Question of the Week - Do You Can or Preserve Food?

[Guest guest]

Well I have been away for a couple of week ends visiting a friend's

mountain ranch. We canned 'jillions' of tomatoes, and pickles. Made

sauce,bread and butter picks, and relish. We decided this year to

make 'sandwich length ' pickles instead of the rounds because they

fit better on a sandwich. We also dried tomato slices in the

dehydrator and made some 'leather'. We added nothing to the tomatoes

for leather and decided that we like it better than fruit leather.

We experimented with the Bread and Butter brine until we got it just

right for our taste..Following is our recipe for those who are

interested.

Smiles and hugs Deanna

 

Bread and Butter Pickle Brine

 

3 cups white distilled vinegar

3 cups sugar

1 teaspoon sea salt (not iodized)

1 tablespoon mustard seed

1 tablespoon celery seed

1/2 tablespoon tumeric

 

Bring this brine to a boil in a stainless or enamal pan and simmer

for apx. 20 min...Pour over pickle slices packed into canning jars.

Process in boiling water for 20 minutes. You can also make these

pickles without processing and store in fridge to be used in the

following month.

 

Now my question to all of you groupies is:

 

Do you can/preserve food?

[Guest guest]

No, it's always terrified me. Afraid I would create

an alien in one of those jars as it aged a few months

on a shelf.....LOL

Donna

 

" I don’t regret a thing I’ve disavowed

With the freedom of an eagle

I can always keep my head above the clouds

‘Cos I'm a happy hippy they call me Mr.. whippy

When everything is scrappy being hippy makes you happy

Yes I'm a happy hippy and you can bet your bippy

That everybody’s happy cos everything is trippy

Good day everyone. "

Source: Happy Hippy - Ian Drury and the Blockheads

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Donna,

I found some of those suspected 'alien' type jars in my guy friend's

basement. Would you believe the jars of 'whatever they were' had been

on the shelves for 15+ yrs. and he insisted that some were " still

good " . LOL They were also 'preserved' in regular glass jars not

canning jars. When I got over my shock I informed him that I would

not even touch those jars. I don't trust any canned food for more

than a year even if it is in a vinegar brine. If I could figure out a

way to send a jar or two of our picks I would . But afraid it would

break in transit.

We have already tried the picks, relish,and tomato sauce. All are

great..

Sending smiles and hugs

Deanna

 

 

-- In , Donnalilacflower

<thelilacflower wrote:

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> No, it's always terrified me. Afraid I would create

> an alien in one of those jars as it aged a few months

> on a shelf.....LOL

> Donna

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> " I don't regret a thing I've disavowed

> With the freedom of an eagle

> I can always keep my head above the clouds

> `Cos I'm a happy hippy they call me Mr.. whippy

> When everything is scrappy being hippy makes you happy

> Yes I'm a happy hippy and you can bet your bippy

> That everybody's happy cos everything is trippy

> Good day everyone. "

> Source: Happy Hippy - Ian Drury and the Blockheads

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