Canning

[Harbisgirl]

I grow some fruit but most of it I get from the farmers markets. I live in the country and there are alot of farms around. But to be honest, I do it because it is an addiction

By dry canning I mean canning dried goods. They aren't soaked beans, so I'm not 'canning' them in a pressure canner. What you do is pre-heat oven to 200. Fill clean jars with ingredients, i.e. flour, meal, beans, pasta, etc. anything dry. Place jars in oven for 1 hour. Remove (carefully), wipe top and place lid and band. Heat for another 30 min and then turn off the oven. The lids will pop and seal. Let it cool completely before you remove them. Granted, dry beans can be stored in the bags they come in, but I got ALOT of beans because there was a great sale at our local food co-op. More than we will eat in the year. Beans will get stale after a few months in the bag and dry canning preserves them and keeps them fresh. So I had soaked and pressure canned a bunch of the beans, and I dry canned the rest.

 

[autumnprairie]

I grow some fruit but most of it I get from the farmers markets. I live in the country and there are alot of farms around. But to be honest, I do it because it is an addiction

By dry canning I mean canning dried goods. They aren't soaked beans, so I'm not 'canning' them in a pressure canner. What you do is pre-heat oven to 200. Fill clean jars with ingredients, i.e. flour, meal, beans, pasta, etc. anything dry. Place jars in oven for 1 hour. Remove (carefully), wipe top and place lid and band. Heat for another 30 min and then turn off the oven. The lids will pop and seal. Let it cool completely before you remove them. Granted, dry beans can be stored in the bags they come in, but I got ALOT of beans because there was a great sale at our local food co-op. More than we will eat in the year. Beans will get stale after a few months in the bag and dry canning preserves them and keeps them fresh. So I had soaked and pressure canned a bunch of the beans, and I dry canned the rest.

Thanks for responding, another item I will be canning next year

 

[lovinglife]

The Taco soup is wonderful, a favorite at our house. As far as the meat haveing a strange texture, that is true if you can from a raw state, now if you cook it first then can it, I like it much better. I did turkey with a cold pack, don't like it, but the steak chili I made is a huge hit! The meat is great, so there are options when canning, just find what you like the best.

WOW that is a lot of jam! I made Blackberry Jalapeno last year, that was really good, I wanted it to have some heat so I used three times the peppers it called for and I don't like seeds from blackberries so I put the berries and peppers in my blendtec whole, pulverized them then made my jam from that.