Anyone can/perserve food?

MikeTodd

I was going to title this "The Pickle Factory".
Enjoying the first fruits of our labor! The pickle factory is open! Today we are canning Garlic Dill Pickle spears and Bread N Butter pickles!

jarubla

Looks good!

jlmarta

Mmmmm!!  Loves me summa dem bread 'n butter pickles.... 

peter4jc

Looks like fun, Mike.


I remember helping my mom can produce from the garden when we were growing up.  Lots of work, but what stands out in my mind is big pots full of boiling water on a hot/humid summer day in the days before A/C.

MikeTodd

peter4jc said:

Looks like fun, Mike.


I remember helping my mom can produce from the garden when we were growing up.  Lots of work, but what stands out in my mind is big pots full of boiling water on a hot/humid summer day in the days before A/C.

Yeah, we didn't want to kill the AC so we just had the fan going. Now it is time to cool down.

MikeTodd

13 quarts and 16 pints. Just the tip of the iceberg!! 

WaterNerd

Wow you had a great crop this year!  Those are going to make great gifts for family and friends. Last year I made 12 quarts and gave most away as gifts to friends. 

MikeTodd

WaterNerd said:

Wow you had a great crop this year!  Those are going to make great gifts for family and friends. Last year I made 12 quarts and gave most away as gifts to friends. 

Yeah! These are just the first round. We will start beans next week. My MIL got her garden in 2 weeks before us and has already canned 60 pints of green beans! By the time we are done, we will have well over 150 pints/quarts of beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, pickles, jelly/perserves and peppers.

jlmarta

Yep. It was a summertime ritual/necessity at our house. We lived at the corner of Poverty and Drudgery.....  

CigarPunk

I did so.much canning as a kid I told myself I would never can as an adult. However I do miss the pickles and beans and peaches so much might just break down and start some.

90+_Irishman

That looks like a ton of work, but it also looks incredibly rewarding to have such delicious and fresh canned veggies wow!

Brett

Devildog1

MikeTodd said:

peter4jc said:

Looks like fun, Mike.


I remember helping my mom can produce from the garden when we were growing up.  Lots of work, but what stands out in my mind is big pots full of boiling water on a hot/humid summer day in the days before A/C.

Yeah, we didn't want to kill the AC so we just had the fan going. Now it is time to cool down.

I usually break on the turkey fryer base and put the canning pot on it outside. 

dirtdude

I love a crunchy pickled bean in my bloody mary

MikeTodd

First of the year! Pickled Bantam Eggs!

clearlysuspect

Grandma who recently passed away always made the very best pickles.  I've seen people literally fight over them.  While family members mourned and several people made pleas for little possessions of hers that they'd like to keep, be it photos or the family crest, I quietly snuck into the cellar...

Diver43

clearlysuspect said:

Grandma who recently passed away always made the very best pickles.  I've seen people literally fight over them.  While family members mourned and several people made pleas for little possessions of hers that they'd like to keep, be it photos or the family crest, I quietly snuck into the cellar...

If I had not been stationed over seas at the time of his passing, I would have done the same to get Grandpa's wine from the basement.

By the time I got there, it was all gone, but nobody seemed to know where it went??

webmost

I've got a wall mounted Slim Jim dispenser in the garage. Every garage should have one. These stix are like two years past the eat by date. Still eat good. That count?