OT Canning Season

John B.

Well-known Member
There is a difference;

Give a woman 10 lbs of grapes & she'll make jelly
Give her a 10 lb of plums an she'll make preserves
Give her 1 bushel of peaches and she'll make pie, peach cobbler and preserves.

Give a man any amount of any one of these fruits and he'll make wine.

Give a woman 1 bushel of corn and she'll make corn meal.

Give a man 1 bushel of corn and he'll make white lightning...

The moral of the story is "it all depends on what you're trying to preserve"...
 
You can do it but br very carefull not to over cook when you can them. Will turn into potato soup. Cold pack and heat minimal. Go to wally mart and spend like$6.oo for the Ball Canning Book. TONS of information.
 
Sorry can not agree with that. Last year I did both grape jelly and grape wine. I use things in so many different ways and by the way my wife best stay out of the kitchen when I am doing canning etc
 
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Yes I agree with you. I do the canning at our house also and I want to do it alone as well. I was posting that as a humorous way. I love to can fruits.
 
Canned cherries last week and going to can some peaches today. I like to have help, two ladies are helping today.
 
Canning tomatoes is so incredibly easy!!! Peel them, cut out the cores, quarter them, and put them in sterilized jars. Put the lids and rings on, and process at 15psi for 0 (yes, ZERO) minutes.
I always put a nice sweet basil leaf and a teaspoon of canning salt in mine.
Easy way to peel:
Fill a 10 quart pot 3/4 full of water. Bring to a boil. Gently lower tomatoes in and scald for about 10 to 15 seconds. Scoop them out with a slotted spoon, and as they cool, the skins will slip off easily with two fingers.
 
Froze a bushel of corn yesterday, then canned 10 jars of pickles, got a bucketful of tomatoes to do tomorrow. It's a family affair for us. Connie tells me what to do, I do it and complain.
 

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