So, what are you guys canning right now?

[irishmama2]

Originally Posted by Bumstoppers I sure will when I get back to my main computer. You mix pork sausage, ground beef, onion powder and a few other things. Form into balls and process at 10 lbs for 75 min for pints, 90 min for quarts.

This might be a dumb question but do you cook them first? If not how do they stay together?

[Bumstoppers]

Yep you do brown them first. That way it takes off a lot of the fat.

Still need to write the receipe out. It's crazy busy over here.

[drabekgirl]

Originally Posted by jbug_4 Nothing yet- we just past our last frost threat about 2 weeks ago. So our garden is just starting out. Will have strawberries in about a week or two for jam, then should have some blackberries not too much after. Blueberries in about a month. Sucks-I will have blueberries and blackberries but my strawberries will be all done (in terms of enough for jam) and I have to buy strawberries to make trippleberry jam. This will be my first year with a pressure canner and doing veggies- usually just freeze them. I am not sure if I am excited or scared.

Why not freeze some strawberries and than use them in your triple jam? I've used all frozen berries to make jam and jellies in the past.

[drabekgirl]

I just put in our garden last Thursday so no canning yet here. Our strawberries are ripening but we only have a few new plants so I'm not expecting much from them this year. I'll go to a u-pick place and pick a few flats probably next week to freeze. I have so much jam from the past 5 years that I'm not canning any again this year.

[Bumstoppers]

Sorry I"m just getting back to this....I brown in the pan instead of oven..

Recipe: 3 lbs pork, 3 lbs beef, 3 pks dry onion soup mix = 5 quarts with 12-13 meatballs each. Process: Used a cookie dough scoop to make them uniform in size. Browned in the oven at 375 for approx 20 minutes. Packed into jar, added one beef bullion cube per jar, topped to 1" headspace with boiling wat...er, capped and processed at 10/11# pressure for 90 minutes.

[treegirl75]

Thank you Becky! I'm definitely going to try this!

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[Bumstoppers]

Join the Canning group on facebook. You will be shoving everything into a jar after you are there for a while lol.

[DCAMama]

Originally Posted by Bumstoppers Join the Canning group on facebook. You will be shoving everything into a jar after you are there for a while lol.

Just, please, don't can anything with dairy, eggs, or plain bacon. It's so not safe. You can check out this site for the guidelines as to what has changed from when our moms and grandmothers used to can.

I'm going to get off my soapbox now that I know everyone is going to make things safely.

[treegirl75]

Originally Posted by Bumstoppers Join the Canning group on facebook. You will be shoving everything into a jar after you are there for a while lol.

I didn't know there was a canning group - gonna check it out!

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[treegirl75]

Originally Posted by dmwinge Just, please, don't can anything with dairy, eggs, or plain bacon. It's so not safe. You can check out this site for the guidelines as to what has changed from when our moms and grandmothers used to can. I'm going to get off my soapbox now that I know everyone is going to make things safely.

Why would anybody can eggs? That just sounds disgusting to me! But, I'm sure since you're warning against it, somebody has tried it...

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