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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 629166" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Let me know how that steamer canner thing works. Maybe I'll try one myself. And I have no clue what a mandoline is......but if it makes slicing even and easier, then I'm going to check one of those out too. Dehydrating is super easy.......but I have issues keeping the slices the width I want / need. </p><p></p><p>I'd look around online, but I don't know why a pressure cooker would be needed for collards, unless perhaps you're including bacon. We use a pressure cooker with the green beans but only when adding in bacon. If no bacon, we do them water bath method. </p><p></p><p>Canning peaches was super easy. However easy child found a recipe that excluded the pectin to keep the color. I won't be doing that next time. The peaches are still just fine and dandy and I'm still eating them but they don't look so hot. If I didn't know how to tell if something was bad, I'd think they'd have gone bad in the jars. I told easy child next time there will be none of my peaches done in quart jars either. Sure, the process goes faster but Travis and I can't eat a whole quart jar of peaches before they go bad in the fridge. This year it will be pint jars and pectin. If I want to make a pie or cobbler I'll just use more jars. </p><p></p><p>I'll tell you what, though, I'm still using canned tomatoes from 2 yrs ago and I put a couple of quarts of them into my beef/veggie soup......OMG it profoundly altered the taste to utterly AMAZING. This was a super delicious recipe to begin with as it was mother in law's family recipe but those canned garden fresh organically grown tomatoes took it to a completely new level. Makes me glad that Nichole has tons of tomato plants that are all doing really well this year. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I swear it makes me wonder just how much we've altered the taste of the food we eat during the processing and preserving to have it stay fresh in the store. I bet if more parents could get involved with gardening and or canning / dehydrating children would be more attracted to healthier choices. My grandkids love fruit snacks, but they'll choose dehydrated fruits, pumpkin bread, or zucchini bread over store fruit snacks every time. lol We had carrot cake cupcakes for Easter dessert that were a huge hit. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 629166, member: 84"] Let me know how that steamer canner thing works. Maybe I'll try one myself. And I have no clue what a mandoline is......but if it makes slicing even and easier, then I'm going to check one of those out too. Dehydrating is super easy.......but I have issues keeping the slices the width I want / need. I'd look around online, but I don't know why a pressure cooker would be needed for collards, unless perhaps you're including bacon. We use a pressure cooker with the green beans but only when adding in bacon. If no bacon, we do them water bath method. Canning peaches was super easy. However easy child found a recipe that excluded the pectin to keep the color. I won't be doing that next time. The peaches are still just fine and dandy and I'm still eating them but they don't look so hot. If I didn't know how to tell if something was bad, I'd think they'd have gone bad in the jars. I told easy child next time there will be none of my peaches done in quart jars either. Sure, the process goes faster but Travis and I can't eat a whole quart jar of peaches before they go bad in the fridge. This year it will be pint jars and pectin. If I want to make a pie or cobbler I'll just use more jars. I'll tell you what, though, I'm still using canned tomatoes from 2 yrs ago and I put a couple of quarts of them into my beef/veggie soup......OMG it profoundly altered the taste to utterly AMAZING. This was a super delicious recipe to begin with as it was mother in law's family recipe but those canned garden fresh organically grown tomatoes took it to a completely new level. Makes me glad that Nichole has tons of tomato plants that are all doing really well this year. :) I swear it makes me wonder just how much we've altered the taste of the food we eat during the processing and preserving to have it stay fresh in the store. I bet if more parents could get involved with gardening and or canning / dehydrating children would be more attracted to healthier choices. My grandkids love fruit snacks, but they'll choose dehydrated fruits, pumpkin bread, or zucchini bread over store fruit snacks every time. lol We had carrot cake cupcakes for Easter dessert that were a huge hit. :) [/QUOTE]
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