Canning anyone??

shepp · September 10, 2022

It’s that time of year again, tried something new this year and did 6 jelly jars of candied jalapeños last week along with 12 pints of salsa verde. This weekend I’m working on green beans, tomato sauce and if I have enough tomatoes left I want to try a fire roasted tomato salsa recipe i found. A lot of people chirping about knowing how to hunt and raise your own meat and what not. But not a lot of them talking about knowing how to preserve your food for those times

jtallen83 · September 10, 2022

Nice looking veggies, that's how I want my tomatoes to look when I cut them open :thumbup: For no more than I planted we ate a bunch but it was a slow season start so I'm sure most of the tomatoes I'm looking at will still be green at first frost, tried a couple heirlooms with longer days to fruit, might need to put more effort into helping them get going next time.

shepp · September 10, 2022

On 9/10/2022 at 2:05 PM, jtallen83 said:

Nice looking veggies, that's how I want my tomatoes to look when I cut them open For no more than I planted we ate a bunch but it was a slow season start so I'm sure most of the tomatoes I'm looking at will still be green at first frost, tried a couple heirlooms with longer days to fruit, might need to put more effort into helping them get going next time.

This is the best year I’ve had for tomatoes in years. The plant that one came off of has 30-40 pounds of fruit in it, it’s insane! I had to prop branches up with cat litter buckets to keep them from snapping. And I agree they don’t get much more perfect then that!

I bought a lot of my plants from a local green house, it’s easier, but also have the means to glow seedlings. I didn’t get my garden in till Memorial Day weekend this year which is pretty late for up here.

shepp · September 11, 2022

Tomatoes sauce today, I’ll never peel tomatoes by hand again after using my kitchen aid food mill, took four hours off the process. Simmered 6 hours and then A bath in the canner

shepp · October 2, 2022

Trying somthing new, eventually hopefully this will become hot sauce. It will ferment for about a month. Then I’ll remove the veggies and a cup or so of the brine, blend and put into bottles .

one is habanero pineapple, the other jalapeño lime

DNP · October 2, 2022

Hell yeah. Can’t wait to hear how these turn out.

Rsquared · October 5, 2022

I'm liking the way this sounds. Looking forward to hearing the results.

shooterrex · October 5, 2022

28 quarts of green beans so far. We also froze about the same amount.

DNP · October 5, 2022

52 minutes ago, Rsquared said:

I'm liking the way this sounds. Looking forward to hearing the results.

Based on the timeline…they should be ready for sampling in the desert.

shepp · October 8, 2022

My buddy has a pile of apples this year on his trees. Used about half of what we picked today and made 20 pints of apple sauce

Magwa · October 9, 2022

all 1/2 pints salmon for the next year this batch is 90 or so and we have one more batch to do should have around 150 1/2 pints for the nest two years

Rsquared · October 9, 2022

21 hours ago, shepp said:

My buddy has a pile of apples this year on his trees. Used about half of what we picked today and made 20 pints of apple sauce

Holee $hit! Flashbacks from being a kid. Every fall, my pop and my mother would load my middle brother and me in the car and drive down into Luray (in Virginia along the Shenandoah's), headed for the roadside apple stands. She would have us load up as many bushel's of apples as we could fit into the trunk of that '72 Lincoln. If I remember correctly, we could squeeze between 6 and 8 easily into that big ass trunk. Then we'd go home, and the assembly line would begin. After that, I don't think that a meal would go by, throughout the fall/winter/spring, that we didn't have apple sauce and/or apple butter on the table.

That might be one of the reasons why I don't eat the stuff these days. :lmao:

shepp · October 9, 2022

On 10/9/2022 at 3:22 PM, Rsquared said:

Holee $hit! Flashbacks from being a kid. Every fall, my pop and my mother would load my middle brother and me in the car and drive down into Luray (in Virginia along the Shenandoah's), headed for the roadside apple stands. She would have us load up as many bushel's of apples as we could fit into the trunk of that '72 Lincoln. If I remember correctly, we could squeeze between 6 and 8 easily into that big ass trunk. Then we'd go home, and the assembly line would begin. After that, I don't think that a meal would go by, throughout the fall/winter/spring, that we didn't have apple sauce and/or apple butter on the table.

That might be one of the reasons why I don't eat the stuff these days.

Hahaha that’s awesome

shepp · October 10, 2022

On 10/9/2022 at 8:40 AM, Magwa said:

all 1/2 pints salmon for the next year this batch is 90 or so and we have one more batch to do should have around 150 1/2 pints for the nest two years

I’d like to try that some time!

did another 8 pints of sauce and 5 pints on brandied apple rings today, I’m over apples lol

DNP · October 10, 2022

4 hours ago, Rsquared said:

That might be one of the reasons why I don't eat the stuff these days.

Give it time. Soon enough you will again. That shits on all the “no frills” menus for a reason.

shepp · October 10, 2022

On 10/9/2022 at 8:16 PM, DNP said:

Give it time. Soon enough you will again. That shits on all the “no frills” menus for a reason.

When he’s at ocean pines

kdawg0124 · October 10, 2022

28 minutes ago, shepp said:

When he’s at ocean pines

Oh, it will FOR SURE be served at Ocean Pines.... making a note now for Future Kate. @Rsquared

DNP · October 10, 2022

Lmao. You poor bastard @Rsquared I don’t know what you did when she was just a little angel, but it looks like she holds a grudge. We get the Will set up properly and I might be able to keep you out of Ocean Pines in the future. I’m only after the guns. You can leave the Star Wars stuff to charity.

Edited October 10, 2022 by DNP

Armed Eye Doc · October 10, 2022

10 minutes ago, DNP said:

You can leave the Star Wars stuff to charity.

You're screwed by calling the Borg ”Star Wars." No guns for you!

Rsquared · October 10, 2022

55 minutes ago, DNP said:

Give it time. Soon enough you will again. That shits on all the “no frills” menus for a reason.

I already eat like a caveman as it is. I eat better at the SDTF than I ever do at home.

53 minutes ago, shepp said:

When he’s at ocean pines

:thefinger:

24 minutes ago, kdawg0124 said:

Oh, it will FOR SURE be served at Ocean Pines.... making a note now for Future Kate. @Rsquared

:thefinger: Too! I gotta figure out a way to get you out of the trust. :lmao:

10 minutes ago, DNP said:

Lmao. You poor bastard @Rsquared I don’t know what you did when she was just a little angel, but it looks like she holds a grudge. We get the Will set up properly and I might be able to keep you out of Ocean Pines in the future. I’m only after the guns. You can leave the Star Wars stuff to charity.

Little angel? Ahh....you've met her dude.

AND....it's Star TREK stuff my man. There's a difference.

After all. My model starships are better than their's can ever be. :laffs:

Rsquared · October 10, 2022

1 minute ago, Armed Eye Doc said:

You're screwed by calling the Borg ”Star Wars." No guns for you!

Thank you Doc. At least SOMEONE gets it. (laughing)

kdawg0124 · October 10, 2022

33 minutes ago, DNP said:

Lmao. You poor bastard @Rsquared I don’t know what you did when she was just a little angel, but it looks like she holds a grudge. We get the Will set up properly and I might be able to keep you out of Ocean Pines in the future. I’m only after the guns. You can leave the Star Wars stuff to charity.

Now THATS funny.