ReneeAnn

Summer Freezing or Canning?

Posted on 07/19/08, 08:08 pm

Has anyone put up food for the winter yet? My daughter in law froze strawberries and made jam awhile back. I have strawberries and jam left so I did not put any up?

• Reply #1 07/20/08  5:22am
  
  DDntn
  No, I havent yet. My garden has been a disaster the last two years because of drought. Hopefully this year it will be better, though this is the third time we have planted greenbeans. They wont come up, but we arent alone.
  
  I have alot of tomatoes this year so hopefully can can alot of them and make spaghetti sauce, etc.
  I usually freeze the corn.
  
  I usually go up and pick blueberries at the blueberry farm up the road but didnt get to this year either. Too busy doing nothing it seems, lol
  or more babysitting.
  
  I like that strawberry freezer jam, is that what you make.
  I cant eat acids and we dont need the sugar so I stick to just buying sugar free jellies from the Amish or OTC.
  
  
• Reply #2 07/20/08  9:34am
  
  schnarfle
  I've already pickled a bunch of cucumbers. I probably will be doing that again this evening. We've picked a bunch of those, but no one else we've talked to has had any yet. I have a bunch of tomatoes growing so I'm waiting for them to ripen. I have 3 plants & they are heavy with tomatoes. They're like huge mutated tomatoe plants or something! LOL! We have had alot of rain this year. That's all I planted plus some jalepenos this year. Next year, I'm going to try green beans.
• Reply #3 07/20/08  1:46pm
  
  ReneeAnn
  Yeah, thats what I make is the strawberry freezer jam. Love the stuff on toast. My husband likes it on vanilla icecream, now there is some sugar.
• Reply #4 07/27/08  8:14am
  
  RubellaUmbr...
  Could you share your pickling recipe with us for cukes? Mine have started to grow faster than I can eat them! Are you talking about kirby's or regular cukes?
• Reply #5 07/28/08  1:35pm
  
  schnarfle
  I just use those mix packages & follow the directions. You can eat them the next day & they're really good! :}
• Reply #6 07/29/08  5:38pm
  
  DDntn
  I have a recipe for Freezer Pickles they are so fresh and good.
  Havent made them in awhile since didnt have cucumbers.
  
  I also like the Cucumber Dip with cream cheese its sooooooo good on chips and veggies. So cold and refreshing.
• Reply #7 08/24/08  9:17am
  
  ReneeAnn
  Well, the canner jars and lids are all back out here in Northern Michigan. I canned my first batch of tomatoe juice yesterday, got six quarts.
• Reply #8 08/24/08  6:30pm
  
  Dixe4me
  I did alot of canning last year: corn, potatoes, grn.beans, beets, asparagus, soup, lots of jelly and I still have a lot left. I have finished with the pickles last week and this week it's tomatoes: Italian, stewed and whole. I love to can
• Reply #9 08/25/08  2:20pm
  
  schnarfle
  I canned some salsa last week. I also canned some grape jelly. It turned out pretty good! I just used premade grape juice because it's cheaper that way. I'm going to have to do more pickles & tomatoes soon. Does anyone have a good spaghetti sauce recipe?
• Reply #10 09/11/08  8:51pm
  
  maelynn
  I USE TO MAKE FREEZER JAM AND YES JELLYS AND FROZEN BLUEBERRIES ALLSO DID LOTS OF CANNING LOTS OF WORK BUT I HAD IT ALL WINTER LONG. ALLSO USE TO FREEZE BANANAS FOR BREAD AND APPLES.

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