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Any canners out there with tips, ideas or recipes?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 378489" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>I can see it takes a long time for the butters lol. That's why I plan to make large batches of some of these things, if its taking all that time I plan to do it once in a blue moon. I did find a terrific site that has some great instructions for tons of projects and the butter recipes all allow for using the crockpot over night to do the butter which means it actually isn't the tedious process it is if you are having to babysit a big pot on the stove for ages and ages. I'll let you know if it is as smooth and simple a process as described once I try it lol.</p><p></p><p>I'm really excited about the pickles since we are pickle lovers as are my extended family. Luckily I live in a area with farms in abundance and a active and thriving weekly farmers market. So I plan to head down tomorrow to ask around about a large amount of cucumbers suitable for pickles and ensure that they are available in the amounts I want for pick up next Sat. when they return to the market. I've also got a few connections to other local farmers (they even deliver when they come into town) so I have terrific access to farm/garden fresh fruits and veggies. Unfortunatly since i rent and don't own a home, I can't do a garden. I miss gardening! We do often get cucumbers in the smaller size right in our grocery stores. Usually we can get a 4 quart basket for about $2. Cheaper directly from the farmer and in larger amounts.</p><p></p><p>It is going to cost a lot as mentioned to get started with the jars etc. Luckily we have been struggling without S/O having any income while off course for 3 1/2 months. But he's back on course and they back owe us over 4K as of 2 weeks ago, not sure how much they owe us now. Being deposited this week. So splurging on supplies is my treat for having struggled and scrimped to get us all by the past many months (and unbelievably managed to do it with us owing NO back debts, no back bills, I astonish myself lol). </p><p></p><p>This morning my S/O and I walked up to our only local "small" hardware store. I love this place. Checked out all of their supplies and the staff know us well (its a mom and pop type old fashioned place). They saw me with a pad of paper and pen, writing down the prices on all the sizes of jars, some canning accessories (cool processors for coring, de-seeding and peeling, crushing, juicing etc) and all the pre packaged spice stuff and pectins, cheesecloth and so on. We started talking about canning and in the end, my cost of what I want for a massive amount of stuff to keep me happily canning for months was about $325. They told me that since its end of season and they don't like to store out of season stuff (space thing), they'd put all I had on my list away for me to pick up next Friday. And rounded it off to $200 taxes included (15% tax here, so saving nearly half the cost on supplies). That had me grinning. I'm a bargain hunter <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I'm totally going to enjoy myself. I've been so bored with the kids in school and I got spoiled having S/O home for the past few months every day and miss him horribly. I feel useless being unable to hold a job due to waxing and waning MS stuff. It's been really affecting me. So this is a great way to fill my time, and I have always gotten immense joy and fulfillment when I do things for my family (cooking, cleaning etc). And it will make me feel better to contribute to healthier eating and to saving us much needed money. We also have a very active freecycle site here that I just discovered and joined this week. So I'm going to place an ad for extra unneeded canning things as well as for anybody looking to unload any type of preservable produce. Others have had amazing stuff come their way through this group for just this purpose. </p><p></p><p>I'm on such a mission lol. I am disappointed that I can't get started until next weekend! </p><p></p><p>Donna, any tips for pickles that help them stay crispy or anything I should know to watch out and not do? lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 378489, member: 4264"] I can see it takes a long time for the butters lol. That's why I plan to make large batches of some of these things, if its taking all that time I plan to do it once in a blue moon. I did find a terrific site that has some great instructions for tons of projects and the butter recipes all allow for using the crockpot over night to do the butter which means it actually isn't the tedious process it is if you are having to babysit a big pot on the stove for ages and ages. I'll let you know if it is as smooth and simple a process as described once I try it lol. I'm really excited about the pickles since we are pickle lovers as are my extended family. Luckily I live in a area with farms in abundance and a active and thriving weekly farmers market. So I plan to head down tomorrow to ask around about a large amount of cucumbers suitable for pickles and ensure that they are available in the amounts I want for pick up next Sat. when they return to the market. I've also got a few connections to other local farmers (they even deliver when they come into town) so I have terrific access to farm/garden fresh fruits and veggies. Unfortunatly since i rent and don't own a home, I can't do a garden. I miss gardening! We do often get cucumbers in the smaller size right in our grocery stores. Usually we can get a 4 quart basket for about $2. Cheaper directly from the farmer and in larger amounts. It is going to cost a lot as mentioned to get started with the jars etc. Luckily we have been struggling without S/O having any income while off course for 3 1/2 months. But he's back on course and they back owe us over 4K as of 2 weeks ago, not sure how much they owe us now. Being deposited this week. So splurging on supplies is my treat for having struggled and scrimped to get us all by the past many months (and unbelievably managed to do it with us owing NO back debts, no back bills, I astonish myself lol). This morning my S/O and I walked up to our only local "small" hardware store. I love this place. Checked out all of their supplies and the staff know us well (its a mom and pop type old fashioned place). They saw me with a pad of paper and pen, writing down the prices on all the sizes of jars, some canning accessories (cool processors for coring, de-seeding and peeling, crushing, juicing etc) and all the pre packaged spice stuff and pectins, cheesecloth and so on. We started talking about canning and in the end, my cost of what I want for a massive amount of stuff to keep me happily canning for months was about $325. They told me that since its end of season and they don't like to store out of season stuff (space thing), they'd put all I had on my list away for me to pick up next Friday. And rounded it off to $200 taxes included (15% tax here, so saving nearly half the cost on supplies). That had me grinning. I'm a bargain hunter ;) I'm totally going to enjoy myself. I've been so bored with the kids in school and I got spoiled having S/O home for the past few months every day and miss him horribly. I feel useless being unable to hold a job due to waxing and waning MS stuff. It's been really affecting me. So this is a great way to fill my time, and I have always gotten immense joy and fulfillment when I do things for my family (cooking, cleaning etc). And it will make me feel better to contribute to healthier eating and to saving us much needed money. We also have a very active freecycle site here that I just discovered and joined this week. So I'm going to place an ad for extra unneeded canning things as well as for anybody looking to unload any type of preservable produce. Others have had amazing stuff come their way through this group for just this purpose. I'm on such a mission lol. I am disappointed that I can't get started until next weekend! Donna, any tips for pickles that help them stay crispy or anything I should know to watch out and not do? lol [/QUOTE]
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