Thank you for visiting my canning cellar! Salsa! here’s the ingredients I used 10 lbs green tomatoes chopped 8 cups onions 2 teaspoons dried red pepper flakes 8 lg red peppers chopped 6 garlic cloves minced 1 cup dried basil 1 cup lime juice 1 cup lemon juice 1 cup apple cider vinegar 2 tablespoons salt 1 tablespoon cumin 4 tsp black pepper 1 table…

Pizza Sauce, Update on Evelyn's Jam What I used for equipment was my presto precise digital canner, my electronic postal scale, a dutch oven stovetop pot, a jar lifter, a canning funnel, a measure cup, a de-bubbler, a strainer, a wooden spoon, a dish towel, a vinegar soaked lint free cloth, small serrated knife. What I used for ingredients: 10 poun…

Blueberry Jam! My friend Nancy generously picked and gifted us 4 pounds of blueberries. Evelyn plans on entering jam at the fair again this year, last year she won a blue ribbon for her raspberry jam. I measured the blueberries out into two bags of 6 cups each and froze them until she and I were able to do some canning. I had looked at the recipe I…

Kori sent me a recipe for sweet tea jelly and I decided to make it using chai tea. Because I didn’t have the required liquid pectin, only powdered pectin, I thought I could substitute the powder. However, because the first pectin I saw in my cupboard was an already opened jar of low and no sugar pectin, I decided to use that. Don’t be me. Don’t mes…

Plum Jam and Spicy Plum Sauce. I went by the recipe found in the Sure-jell brand of low or no sugar pectin. The difference in the makeup is the classic pectin requires a higher amount of sugar in order to set as the low/no sugar pectin will set without any added sugar due to the addition of dextrose in the product. So the pectins can’t be interchan…

Canning last year's tomatoes! Here's how! I forgot to weigh the tomatoes that I froze last year, but I figure there were about 25ish pounds. To freeze, I simply rinsed them with water, cut off any blemishes, and froze in plastic bags. To use, what I did was pour each bag of tomatoes into a pot of hot tap water, just long enough for the water to all…

This is season 2, episode 19, Pepper Jelly. This recipe was done on the water bath cycle of my digital canner, and of course you can use your regular water bath canner. For equipment I also used a dutch oven pot, pot holders, a canning funnel, canning jar lifter, a sharp knife, a cutting board, measure cups and spoons, my small food processor, and …

Welcome to my canning cellar, where my goal is not to tell YOU how to can, but rather tell you how ‘I’ can. I am an advocate of following guidelines such as stated by the National Center for Home Food Preservation, and I’ll put the link in the show description, although I also explore other canning groups and websites to study and sometimes copy tr…

Welcome to my canning cellar. My purpose is not to tell you HOW to can, but rather tell you how 'I' can. Please do your own research to find the canning processes that make you feel the most confident and safe. This is the original recipe as given to me to make 4 pints. 2 pounds green beans, washed, ends trimmed brine: 2.5 cups vinegar 2.5 cups wat…

Welcome to my canning cellar! This is where I don’t want to tell you how to can but rather tell you how I can. Everyone has to do his or her own research and use the information that makes them feel the most comfortable and confident. I utilize the guidelines put out by the national center for home food preservation which I’ll link to in the show d…

French Onion Soup! What I used for equipment was a large dutch frying pan, a large stock pot, a cutting board, a sharp knife, a canning funnel, a de-bubbler, a two cup measure cup, dish towels, potholders, the jar remover tongs and I ended up needing 9 quart jars. I used the Presto digital canner, again not good with the planning, which meant I had…

Thanks for visiting my canning cellar. This is where I don't tell you how to can but rather just how I can. Of course everyone will use his or her best judgement after researching. http:/nchfp.uga.eduBy Lois Deberville

Welcome to my canning cellar! What I used for equipment was a dutch oven pot, my Presto digital canner, a cutting board, a serrated lettuce knife, a canning funnel. What I used for the product was romaine lettuce, I can’t remember how much I had, but am thinking at least three bunches. I used 6 cups of apple cider vinegar, 2 cups water and 1/2 cup …

Welcome to my canning cellar, season 2 episode 12. I don’t tell you how to can but rather how I can. Please do your own research as sometimes I will stray off into untested territories, and by untested, I mean by the USDA or the National Center for Home Food Preservation. I sometimes will go by the results from experienced home canners. I had both …

Tomato Soup! tomatoes, probably 14 various sizes, whole, peeled, just top part of core removed 2 cups bottled tomato juice 1 onion, diced or minced as small as you'd like 9 tablespoons butter, divided 2 cups half and half 4 tablespoons flour 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 teaspoon basil 3 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper For equipmen…

Home canned sloppy joes! The ingredients I used were 4 pounds ground hamburg, 2 cups chopped onions, 6 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, 3 cups ketchup, 1/2 cup water, 4 tablespoons apple cider vinegar, 4 tablespoons brown sugar and 4 teaspoons prepared yellow mustard, not dry mustard. The items I used were my Presto Precise digital canner, a canning…

Welcome to My Canning Cellar, Season 2, Episode 9.By Lois Deberville

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 8 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Salsa-Mix-Mild-3-Of-1-06-Oz-Pouches/124953903 https://nchfp.uga.edu https://www.streetdirectory.com/food_editorials/snacks/dips_and_sauces/history_of_salsa_sauce_the_mexican_connection.htmlBy Lois Deberville

Welcome to my canning cellar! Some of these rutabagas were larger round than a big head of cabbage, and they weren’t easy to peel. My research told me to put them in boiling water to loosen up the skins, but I found the easier way for me was using my vegetable peeler. Not only did it work, it kept me from the extra step of waiting for the water to …

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Season 2, Episode 5. Peas! I looked on the National Center For Home Food Preservation and there all approved and everything was how to can dried peas. I will put the link in the show description. What I used for equipment was a large stock pot, a wooden mixing spoon, a measure cup, a canning funnel, debubbler tool, a dish towel and I used the Prest…

Fair Entries, Bad Cord, Zucchini Jam Two different kinds of zucchini jam using the same base recipe. The equipment I used was my digital canner, a dutch oven pot, a wooden spoon, a food processor with the shredding attachment, a vegetable peeler, a paring knife, a skimmer, a dish towel, a canning funnel, a rubber daisy, a jar lifter, and I always w…

Using the Mrs. Wage’s packet:. What I used was a stainless steel stock pot, a wooden spoon, paring knife, strainer, canning funnel, de-bubbler, jar lifter, towel, paper towel, white vinegar, and I used my digital canner. I followed the directions on the package, and it was very easy seeing how it included the spices. All I had to do was wash the to…

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Welcome to Season 2, Episode 1, Herb Potatoes My equipment was the Presto Precise Digital Canner, a small pot, 2 large pots, a colander, a potato peeler, my favorite small paring knife, a canning funnel, a de-bubbler tool, vinegar and paper towels, an oven mitt, a jar lifter and a dish towel, along with my usual garb of the vintage snap front apron…

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http://buymeacoffe.com/mycanningcellar Equipment: large stockpot, a cutting board, a vegetable peeler, a large sharp knife, the two largest bowls I have, several measure cups, a food processor, a canning funnel, a jar lifter, a stainless steel scraper blade, and a slotted spoon, a paper towel soaked in white vinegar, and my Presto digital canner, a…

Welcome to My Canning Cellar episode 23, Unstuffed Cabbage Rolls. I surfed the web and came up with my own recipe for unstuffed cabbage rolls using some parts of this one and some parts of that one, so while the name isn’t original to me, the recipe is the result of my tweaking. There are recipes all over the internet, so of course use whichever re…

Orange Juice Jelly, episode 22 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mycanningcellar https://www.medibank.com.au/livebetter/be-magazine/food/the-history-of-orange-juice/By Lois Deberville

Squash Relish 10 cups chopped yellow summer squash and zucchini squash 2 large onions, chopped Mixed color peppers to equal about one large, chopped 6 tablespoons canning salt 4 cups white sugar 3 cups apple cider vinegar 1 tablespoon each dill seed 1 tablespoon ground mustard 1 tablespoon ground turmeric 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon pep…

Pickled Eggs! Even pretty pink ones! I use a basic pickled egg recipe that goes like this: 12 hard boiled eggs peeled and cooled 1 teaspoon minced garlic 3 cups white vinegar 1 cup water 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 thinly sliced large onion 1 bay leaf 1/3 cup sugar 4 teaspoons pickling spices Bring all ingredients except for the eggs and garlic to a boil…

Onions! Onion Relish-my digital canner 8 cups of thinly sliced onions 1 cup of white vinegar 1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 teaspoon turmeric large dutch oven full of water on to boil as I sliced the onions, simmered onions for 5 minutes. In another pot: vinegar, sugar, salt and turmeric and brought that to a boil. After the onions …

Rootbeer Jelly 4 1/4 cups rootbeer soda 4 1/2 cups sugar 6 tbsp. powdered pectin 2 tbsp. bottled lemon juice 1/4 tsp. butter In a large dutch oven pot I mixed together the soda and the lemon juice. Then I brought it to a boil and let it go for one minute. Then I sprinkled in the powdered pectin …not dumped like I did with the dandelion jelly… using…

Dandelion Jelly! I finally tried it! This recipe gave me twelve (12) four ounce jars. 4 cups loosely packed dandelion petals (about 8-10 cups of the blossoms, remove all green that is left on from the cradle part) 1/3 cup low sugar powdered pectin 2 tablespoons of lemon juice 4 cups of white sugar To the 4 cups of petals, I added two quarts of wate…

Beet Horseradish Relish The ingredients I used were: three store bought 15 ounce cans of small whole beets, drained 2 cups diced onion 2 1/2 cups apple cider vinegar 1 1/4 cup horseradish sauce 2 teaspoons sea salt 1 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper I put the vinegar, horseradish sauce, salt, and the peppers into my dutch ov…

Peach jam from frozen, and Oopsie! I had 21 plastic dishes of frozen diced peaches, each 4.4 ounces, taking up space in my extra refrigerator freezer, and no one had eaten any in months, so I put all of the containers in a dishpan and let them thaw out overnight in the fridge. The next day I made jam. For the first recipe I used: 4 1/2 cups peaches…

Giving new life to soft fruit! This is how I do it; you should certainly research if you want to feel confident in your canning choices! Banana Jam 2 cups mashed bananas 2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons lemon juice Mix together, bring to boil in pot, simmer for 5 minutes. Spoon into hot jars, wipe rims, put on lids, finger tighten the rings. Have water a…

I made ketchup, kind of, and yellow mustard that needs some mellowing. I also found a new product that makes opening canning jars so much easier! Ketchup aka BBQ Sauce: 4 quarts chopped tomatoes with skins removed, 1 cup chopped onion, 1/2 cup chopped sweet pepper, 1 1/2 cups vinegar, 1/4 tsp ground allspice, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 3/4 cup sugar. I comb…

https://tinyurl.com/k78kma4h Ocean Spray Whole Cranberry Sauce, 101 ounce https://tinyurl.com/pu8b52rk El Mexicano Nacho Cheese Sauce https://tinyurl.com/3ube3sh8 Great Value Cheese Sauce https://tinyurl.com/39naywrc Chef-Mate Chorizo Skillet https://tinyurl.com/2hv7584m Chef-Mate Creamed Sliced Beef https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/pressure-cookers-v…

I goofed! The Presto Precise Digital Canner is not the only one approved by the USDA as I stated in the last episode....rather it's the first digital pressure canner that meets the USDA guidelines for safely processing meats, poultry, fish, vegetables, and other low acid foods.By Lois Deberville

Potatoes! Presto Digital Canner! Testing Lids! https://tinyurl.com/m2bnx3bf National Center for Home Food Preservation, how to can potatoes https://tinyurl.com/ybf2vvdf Axuan Oven Mitts https://tinyurl.com/6bvu2ru8 Presto Digital CannerBy Lois Deberville

Where are all the jars? In 1975, William C Hannah of the Ball corporation was called to testify before the Subcommittee on Commodities and Services of the Small Business Committee of the US House of Representatives. He was asked to explain the company’s response to a big surge in home canning equipment. Congress was alerted to this by consumer comp…

Venison and Hamburg 6 pounds of venison, with the recipe I looked up calling for 3 tablespoons of diced onion and 2 tablespoons of minced garlic but we just winged it on the spices which is fine as spices don’t add to processing times. We added diced green pepper to some. We got 20 pints. Hamburg with diced onions and garlic made 8 pints. Process t…

Welcome to this short bonus episode of My Canning Cellar. If you are new to canning you may want to know your upfront costs as well as continuing costs. Of course all costs associated with canning is subject to how you find your supplies, but I will break down my own costs from 2020 to now, the best I can without having kept any formal record. The …

Welcome to My Canning Cellar episode 8 I want to preface by reminding folks that it’s just me sitting at the kitchen table, and while I did speak of my hopes that the dog won’t bark, the phone won’t ring, and the dirt bikes don’t go racing by, I forgot to mention that my home is right across from the small but mighty town waterfall. So if you hear …

In this episode I talk baby carrots and some canning history. I got 17 pints of carrots out of 8 1/2 small bags of store bought baby carrots. Washed the carrots, halved, put into jars, then added enough pre-boiled cooled down water to one inch head space. De-bubbled. Processed at 15# for 20 minutes. Thanks to Harshal S. Hirve for free use of his ca…

Blueberry Jelly Combine 3 cups crushed blueberries and lemon juice Stir in the one envelope of Fruit Jell pectin. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Add sugar, stirring to dissolve. Return mixture to a rolling boil. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly. A hard boil means you can’t stir it down but you do want to put the effort into st…

4 cups of split peas which was a two pound bag 12 cups of chicken broth (store bought is fine) 4 cups of water, 2 cups of diced ham, 3 cups of chopped carrots, 2 cups of chopped onions, 1/2 teaspoon of ground allspice 2 bay leaves. immersion blender https://tinyurl.com/s96efmxjBy Lois Deberville

Macaroni and Cheese edited from my first try, to reduce siphoning 7 1/2 cups of dry macaroni (1) number ten can of cheese sauce (3) quarts of chicken broth made 15 pints processed in pressure canner for 20 minutes at 15 pounds for my sea level elevation https://tinyurl.com/3teafwy5 El Mexicano Nacho Cheese Sauce https://tinyurl.com/9kuem4ve dissolv…