Canning recipes, food preservation and food sales

[rbeau30]

Seems like dunking is a waybetter method for cheese with holes. Do you find you can save money by purchasing in bulk then saving in dry storage?

Sometimes if there are little holes on the "downside" of the dunking process little air bubbles can prevent the wax from covering the cheese. This happens as well if you don't dunk the cheese corner first.

I think if I wanted to do this the cheapest way possible I would get cheaper (Store Brand) cheese and buy a bunch of it at a time. When the Tillamook goes on sale I would say that it is around the same price as the store brand stuff at regular price.

The wax I don't consider a consumable, as I can re-use it over and over again, and it peels off the cheese very cleanly (like a baby bell). So really the only expense is the cheese, and the energy to heat the wax.

[TheGrey]

Sprouts has Roma tomatoes for $.48/lb!

[Ah Pook]

Sprouts has Roma tomatoes for $.48/lb!

Be down there tomorrow. The only place in CO that carries fresh okra. Loves me some fried okra.

Getting spoiled, there is a local lady doing Southern picklings. Green beans, okra, corn, mixed veggies, etc...

[Jamnanc]

We have two boxes of Roma's coming from bountiful baskets. Momma's gonna can salsa. Yummy, and it does end up saving us money because our friends love it and it's our contribution at get togethers.

[TheGrey]

I picked up 3 cases, and will be a canning fool this weekend. I'm going to core and blanch them to peel them easily, throw them into my giant electric turkey roaster and let 'em cook down for a few hours with some onions and spices. Make up some sauce to can.

[TheGrey]

We have two boxes of Roma's coming from bountiful baskets. Momma's gonna can salsa. Yummy, and it does end up saving us money because our friends love it and it's our contribution at get togethers.

I've heard about Bountiful Baskets, but don't know much about them. Can you explain a bit as to how it works? Is it a good deal?

[Ah Pook]

I've heard about Bountiful Baskets, but don't know much about them. Can you explain a bit as to how it works? Is it a good deal?

Up here we have Door To Door Organics. They might be on the front range too.

[TheGrey]

Up here we have Door To Door Organics. They might be on the front range too.

Thanks for the tip! I'll look them up.

I'm so happy about these tomatoes; canning them now means I'm not going to have to put tomatoes into the garden this year.

[encorehunter]

I will be canning some salsa today as well. We aren't as lucky on prices. $1.89 a pound for Roma's. I need to have some salsa ready fornworkntomorrow.

[Jamnanc]

Bountiful is a good deal, but unless you make effort to use what you get it can be wasteful. It's volunteer based except for the truck driver. The co-op runs through Internet orders and volunteers. Volunteers unload the truck and separate that week's order out onto baskets. In theory that happens before the "donators" i.e. People who bought the food, show up. It seems a good half the time, the truck is late. There is a website, you preorder, prepay, and buy the "extras". This week tomatoes next week could be apples, these are usually below retail and are usually quite good.