Comments on: Canning Catch-up

By: Kris

Kris — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:33:34 +0000

Made the kolaches from your link, filling each with both raspberry jam and the cream cheese mixture. Tasty!

By: Marisa

Marisa — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:49:31 +0000

I’m interested in canning, but I’m concerned about the BPA in the lid seals. If the seal never touches the food, I think it would easy to just wash the rim after opening the jar, but I have no idea if the seal even touches the food, since I’ve never canned anything before. What do you think about this?

-on another note, its very exciting to find another person with the same name as me, as rare as it is!

By: threadbndr

threadbndr — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:08:24 +0000

I just pulled the peaches out of the freezer that I’d bunged in there with a mere blanch and a promise when my grandbaby decided to put in appearate 7 weeks early this summer! He is doing well, now, thank heavens after a longish stay in the neo-natal unit.

So the peaches are becoming peach butter and the apples are waiting their turn……

My point is that life gets in the way of life sometimes – babies and husbands and so forth. It’s OK, people come first.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:13:32 +0000

I just came across your blog; well done! I have been toying with the idea of canning for Christmas gifts this year, so I will be closely following your blog for some ideas as to what I should make.

By: bethh

bethh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:42:42 +0000

Wow, I’m envious of the jar-bounty!!! How lovely of your friend to share them with you.

Thanks for the link to the brandied-fruit idea. I’ve got some sour cherries in my freezer and may just thaw, pit, and brandy some of them.

I also have a vanilla bean just staring at me from my spice rack and am thinking: hmmmmm that may be yummy in pumpkin butter! I just received a crock pot from a friend, and I think that fruit (squash) butter is going to be the very first project.

By: Wendi

Wendi — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:15:30 +0000

Marisa, I’ve passed the Kreativ Blogger Award on to you. It’s all here at http://bonappetithon.com/2009/10/28/its-a-major-award.

Thanks for being an awesomely Kreativ Blogger.

By: anduin

anduin — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:40:37 +0000

Your picture has convinced me that I need more jars. That, and today’s experience of trying to find containers to hold all of my staples I bought in bulk. I like the fun shaped jars you have.
Today I was convinced to buy a pressure canner–my friend just came back from Alaska with 100 lbs of salmon he wants to can. I’m hoping if I help can…

By: The Prudent Homemaker

The Prudent Homemaker — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:10:10 +0000

My husband said it seems like I’ve been canning for four straight months. He may be right there . . . . I just canned apple butter today and left the rest of the apples for fresh eating (400 lbs of apples DOES take its toll on the space availability on the kitchen counters!)

Tomorrow I hope to get to the pomegranates. It’s a small batch this year, but I have a plan to do them differently than last year, and I hope it will go faster.

I do understand letting the apples sit a while! Thankfully the apples will wait a bit (unlike peaches!)

By: tigress

tigress — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:17:08 +0000

yes that was my point too! you just got married, and all that goes with that, planning, entertaining, etc. however, with all that produce you gotta move! happens to me too sometimes, or i just have all these ideas and then before i know it i have a ton of food-in-waiting and only so many ‘spare’ hours in the week.

anyway – good luck getting back on the saddle.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:32:29 +0000

You DID just get married, after all. We’ll cut you some slack