2023 pickling and canning

[LPS]

 

[glenn57]

If he had done that he'd say there were 28.

[roony]

Making Salsa today.

[glenn57]

My juicer and deseeder!!

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[glenn57]

Morning project. 12 and 3/4 pints juice. That kettle was full

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[KEN W]

do you pressure cook pr water bath??

[glenn57]

do you pressure cook pr water bath??

nope. Wash the tomatoes, cut out bad spots then stick the tomatoes in hot water till soft. Squish them in the juicer.

Bring the juice to a boil with added salt fill jars a few at a time. Put lids in boiling water to heat.

I always tip them on tops for a while. Then flip over. Just went out and looked, looks like a 100% seal rate.

[deadeye]

My wife takes the smaller tomatoes (tennis ball size) blanches them for a minute or so, removes the peeling, cuts them in pieces and stuffs them in a plastic jar. Then just pops them in the freezer. Also gave away two boxes of tomatoes because the house was full. 

Today I picked two three-gallon buckets of apples.  We peeled, cored and sliced them. Put in gallon freezer bags.

[KEN W]

My canning book says to cover them with water and boil pints for 40 min. and quarts for 60 to kill all bacteria.

[glenn57]

  been doing this since I started canning. Mom and her mom did it the same way. And I drink a fair amount of it during the year

Not sure what to tell ya;

[KEN W]

Well....if it works no problem. Works for me.

[roony]

My wife makes both salsa and canned tomatoes using the old open kettle method. This is very much frowned upon by the experts. She is very careful that things are clean and sterile. This is how her mother did it and her mother's mother. Hasn't kilt us yet.

[glenn57]

I do my salsa same way..  the juice and salsa is cooked/ boiled prior to going in the jar?

[Gunner55]

We do it Ken's way but use the Insta-pot instead of the old pressure cooker now.

[HD]

been doing this since I started canning. Mom and her mom did it the same way. And I drink a fair amount of it during the year

Not sure what to tell ya;

You drink a fair amount anyways.....

[glenn57]

Well this concludes the 2023 canning season. 14 qts pickled green tomatoes. Shelves are full.

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[LPS]

Looks good Glenn. 

[roony]

We are still getting zucchini and tomatoes. The main thing I have to process this year is the peppersauce.

[glenn57]

31 jars of pure nummy!!

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[LPS]

Is that all horseradish?  I buy a jar and it lasts a year. 

[glenn57]

Is that all horseradish?  I buy a jar and it lasts a year.

sure is. I'm giving 7 jars to the guy where I store my boat and where the horseradish is planted.

I think this will last till next year. Make it in the fall with a month with an R in it. I tried store stuff mine is way better, not bragging.

[mike89]

yes it is!!!   

[roony]

I love it