Canned Rhubarb Strawberry Pie Filling Ingredients: 4 pounds fresh rhubarb, trimmed and sliced 3 pounds fresh strawberries, cored and sliced 6 cups granulated sugar 1½ cups Clear Jel or Cornaby’s Ultra Gel 8 cups cold filtered water ½ cup bottled lemon juice Directions: Fill a canning kettle halfway with water, add in 6 quart mason… Continue reading Canned Rhubarb Strawberry Pie Filling
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Ginger Bread and Butter Pickles
I’ve never been a fan of celery seed in most anything – be it in potato salad or pickles. I find it harsh tasting. But now…it can be left out and find some new flavors. You won’t regret it. I adapted a recipe from Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving, page 303. Which I might… Continue reading Ginger Bread and Butter Pickles
Dill Pickles
I had gotten a deal on 50 pounds of pickling cucumbers, so I got busy! In the end I made about 4 batches of these pickles. Dill Pickles Ingredients: 8 pounds small cucumbers, 4 to 6 inches length ¾ cup granulated sugar ½ cup canning salt 1 quart white vinegar (5% acidity) 1 quart filtered… Continue reading Dill Pickles
Sweet and Sour Zucchini Pickles
You know how everyone makes zucchini jokes? About so many they are going Ninja at night and throwing them on neighbors porches? That doesn’t seem to happen here. Of all my plants, my summer squash I work the hardest with and often don’t a ton back. I think it just comes down to where we… Continue reading Sweet and Sour Zucchini Pickles
Spiced Blackberry Syrup
Awhile back Kirk got me an awesome gift: a Ball® Jar Collection Elite Stainless-Steel 21-Quart Waterbath Canner with Rack and Glass Lid. Which while some might wonder big whoopie…to me, this was just awesome! For canning, it is one of the few ones that are designed for glass top stoves, and it can handle quart… Continue reading Spiced Blackberry Syrup