had made Mango Salsa from the same...

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During the winter mostly but some in the spring, I’ve emptied so many jars. When Nicole was here last week, she brought me a bunch of my jars they had emptied. It makes me nervous and excited seeing all the empty jars stacked up. I always keep a few cases of empty jars on hand...

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There’s plenty of room here to keep my canned foods organized but they are not organized. When we packed everything in Texas, it didn’t get packed in an organized fashion but . . it got packed and for the most part, Vince did it by himself so I’m not complaining. As I unpacked, I had...

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By the time I get the freezer cleaned out, hopefully it will be time to start putting up food from the garden though thinking about it, I think mostly I freeze dry the food from the garden – peppers, tomatoes, asparagus, okra, garlic, rhubarb . . I can’t think of anything in the garden I...

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One of the items I picked up from Azure Standard yesterday was 5 pounds of dark, sweet, pitted cherries. They were frozen and we put them in the cooler but by the time we got home, they were starting to defrost a bit. I had planned on canning them so I was happy they weren’t...

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Yesterday I mentioned that I had canned some roasts. I got 7 quarts of raw packed roast. I can do so many things with that! I took out more roasts and will can those in a few days. I had also taken out 14 pounds of ground beef. I mentioned yesterday that my plan was...

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I know we’re not all the same. We don’t think the same. We don’t do things the same. You know I love canning. Not only do I love the process of canning, I love seeing the jars on the shelf and I love that every third week we “eat from the pantry”. There’s never much...

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I know I shouldn’t feel bad but I do feel bad when I hardly blog all day. I also know that life goes on and no one is sitting by the computer patiently waiting for a blog post but blogging has been such a big part of my life for so long . . it’s...

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I halfway wish I could say I’m done with canning for a while but . . you know I have all those carrots and potatoes to process but Sunday I canned 21 quarts of red beans and sausage. We ate red beans, sausage and rice, along with cornbread and salad, on Sunday. The whole downstairs...

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The usual disclaimers: Butternut squash is one of those things I feel like I must have in my pantry. There’s so much I can do with it and we like it. Yesterday after canning the lemonade concentrate, I canned 15 pints of butternut squash. I peeled the squash, cut it into chunks, boiled it for...

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A few weeks ago I was watching a canning video and the lady was seasoning her meat with Tennessee Apple Butter seasoning by Pit Boss. I was able to find it on Amazon but I’m sure there are other places to buy it. It isn’t inexpensive but it is so good. The minute I smelled...

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Once again, this is how I can potatoes. I do not use the USDA recommended method. I am not a food canning expert and I would love it if someone explained to me why my method is wrong without saying “This is how they say to do it.” Vince and I have discussed this at...

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