The Canning Thread

[pbharvey]

Todays 4 quarts of chicken stew used 10 raw chicken thighs, skinned and boned. I augmented the recipe from one of the Ball books, with extra salt and black pepper, plus a large jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped.

This is the All American 910. Capacity is 4 quarts or 7 pints. I wish it was larger (don’t we all), but the convenience of being able to use it on our glass-top stove without risk of cracking it, is clutch for me, so I don’t have to dick around with canning outside on a propane burner.

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I was looking at the all Americans and it says not to use them on glass tops?

 

[smkranz]

I was looking at the all Americans and it says not to use them on glass tops?

I don’t remember seeing that about the 910 before I bought it, but I’m pretty sure it is because of the weight. The 910 is their smallest model and I’ve been using it with no issues since the stove was new several years ago. Works great on our stove. I use the widest burner which is wider than the diameter of the canner.


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[Harrys]

Get an All American. I got the 915 and would like to have a 921 to do outside. Not sure the 921 would fit under the microwave on the stove in the house.

I raw packed the pork and 75 minutes in pints and its plenty tender. Got that cheaper Mexican chicken bullion at walmart and half a square in each pint.

I have a 915 it is great I use it on my glass top stove no issues.

 

[Archeryrob]

After seeing the blown up kitchen stove pictures I was not going with anything but the All American tank.

 

[Harrys]

After seeing the blown up kitchen stove pictures I was not going with anything but the All American tank.

Things blow up due to peples stupidity it is not the device fault.

 

[Harrys]

Yesterday I caned 4 quarts of homemade pulled pork. I cooked the frozen pork loin at 325 with 1 inch of water in the pan tightly covered for about 2 hours or until done. Shreaded it up, mixed in green peper and onions finely chopped. Once mixed I mixed in Sweet Baby Rays Hickory BBQ sausce until every thing was real wet. Packed tightly in sterlized jars, with 1/2 inch head space. Pressure cooked at 10 psi for 90 minutes. Saved one of the jars for todays supper and opened it to sample it. Yum, Yum makes your toung want to jump out and slap your face.

 

[Archeryrob]

Made baked beans and black beans yesterday since it was hit and didn’t want to work outside. Soaked the beans over night and simmered over a 1/2 hour before adding to the Jars. Last time I saw a lady said just add them dry and crunchy black and baked beans was not on anyone favorite list. Much soft by the time of going into the jars.

Baked beans have ham, brown sugar, molasses Worcestershire, mustard, garlic, Apple cider vinegar and tomato sauce

Black beans, is M-n-L’s recipe. Garlic, chili, cumin and cayenne. Gets sherry when reheating. Canning cooked the sherry taste right out of it

 

[smkranz]

Yesterday we put up 8 half-pint jars of Sweet Pickle Relish. The recipe is from the Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving. One jar failed to seal, so we refrigerated it and are using it... this tastes pretty darn good. The only alteration I made to the recipe was to add one jalapeño pepper to make up the green bell pepper component of the recipe. I honestly don't taste the jalapeño.

 

[ToBeFree]

Last week - not canning per say but I did use the jars.
Claussen Pickle Recipe
made a coupe of qts. Damn good and very close in taste. I'll be making more, for sure.

 

[gamer_jim]

My first attempt at canning.
The roma tomatoes are prolific this year.

 

[gamer_jim]

Not bad. 6 quarts done and had enough for another quart + 2 pints in the freezer

 

[smkranz]

A little over 9 lbs. of sliced jalapeño peppers yielded 9.5 pints of Cowboy Candy (candied jalapeños), and with the recipe I used we have about 7 pints of leftover brine which we'll use as a marinade for chicken or pork.

 

[smkranz]

2.2 lbs. if figs from our friends’ tree yielded 3 half-pint jars plus a quarter-pint jar of fig jam. Intended to add some minced jalapeños but forgot.

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[Gordon]

What’s a good site identifying elevation to properly set pressure gauge to? Thanks

 

[adit]

What’s a good site identifying elevation to properly set pressure gauge to? Thanks

Get yourself an elevation/altitude app. i.e. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=elevation&c=apps

 

[smkranz]

What’s a good site identifying elevation to properly set pressure gauge to? Thanks

This basic chart is from the Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving

 

[Gordon]

Thank you

 

[wilcam47]

Get yourself an elevation/altitude app. i.e. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=elevation&c=apps

I want to say google earth has elevation also

 

[smkranz]

Yesterday and today were spent making this year's family Christmas gifts. 10 half-pints of Jalapeño / Habanero Jelly, and 8 pints of Christmas Cowboy Candy (candied red and green Jalapeños, Serrano, Red Chili, and Hungarian Wax peppers). The Cowboy Candy production also resulted in 5 pints of left-over brine, which we will use as a brine for pickled eggs, and as a marinade for chicken and pork.

 

[Antarctica]

Put up 22 quarts of deer chili yesterday. Had 2 more that didn't seal because I overfilled, so will just eat them soon.