Bottling
Since we purchased our pressure canner last year, we’ve wanted to try canning meat. We love the idea of being able to store meat from the cuts that we like to reduce fat and mystery meat. And, we can buy meat in bulk when it’s on sale and have a way to store it long-term outside of [...]
I am giddy. My good friend Lori taught me how to bottle my own beans. We bottled 14 quart jars after about 15 minutes of effort (not including the processing time in the pressure canner). This is a fantastic way to rotate your dry beans and make them simpler to use in your weekday meals. [...]
Our local fruit stand had beautiful apples and peaches this year, so we have devoured about a case of each and preserved several other cases in a variety of ways. We flash froze some of the fruit for smoothies, and bottled apple and peach pie fillings and Spiced Apple Syrup (with diced apple pieces…yum!). We used [...]
