Canning recipes, food preservation and food sales

[ChunkyMonkey]

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[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]

Just a quick info that Kwando shared with me last night...

$20/year SAMs membership:

1-Year Sam's Club Membership + $25 Sam's Club Gift Card $45 (In-Store Only) - http://slickdeals.net/share/iphone_app/fp/141662


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[TheGrey]

I've been busy. I bought Roma tomatoes at Sprouts when they were .44/lb- I bought a case of 25#. After washing them, I shoved them into a bunch of gallon Ziploc bags and put them in the chest freezer until I could devote ore time to them. Freezing the tomatoes makes them a snap to peel...but next time, I'm going to wash and core them (not a full core, but basically twisting the knife around the stem, and removing the white core) before I freeze them.

Peppers went on sale about a week after that, so I seeded them and froze them, too. I bought 5# of sweet onions and 5# of purple onions.

Today I finally had time, so I roughly chopped the onions and dumped them into my 18-quart electric turkey roaster along with the frozen pepper pieces. I realized then that I forgot to pick up garlic, but I had some minced garlic in the fridge so I threw in a heaping spoonful as well. I put my biggest pasta pot on the stove with water and set it to boil, scrubbed the sink clean and plugged it. I dumped in the frozen tomatoes, and dumped the boiling water on the tomatoes. The skins slicked right off! I tossed the skinned tomatoes into the roaster whole, set it on 375 degrees for about 5 hours, stirring occasionally. At the end of five hours, things had roasted and broken down to very soft pieces. I used my immersible blender to turn it into a chunky sauce, transferred it into wide-mouth pints with 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice and water-bath processed it for 25 minutes. I got 14 pints of tomato sauce that can be used for anything from chili to spaghetti sauce, depending on the spices I choose. Not bad for an afternoon!

One more thing: Zaycon foods (http://www.zayconfresh.com) is having an incredible sale on their chicken breasts- $1.67/lb. Most grocery stores will say they're having a good sale at $1.99/lb, and this is often chicken that has been processed in China. Zaycon bypasses all of that. If you're so inclined, PM me for a referral link (I get a little bit knocked off my next order) but there's no obligation. Don't wait for long, because the chicken will sell out fast at this price! The pick-up date is June 27.

[RCCrawler]

One more thing: Zaycon foods (http://www.zayconfresh.com) is having an incredible sale on their chicken breasts- $1.67/lb. Most grocery stores will say they're having a good sale at $1.99/lb, and this is often chicken that has been processed in China. Zaycon bypasses all of that. If you're so inclined, PM me for a referral link (I get a little bit knocked off my next order) but there's no obligation. Don't wait for long, because the chicken will sell out fast at this price! The pick-up date is June 27.

I've always missed out on the chicken breasts for whatever reason, they usually sell out quick. I was able to get in on this order, got 80lbs coming. Thanks for the reminder, I've read reviews that this chicken is super good quality.

[crays]

I've been busy. I bought Roma tomatoes at Sprouts when they were .44/lb- I bought a case of 25#. After washing them, I shoved them into a bunch of gallon Ziploc bags and put them in the chest freezer until I could devote ore time to them. Freezing the tomatoes makes them a snap to peel...but next time, I'm going to wash and core them (not a full core, but basically twisting the knife around the stem, and removing the white core) before I freeze them.

Peppers went on sale about a week after that, so I seeded them and froze them, too. I bought 5# of sweet onions and 5# of purple onions.

Today I finally had time, so I roughly chopped the onions and dumped them into my 18-quart electric turkey roaster along with the frozen pepper pieces. I realized then that I forgot to pick up garlic, but I had some minced garlic in the fridge so I threw in a heaping spoonful as well. I put my biggest pasta pot on the stove with water and set it to boil, scrubbed the sink clean and plugged it. I dumped in the frozen tomatoes, and dumped the boiling water on the tomatoes. The skins slicked right off! I tossed the skinned tomatoes into the roaster whole, set it on 375 degrees for about 5 hours, stirring occasionally. At the end of five hours, things had roasted and broken down to very soft pieces. I used my immersible blender to turn it into a chunky sauce, transferred it into wide-mouth pints with 1 Tablespoon of lemon juice and water-bath processed it for 25 minutes. I got 14 pints of tomato sauce that can be used for anything from chili to spaghetti sauce, depending on the spices I choose. Not bad for an afternoon!

One more thing: Zaycon foods (http://www.zayconfresh.com) is having an incredible sale on their chicken breasts- $1.67/lb. Most grocery stores will say they're having a good sale at $1.99/lb, and this is often chicken that has been processed in China. Zaycon bypasses all of that. If you're so inclined, PM me for a referral link (I get a little bit knocked off my next order) but there's no obligation. Don't wait for long, because the chicken will sell out fast at this price! The pick-up date is June 27.

You've got a PM coming.

[TheGrey]

Got the PM, crays!

I'm glad you were both able to take advantage of the chicken deal. I don't think you'll regret it.

I told crays this in a PM, but I'll put it out there for everyone: 40# of chicken needs a fair-sized space to store, and you're going to want to process it (chop it up, freeze it, can it, whatever) within a day of receiving it. The chicken itself is placed in thick blue plastic bags, and the whole thing is in a sturdy waxed cardboard box, but it was not meant to be stored like that. When I order chicken from Zaycon, the day I'm to pick up my order is the day that I clear my sideboards and my schedule, and have my pressure canner/jars/Food Saver at the ready. This isn't your average supermarket chicken that's been doused in preserving chemicals.

[Dave]

Been wanting to get the Zaycon chicken breasts, I just don't have the space to store 40 lbs right now. I did get their wings once and learned that the bags they package in are not sealed so I had to scramble to get my vacuum sealer ready. I also like their ribs which I go through all 12 racks rather quickly and just grabbed a case of kielbasa that are tasty and fit 6 to a quart size vac sealer bag. For the ribs I cut the racks in half and seal into gallon size vac seal bags.

[Irving]

Just ordered a pressure canner the other day. Should be here Tuesday.

[TheGrey]

Well it's ABOUT TIME, Pickles. I thought you were NEVER going to get one.