There are some times in this big wide world that Jessica and I are on the exact same wave length and have the same thoughts at the same moment. The other day I said I was planning on making making pickles. Jessica says, I made pickles yesterday...weird! Ok so here is my little canning adventure/tutorial {be patient...its a long one...}
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| Your canning/surgery tools |
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| You have to boil the jars and lids in order to keep them sanitary. |
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| Since they are super seedy you will want to process them through a food mill, thanks Coletti's! |
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| Always have a cooking buddy at your feet |
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| Cook with sugar (i used 2 cups) and the juice of a lemon |
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| Cook the berries/sugar/pectin mixture until it cools to the right consistency |
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| Remove the sanitized jars with your surgical tool |
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| Fill |
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| Cap off! |
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| Sealing the jars in the canning kettle for about 5-10 minutes |
Now the Pickles....
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| In action |
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| Toasted the spices, and almost died when accidentally inhaled the fumes, gasp! |
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| Here's my home grown pickling cucumbers! FYI, don't let them get too big or else they get super seedy |
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| Must have fresh dill |
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| Pickle brine: white and apple vinegar, garlic, dill, mustard seed, peppercorns, red chili flakkes and sugar |
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| First pack your cucmbers with garlic and dill then add the brine |
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| Wallah! Put them In the canning Kettle and they are done! |
This was a lot of fun {and a lot of work, and a lot of dishes} and I can't wait for my next canning day....Lemon curd here I come!!!
2 comments:
Wow! I'm impressed! Where did you get all your canning supplies? Like the canning kettle?
I want to try canning, maybe next year...but do I need all those supplies or can you do it without most of that stuff?
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