Okay, I'm at least learning how to can. For awhile now I've been wanting to get all the supplies together and just try it out, learn something new. It's actually easier than I thought it would be, especially if you have someone to help you with the prep. I decided to start with peaches and picked these babies up from a local farmer's market. I only bought 10 pounds of peaches, anymore than that and I might have ended up just shoving whole peaches into the jars and calling it good. We ended up with 6 quarts of peaches. As you can see from the picture, we learned one of our first major lessons with canning--the fruit shrinks when processing so pack those suckers tight.
The most tedious part of canning is the fruit prep. We tried blanching the peaches first to help remove the skins which was only somewhat effective for us. I think we need more practice with that. It also made them pretty slick which made the slicing more intersting. I did mangage to keep all my fingers intact though, so I call it a success.
Ryan is still very busy and was supposed to be spending his time on his school work but ended up helping me with the entire process. It was awesome and cut the time in half. Thanks honey!
And now, the taste test. They turned out great! We all thought they tasted better than any store-bought canned peaches we've tried, altough we could be slightly biased We enjoyed them on waffles this past Sunday morning.
Canning the peaches went smoothly enough that I decided to try again, and this time with no help (a certain BYU game was on). The kids and I went apple picking (more about that in the next post) so I decided to go with apple pie filling. Who will eat that much apple pie filling you might ask? I have asked myself the same question, but I thought it was a waste to make applesauce since it takes a lot of work and I can buy it so cheaply at the store. So apple pie filling it is. Also, I still have several pounds of apples left so I may attempt apple butter next. Anyone have a good recipe?
Okay, I'm at least learning how to can. For awhile now I've been wanting to get all the supplies together and just try it out, learn something new. It's actually easier than I thought it would be, especially if you have someone to help you with the prep. I decided to start with peaches and picked these babies up from a local farmer's market. I only bought 10 pounds of peaches, anymore than that and I might have ended up just shoving whole peaches into the jars and calling it good. We ended up with 6 quarts of peaches. As you can see from the picture, we learned one of our first major lessons with canning--the fruit shrinks when processing so pack those suckers tight.
The most tedious part of canning is the fruit prep. We tried blanching the peaches first to help remove the skins which was only somewhat effective for us. I think we need more practice with that. It also made them pretty slick which made the slicing more intersting. I did mangage to keep all my fingers intact though, so I call it a success.
Ryan is still very busy and was supposed to be spending his time on his school work but ended up helping me with the entire process. It was awesome and cut the time in half. Thanks honey!
And now, the taste test. They turned out great! We all thought they tasted better than any store-bought canned peaches we've tried, altough we could be slightly biased We enjoyed them on waffles this past Sunday morning.
Canning the peaches went smoothly enough that I decided to try again, and this time with no help (a certain BYU game was on). The kids and I went apple picking (more about that in the next post) so I decided to go with apple pie filling. Who will eat that much apple pie filling you might ask? I have asked myself the same question, but I thought it was a waste to make applesauce since it takes a lot of work and I can buy it so cheaply at the store. So apple pie filling it is. Also, I still have several pounds of apples left so I may attempt apple butter next. Anyone have a good recipe?
2 comments:
Oh wow that is awesome! The waffles with peaches made my mouth water.
Was it hard? If not you need to pass me along the recipe!
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