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Title: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on June 06/21/24, 04:17:30 PM
Has commenced. :happy1:

23 qts garlic dill pickles  :sleazy: :hubba:

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Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: LPS on June 06/21/24, 06:04:35 PM
That is awesome Glenn. 
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Post by: HD on June 06/21/24, 06:22:53 PM
Where the heck did you get pickles already?..  mine are just starting to flower....

I call fowl.....
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on June 06/21/24, 07:05:27 PM
Where the heck did you get pickles already?..  mine are just starting to flower....

I call fowl.....
Becks in Elk River. they got pickles but no DILL.........so i'd bet if you have dill you could get pickles...the cooler she took them out of seemed full.  call and find out.........

1/2 bushel was $50.00. think last year was $46.00.  the smaller 3-4 inch pickles are usually more spendy, but they are the ones i want. :happy1: my cukes arent even close to flowering yet. but i dont use mine for canning.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: roony on June 06/21/24, 07:09:55 PM
I'm hoping mine have emerged and aren't washed out. I'll find out tomorrow.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: tangle tooth on June 06/22/24, 07:38:14 AM
      You scared me. Our gardens have taken several weather hits this year.
      My wife and daughter found a decent deal on Apple's a couple of weeks ago and made some apple butter. Then, they gave half of them away. It was to an elderly lady we know so I'm OK with that.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: HD on July 07/20/24, 01:09:20 PM
Tomorrow, I'm going to try something different.....

I found a recipe for onion pickles that I'm going to try. I have an overabundance of table onions, so I figured what the  :censored:  :rotflmao:

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Post by: LPS on July 07/21/24, 10:48:07 AM
That sounds like a great idea HD!  Nice looking onions.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on July 07/21/24, 11:57:30 AM
Tomorrow, I'm going to try something different.....

I found a recipe for onion pickles that I'm going to try. I have an overabundance of table onions, so I figured what the  :censored:  :rotflmao:
hey...........let me know how they turn out and then the recipe!!!! i got an over abundance of winter onions. to late this year but next year!!!!  :happy1: :happy1:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: HD on July 07/21/24, 12:21:38 PM
I ended up with 2 jars of onions, 5 jars of Russian spears, 2 jars of sliced pickles and 1 jar of Dilly beans.

Glenn, the recipe called for Pearl onions, but I figured.... what the heck...

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Post by: HD on July 07/21/24, 05:01:31 PM
Here's the recipe....

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Post by: glenn57 on July 07/21/24, 05:08:16 PM
i used to can pearl onions.........there great but a PITA to clean........and you need a bunch to fill a pint jar.

that recipe is alot more elaborate then the one i got!  :scratch: :scratch:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on July 07/30/24, 07:56:00 PM
Brewed me up a batch of summer cukes  today!! :happy1:

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Post by: LPS on July 07/31/24, 07:59:38 AM
Looks great Glenn.  We love them.  Yesterday I thought about buying cukes and doing that.  BUT they were .99 ea. at the store.  I will wait for ours to mature.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: HD on July 07/31/24, 08:15:40 AM
Brewed me up a batch of summer cukes  today!! :happy1:

Are those cold, or canned?
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on July 07/31/24, 08:22:59 AM
Brewed me up a batch of summer cukes  today!! :happy1:

Are those cold, or canned?
cold......they stay in the frig. they have to sit for 2 weeks.......but generally dont last long after that!!!!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: HD on July 07/31/24, 03:08:45 PM
Brewed me up a batch of summer cukes  today!! :happy1:

Are those cold, or canned?
cold......they stay in the frig. they have to sit for 2 weeks.......but generally dont last long after that!!!!!! :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Would you send me the recipe? I got so many cucumbers coming out of my ears, I gotta make something different.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on July 07/31/24, 03:12:23 PM
yeppers!!!!!
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Post by: glenn57 on July 07/31/24, 03:37:07 PM
I sent it via text.  If anyone else is  interested I can post it in the recipe thread.
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Post by: LPS on July 07/31/24, 03:38:24 PM
Do that Glenn.  So where is the recipe thread? 
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Post by: LPS on July 07/31/24, 03:39:23 PM
Found it.  :sleazy:
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Post by: glenn57 on August 08/09/24, 03:52:15 PM
2 1/2 dozen sweet corn ready for the freezer. Throw on some cukes and it's beer thirty!! :happy1:

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Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: LPS on August 08/09/24, 07:35:31 PM
Looks great Glenn.  Is that your refrigerator pickles in the big jar?
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Post by: roony on August 08/09/24, 07:46:56 PM
Yum!
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/10/24, 07:40:11 AM
Looks great Glenn.  Is that your refrigerator pickles in the big jar?
:happy1: yes.....its 1 of the 2 type of fridge pickles i make!!!!! these would be a good bloody mary pickle!!!!! :happy1:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: Gunner55 on August 08/10/24, 07:50:28 AM
 :scratch: There's bad BM pickles?  :confused:         ;) :laugh: :laugh:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/10/24, 07:57:25 AM
:scratch: There's bad BM pickles?  :confused:         ;) :laugh: :laugh:
yea......iffin there a sweet pickle!!!!!!!
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: Gunner55 on August 08/10/24, 08:02:37 AM
  :thumbs: We don't have those here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mom used to make a bread & butter pickle, not a fan.  :tut:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/10/24, 08:06:44 AM
  :thumbs: We don't have those here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mom used to make a bread & butter pickle, not a fan.  :tut:
those other cukes i posted are a sweet pickle.......there good, but i eat them sparingly!!!!!!
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: Gunner55 on August 08/10/24, 08:19:31 AM
I don't mind regular dill spears in my BM, but I usually put a little of the juice on top of the mix too. I like some horseradish & a couple of shakes of some Tabasco as well. But we usually have a jar of these around too...............https://www.walmart.com/ip/Famous-Dave-s-Sweet-N-Spicy-Pickle-Spears-24-fl-oz-Jar/20850661?ad............. mainly just for our BMs.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: LPS on August 08/10/24, 08:21:01 AM
I have seen them but haven't tried them yet but I will. 
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Post by: glenn57 on August 08/10/24, 08:24:05 AM
i got a recipe for bloody mary mix thats really good. it has horseradish and pickle juice in it. not Tabasco though!!!
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: LPS on August 08/10/24, 08:51:05 AM
I do put a splash of pickle juice in mine.  A tiny shot of Worcestor sauce sometimes. Celery salt is common too.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: KEN W on August 08/10/24, 09:06:24 AM
Well.....don't keep us in suspense. What's the recipe? I don't have enough ripe tomatoes yet. But I will have. Picked the first 4 ripe ones yesterday and made the first salsa recipe for my grandkids.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/10/24, 09:42:27 AM
 :happy1:

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Post by: KEN W on August 08/10/24, 12:51:43 PM
OK.......that looks good. But you aren't using tomatoes from the garden. I would have to buy Clamato Juice.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/10/24, 12:58:43 PM
OK.......that looks good. But you aren't using tomatoes from the garden. I would have to buy Clamato Juice.
yes.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: mike89 on August 08/10/24, 01:18:13 PM
Clamato Juice is good stuff
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: LPS on August 08/10/24, 01:45:46 PM
Great looking recipe Glenn.  I forgot to pick me up some Clamato the last time I was at the store.
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Post by: Boar on August 08/10/24, 10:53:56 PM
Stop wat yir doin
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Post by: Gunner55 on August 08/11/24, 07:52:33 AM
I start with Mr. & Mrs. T's Bold & Spicy, then kick it up a notch. A lot of the same stuff is in my mix.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on August 08/15/24, 04:57:42 PM
 :happy1: 13 1/2 pints salsa! :sleazy:

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Post by: LPS on August 08/15/24, 05:02:07 PM
Good job. 
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Post by: KEN W on August 08/15/24, 06:24:48 PM
You are busy.....aren't you working anymore? :confused:
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Post by: glenn57 on August 08/15/24, 06:30:23 PM
You are busy.....aren't you working anymore? :confused:
actually been officially retired since 2020. but work up to and no more than 14 hours a week stocking shelves at the local grocery store, for something to do. :happy1:

2 days a week.....when i dont go to the cabin. :happy1:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: tangle tooth on August 08/16/24, 09:27:53 PM
      I got to help make salsa yesterday. When I say help it means I get to dice up the peppers. Actually, I have to dice the peppers since no one else will.  Nine cups of habaneros, scotch bonnet, jalapenos and onions to make 9 pints, I think, of hot salsa.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: LPS on August 08/18/24, 05:28:23 PM
Man that is too hot to handle.  :sleazy:
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Post by: Leech~~ on August 08/18/24, 06:11:10 PM
      I got to help make salsa yesterday. When I say help it means I get to dice up the peppers. Actually, I have to dice the peppers since no one else will.  Nine cups of habaneros, scotch bonnet, jalapenos and onions to make 9 pints, I think, of hot salsa.
Been there, done that!  Had to calm back down to just Jalapeno's.   :surrender:

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Post by: glenn57 on August 08/30/24, 05:47:41 PM
Been busy! Gonna taste good in dead of winter  and my buttered noodles   :sleazy: :mooning: :rotflmao: lost one though  damn jar broke. :confused:

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Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: LPS on August 08/30/24, 08:01:16 PM
Just wondered, do you can buttered noodles too? 
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Post by: glenn57 on August 08/31/24, 08:59:38 AM
Just wondered, do you can buttered noodles too?
:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: nah!!!!!
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: HD on August 08/31/24, 02:59:13 PM
12 pints, 5 quarts of salsa done.

I think I'm done ✅.....

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Post by: tangle tooth on September 09/01/24, 11:25:01 AM
      I spent a good part of Saturday chopping up all kinds of peppers for MY salsa. I hope it's good. My wife and daughter couldn't stay in the kitchen very long. My daughter did try a very small amount. She had to drink some milk.
      Then, I got some very discouraging news. You had better sit down for this. They're going to make some ketchup next week. I asked why they wanted to ruin perfectly good tomatoes by turning them in to ketchup. They laughed at me.
      Time for a beer.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: Dotch on September 09/01/24, 11:34:12 AM
Probably going to use ketchup to trap some smurfs... :coffee:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: tangle tooth on September 09/01/24, 12:26:09 PM
      I suggested that, since it will be their first time making ketchup, they experiment on one tomato. That idea didn't go far. I told them that the ketchup from one tomato would be a lifetime supply for me.
      I know how Rodney Dangerfield feels.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/22/24, 08:58:47 AM
 :happy1: 32 qts green pickled maters. Had 33 but 1 jar broke when I put it into the hotbath water. Also 5 qts saurkraut there. Nummy!
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/22/24, 09:54:15 AM
done canning for the year...........next.........makin some horseradish!!!!!11 :happy1:
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Post by: LPS on September 09/22/24, 10:55:17 AM
Very nice Glenn!
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Post by: Leech~~ on September 09/22/24, 11:59:49 AM
done canning for the year...........next.........makin some horseradish!!!!!11 :happy1:
Oh God. Not the grinder I can hear that all the way up in Sartell!  :bonk:  :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: LPS on September 09/22/24, 12:35:19 PM
 :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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Post by: glenn57 on September 09/22/24, 12:54:41 PM
done canning for the year...........next.........makin some horseradish!!!!!11 :happy1:
Oh God. Not the grinder I can hear that all the way up in Sartell!  :bonk:  :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:tut: :tut: cant either!!!!!! :mooning:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: Leech~~ on September 09/22/24, 06:07:35 PM
done canning for the year...........next.........makin some horseradish!!!!!11 :happy1:
Oh God. Not the grinder I can hear that all the way up in Sartell!  :bonk:  :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
:tut: :tut: cant either!!!!!! :mooning:
It's worse then the train across the river!  :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: tangle tooth on September 09/23/24, 11:16:34 AM
      Happy to report that the ketchup never happened. They used the maters for some pizza sauce. I don't think my suggestion of using just one cherry tomato to experiment had much impact on their decision. I don't think they were even listening. I'm used to that.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: LPS on September 09/23/24, 11:49:38 AM
 :rotflmao: :rotflmao:  You've got them right where you want them. 
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Post by: glenn57 on September 09/27/24, 04:30:39 PM
 :pouty: can't get the picture to post.  :doofus: what kind of reff raff is running this show.  :sleazy: :rotflmao:

74 jars of horseradish.  Had roots that must be on steroids.  Some measured 2 and 2 1/2 inches across 
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Post by: LPS on September 09/27/24, 07:02:36 PM
Holy balls Glenn.  That is a lot of horseradish.  I have it growing here but I just go buy a jar when I want some. 
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Post by: Dotch on September 09/27/24, 07:32:58 PM
I thought I noticed the lights dim for a while... :coffee:
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Post by: glenn57 on September 09/27/24, 07:50:04 PM
Holy balls Glenn.  That is a lot of horseradish.  I have it growing here but I just go buy a jar when I want some.
I'm giving 16 jars to friends. One who has the horseradish patch and where I store the boat  and a fishing buddy.

Yea I got through alot
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: Bobberineyes on September 09/27/24, 08:12:52 PM
Holy balls Glenn.  That is a lot of horseradish.  I have it growing here but I just go buy a jar when I want some.
I'm giving 16 jars to friends. One who has the horseradish patch and where I store the boat  and a fishing buddy.

Yea I got through alot
Is it the burn your nose kinda stuff, that's the best!!  :happy1:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/27/24, 08:29:41 PM
Holy balls Glenn.  That is a lot of horseradish.  I have it growing here but I just go buy a jar when I want some.
I'm giving 16 jars to friends. One who has the horseradish patch and where I store the boat  and a fishing buddy.

Yea I got through alot
Is it the burn your nose kinda stuff, that's the best!!  :happy1:
:rotflmao: pretty close  but not that bad. It's something you can enjoy not that triple XXX crap.

Come on by on your way back to the big city,  I share. :sleazy:
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: tangle tooth on September 09/28/24, 07:22:34 AM
      Speaking of horseradish, I have a couple of questions.
      Is all horseradish root the same?
      What makes one batch of horseradish hotter or milder than another?
      We were going to make some a few years ago but things didn't work out as planned. I still can get the roots but not sure what to do with them.
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: glenn57 on September 09/28/24, 07:34:51 AM
      Speaking of horseradish, I have a couple of questions.
      Is all horseradish root the same?
      What makes one batch of horseradish hotter or milder than another?
      We were going to make some a few years ago but things didn't work out as planned. I still can get the roots but not sure what to do with them.
i cant and dont have an answer to the hotter or milder horseradish. the only thing i can speculate about this hotter then hello stuff is they add something to it to make it uneatable. i've been making horseradish for over 30 years, here's what i have learned.

1) dig it, clean it and grind in all in the same day.
2) keep it out of water as much as possible. i dig it, wash it off but dont keep it in water. when im done cleaning it i rinse it off, keep it out of water.
3) i use a pressure washer to help clean it, it cuts cleaning down immensely. still gotta scrap it a bit.
4) once its all ground, i let it sit for about 30-45 minutes.
5) my ingredients are simple. some salt, lemon juice and vinegar. i use a brand of vinegar calls thats smart. 4% acidity. this is a bit of a waiting game. i add vinegar as needed, not to much, need to allow the horseradish to absorb it. when i feel its got enough is when you stir it up with a slotted spoon juice kinda runs a bit out of the spoon.
6) i use baby food jars. once filled i let set in the frig for 2 days. then in the freezer making sure all jars are upright. once from i put them in brown paper bags doubled up. this keeps them from turning a bit brown. back in freezer.

i've had people tell me i make the best horseradish they've ever had!!!!
Title: Re: 2024 canning....
Post by: tangle tooth on September 09/28/24, 07:58:09 PM
      Thanks, Glenn.