Putting Up with the Joneses

04/05/2020

Rebecca Hale's --Mama's Canned Chicken - Heat oven to 375 degrees. I believe I cooked two chicken breasts (with skin and on bone) per quart I planned to can. Do not salt the chicken; roast chicken until about 2/3 done. Wear gloves. Debone and remove skin from chicken when it is cool enough to handle. You may add 1/2 granulated/powdered garlic to each quart if you like. Pack the warm chicken in hot jars. Top the chicken with broth and 1-2 T of fat from the pan, hot broth from a can, OR hot water leaving an inch of headspace at the top of the jar. Remove bubbles, wipe the lip of the jar with cotton and a bit of alcohol to remove any bit of food that would prevent your quart from sealing. Adjust two-piece caps. Steam-Pressure can. Follow instruction for your altitude and gauge - found in Ball's Blue Book.

03/09/2014

We've expanded beyond canning. During the last two years we have taken up wild hog hunting. This is a package of our Bulk Maple Breakfast sausage. Made this tonight and have not tasted it yet. Here is the recipe! We made 6 pounds! http://www.mydailymorsel.com/2012/12/19/fennel-and-maple-breakfast-sausage/

10/26/2013

A live canning class for you on Tuesday! Log in here!

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03/17/2013

If pears are not your favorite fruit these dried sweet treats soon will be!

03/10/2013

One of our first dehydrating projects, Red Bell Peppers.

03/06/2013

SCORE! Just picked up 25 pounds of Blood Oranges for $9. Need to can them quick before they turn. Does anyone happen to know if canning blood oranges is any different than canning regular orange slices?

12/06/2012

If u live in Central Texas check out blackberry prices. Today near Austin they were 98 cents for a 6 oz package at HEB. Will post pics of my blackberry jam!

07/08/2012

07/07/2012

It is a CHERRY weekend in Central Texas! Our grocery store had cherries for $1.77/lb. We put up three jars of cherries in medium syrup this afternoon. I used my new Kilner jars. They are beautiful jars, but it will take some time to get used to using them. The lids are heavy and they aren't the same size as Ball quarts so the Ball jar lifter doesn't feel like the perfect fit. Just have to move the jars in and out of the water carefully. This is jar is the Kilner 1Liter (just under 34 oz./1 quart.

07/04/2012

For all my canning and preserving friends who were doing this before it was cool! I was given some Weck and Kilner jars for my birthday this week so I will let you know how they compare to Ball as I use them. Any friends of this page have any experience with these beautiful jars?

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05/01/2012

My friend Gene invited us to pick berries this weekend in San Saba, Texas.