Comments on: Preserving Resolutions

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:09:21 +0000

I wish you lived nearer me, preferably in Kansas. I would love to take a class!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:50:46 +0000

Thanks for the inspiration! This year, I’d like to tackle more fruit canning – cherries, peaches, etc. I have the tomato thing down, and have done a fair amount of jelly making. I’m good to go on halved pears and applesauce, though I’m still on a quest to find a local orchard that grows heirloom Transparent Apples, my gold applesauce standard from childhood.

I’d also like to try canning soup – my grandmother is getting to the point where she forgets to defrost things and making from scratch is too hard. For all the years she cooked and canned for us, I figure the least we can do is the same for her as long as we can! Stock has been a huge success for us this year, too, so I figure soup is the next step.

Unrelated to actual canning, I also want to get into the habit of making yogurt. My freezing is at my current apartment freezer capacity and I’m in the groove of making sandwich bread and cereal. Yogurt is on my list, as is home made pasta.

Nothing like being a little over ambitious Don’t ask me where I’m going to store all this – but I’ll find a way!

By: Catalina

Catalina — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:16:18 +0000

I really like that picture!
Can’t wait to see what you make for the CanJam!

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:14:08 +0000

Keep on writing, do the Can Jam, learn more, listen more, read more, garden better, grow more fruit, and yes, stop hoarding the jars and let them be enjoyed, so there can be more shelf space for next year’s preserves! Oh, and pray for a good tomato season!

By: Trixie B

Trixie B — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:54:20 +0000

I just read somewhere recently from some corporate authority that pressure canning is no longer recommended due to food safety concerns. Have you heard this? I don’t pressure can, I just do jams, tomatoes, applesauce, etc, but thought it was interesting, nonetheless. I wish I could remember where I saw it. It was only a week or so ago.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:34:24 +0000

I want to put up some pickles this year! Also, I’m going to plan out my canning this year via “Putting Up” so that I’m not wishing to make strawberry jam in September.

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:23:43 +0000

I only got one jar of pickles from friends, but that’s alright: we’re much more together than everyone we hang out with! On the giving end, preserves and quilted hot-pads made up most of my gift supply; it was the homemadest Christmas we’ve had yet!

This year I want to make MORE of the great recipes I tried out this year but only in quantities so small as to make rationing a sad necessity. Also, this is the year for preserving more of what we grow ourselves. I put up about three times more jams, pickles, and relish in 2009 than I did in 2008; I can only imagine what 2010 will bring!

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:59:44 +0000

Well, as we discussed, I am thinking about taking the Master Food Preserver class. I would love to be at the point where I could consider teaching others how to can. But I feel like I need to learn a lot more first.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:41:23 +0000

Same as “Amy blogs”: learn how to pressure can. I just discovered your blog and am thrilled! I live in Portland loved your PSU farmers market photos. What is the company that sells canned goods in your photo? Are those beets? YUM!

By: bethh

bethh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:23:01 +0000

I only got into canning last year, and made a couple of batches of jam. I recently received a book called Small Batch Preserving, and I think I’m going to make a chutney or two later this month, with a friend along for the ride. It’ll be fun to have a project buddy, AND it’ll help me get rid of the bounty. I’m glad you’ll be posting new recipes regularly!