Canning recipes, food preservation and food sales

[Irving]

Probably a bad jar. None of the jars I used were brand new, and everything was hot inside and out.

[TheGrey]

Always use a rack- they sell racks separately as well. They keep the cans from the direct heat.

[Irving]

I'll have to grab a rack to go into this thing. It's so large I had to use a cutting board and a crock pot lid TOGETHER to try and make a lid to keep the heat up. It worked perfectly, but was less than ideal...

[rbeau30]

I have also successfully used my tamale steamer to hot water bath can. Usually they have a rack a few inches above the bottom. A great multitasker. It has been a brew kettle (6.5 gallons), stock 'simmerer' (6.5 gallons), tamale steamer, and a hot water bath canner. It also holds more jars than my blue canner like you got there.

[Irving]

This one can hold 7 quart jars in the rack. I can't imagine making that much food at once, but maybe one day I will.

[TheGrey]

I put a turkey carcass, as well as extra roasted bones, veggie trimmings, etc into my roaster oven, added water and stock and simmered it for 24 hours. I canned seven quarts of stock, and have three more quarts to can tomorrow.

Once you start, you'll be amazed at how much food you can put up.

This one can hold 7 quart jars in the rack. I can't imagine making that much food at once, but maybe one day I will.

[TheGrey]

Shoot! This sale lasts only through the 24th, but it's still a good one!

Sprouts has pineapples on sale for .98 each.
Asparagus is $1.98/lb

Certain brands of apples are .88/lb.

Time to break out the Canners and the dehydrators!

[ChunkyMonkey]

Sub!

[TheGrey]

King Soopers has their "buy 5, save $5" sale this week (January 1 - January 6). Skippy peanut butter is $1.79 each. when you buy 5. Peanut butter is an item that has a long shelf life, and as long as you and your family members aren't allergic to peanuts, there are numerous benefits to having peanut butter as an item in your supplies.

Pineapple is again $1 each. This is an easy product to can or dehydrate.

There are several more items on sale- as long as you have a King Soopers card, you can take advantage of the deals.

[ChunkyMonkey]

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