Do you like canning? Do you want to learn canning? Or food preservation? Come make this community slightly more active! Although it’s soon to be fall or autumn or things and maybe is some places and soon all the canning!
I need to buy apples and can more apple butter.
I kept trying to make the url and it kept being weird, hopefully this version works!
Oooh canning~ 😍 All I’ve done this year is elderberry syrup lol.
Maybe this version of the link will stay in-app? !canning@midwest.social
Yeah, when I tried doing that link I couldn’t post it in the app I use, which was weird!
Fedi jank i guess? Very cool canning community though, it’s really nice to see more of this kind of content here
I’m going to be pickling some daikon and carrot (and possibly some sweet red pepper) soonish. I should probably document the process and put it into that community.
It’ll be interesting to see how people react to water-seal jars.
What’s apple butter like? I’ve never had it
Imagine you took applesauce and cooked it down a lot until it’s a spread. Then you used that like butter (there’s no dairy in apple butter) so on toast or in oatmeal and the like. It’s not quite the same ratios of ingredients but close enough.
It’s tasty! I’ll make a batch in the slow cooker over the course of a day and can it that night.
Oh that sounds goooood I bet it’s great on porridge
Ooh crock pot recipe please! 😊
6.5lbs of apples 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon 1/4th teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon vanilla
I have a large oval crockpot! It’ll cook down a lot though.
Thank you! I might be a little naughty and add some allspice :)
I like canning and i am subscribed there, I just haven’t been able to do it for a while. My major problem is that I dont Garden and it seems stupid to buy a bunch of produce to can it. Some things are still worthwhile. I am planning on canning some cranberry sauce for thanksgiving.
I can’t get candied jalapenos here for…a not horrible price, so buying jalapenos just to can those has been good for me! Same with apple butter, I don’t generally see it on the shelf. I try and can things that I just can’t find here! But yeah, some things are not worth it.
I made jam from foraging wild blackberries. They’re an invasive species that grow pretty much in any green space they can find. I was able to gather several pounds of fruit in an afternoon.
I’ve been interested to try canning but I’m afraid of contamination. How easy is it to screw up?
Hmmm. Probably statistically more likely than commercial canning, but. If you follow instructions from something like Ball/Kerr canning website or the National Center for Home Food Preservation (as long as that lasts before the US takes it down) it’s safe! I’ve never had cans go bad during the 18th month window they say…or even after that, but the food can taste less nice as time goes on.
Ah that’s good to know! I might try it next year with my excess garden yield.
