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[Scogin]

I have a cousin in Montrose that grows concord grapes. She juiced them and filtered the juice then gave each family member a pint of it. I made jelly with mine using low sugar pectin and about half the sugar regular pectin needs. Turned out great. I also went to Costco and picked up a big bag of organic blueberries and made jam out of them. Between the strawberry, strawberry rhubarb, mixed berry, grape, and blueberry jam I should be good until next spring.

[Robert217]

I went to Nazars several times looking for it. Asked them, walked back and forth through every isle, they must have thought I was crazy. I even showed them this thread. I ended up buying it on eBay.

[jerrymrc]

Done! Yes I know it is not thanksgiving but like I have said before they only come on sale once a year. 16lb bird was $8 and should give us 8 pints of canned turkey. A pint is more than enough for the 2 of us for a turkey dinner. So Littletex (the wife) will de-bone him tomorrow and I will can him up tomorrow night. Like chicken I can turkey covered in a mix of broth/chicken bullion and water. He almost looks too good to can.

[Scogin]

Damn, Jerry. Someday I hope to grow up and be as awesome as you are. I bought two extra turkeys last Thanksgiving so I could try this and they are still sitting in the deep freeze. I guess I should throw them out and wait for the next sale.

BTW - That turkey looks damn good.

[Great-Kazoo]

Done! Yes I know it is not thanksgiving but like I have said before they only come on sale once a year. 16lb bird was $8 and should give us 8 pints of canned turkey. A pint is more than enough for the 2 of us for a turkey dinner. So Littletex (the wife) will de-bone him tomorrow and I will can him up tomorrow night. Like chicken I can turkey covered in a mix of broth/chicken bullion and water. He almost looks too good to can.

You use the carcass to make the broth? Any time we do a whole bird in a pot goes the bones & such, fills the spaces in freezer nice.

[jerrymrc]

You use the carcass to make the broth? Any time we do a whole bird in a pot goes the bones & such, fills the spaces in freezer nice.

The wife will put it in a pot and finish it off some but we are prone to making soup from it. I add water to the pan and in the cavity's as the bird cooks to increase the broth but still like some chicken thrown in for canning.

Now I find that for canning I cook the turkey straight up but for thanksgiving I brine the bird. Depending on my mood the brine can make the turkey great but the resulting gravy um

[ChunkyMonkey]

Use the brine leftover to cook rise... yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[jerrymrc]

Done. 8 Pints like I thought. I am trying out a couple of those re-usable lids and seals (the two in the rear) and have noticed that they do go concave when they draw down but right after I pulled them out a thought occurred to me. If they are re-useable where the #$@* do you write what and when the stuff has been canned on? Just a thought.