Apricot Canning

I got a whole bunch of apricots from visiting the Central Valley in California last week, 72 pounds. I ended up canning Apricot halves in syrup from Ball, in both pints and quarts. Also Apricot puree (following https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can/canning-fruits-and-fruit-products/fruit-purees/ ), and Apricot butter from Ball. Super proud! W…
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Second attempt at canning. Strawberry Jam has bubbles in it. Will this be a problem?

Today we picked strawberries and I tried to make strawberry Jam. I have ball' blue book and followed their recipe for low sugar jam. I did my best to try and spoon out all of the foam but I couldn't ge…
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Chicken Stock Canning, May of 2026

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Baking with jam

One of my jars of strawberry jam decided not to seal. Figured I should put it to use and made thumbprint cookies. by therealjedishenobi
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More #canning ! More beef stock.

First batch of the season!

My Rhubarb looks like something out of Jurassic Park, so this year I wanted to not have it all go to waste. I had a friend who wanted to learn, so I bought the new Ball Canning book, and started marking recipes. We made strawberry rhubarb jam, pie in a jar, rhubarb BBQ sauce (smells [...]
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The plan: whole strawberries in 10% light sugar syrup, for use in crepes all winter long. The question: will I actually like strawberries in crepes after cooking & syrup? So today's test was one jar for the' fridge, not bothering to can it, just to see.
Problem 1: the strawberries float above the syrup. Fewer strawberries will not fix this. Uhm.
Problem 2: the shortest Weck jars are taller than the stockpot I intended to use for water bath canning. Not that it mattered today. But I guess I'll be buying a pressure canner earlier than planned, even to use it for water bath canning. Unrelated: I'm tired of losing leftovers in the 'fridge so the masking tape is just going to live here now I think. And the soup was quite good if I may say so. Rough day physically. I'm fortunate to be able to just take the day off work, mess about in the kitchen, and catch up tomorrow. #canning #preserving

New #canning tongs are good. Very grippy.

Also all the peppers have finally sprouted indoors. I'll plant on Thursday, it'll be not 95F.