Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Home Find a farm near you Pumpkins & corn mazes Christmas tree farms Picking tips Easy canning directions Canning supplies Search the website PickYourOwn.orgWhere you can find a pick-your-own farm near you!How to Can AnythingClick here to add this page to your favorites list! - Updated daily!This month's notes: November 2008: mid season and late apples are here! There may still be some corn mazes and hayrides! open. It's time to make pumpkin pies, soup, cheesecake and pumpkin bread. At many Christmas tree farms, you can go and pre-select your tree, then come back to harvest it later! Find an apple festival, tomato festival, corn festival, peach festival or other festivals near you! Organic farms are still not common, but any that are, have the word ORGANIC by their name! Check out my easy canning instructions/recipes, canning equipment guide - and if you have tomatoes coming out your ears, see the tomatoes canning page! Also make your own ice cream - see How to make ice cream and ice cream making equipment and manualsPlease tell the farms you found them here - and ask them to update their information!!! Feedback Visitor: make corrections Visitor: suggest a farm Farmers: add or correct Farmers: minor corrections Site table of contents How to use this website Recommended books Complete canning / preserving directions How to make Jams and Jellies How to can (preserve, bottle) anything How to freeze fruits and vegetables How to dry or dehydrate foods Pickling - more than just cucumbers Tomatoes: Canning, freezing, sauces How to make sauces, salsa, chutneys How to make homemade icecream How to make pies, cobblers and more FAQs - Answers to common questions Canning tips for newbies Fruit / veg guides and picking tips How much do I need to pick? Apples Blackberries Blueberries Figs Green Beans Peaches, Plums and Apricots Pears Raspberries Strawberries Vegetables Directions for farm owners Add a new listing for your farm Rewrite or update an existing listing Make 1 or 2 minor corrections Delete a farm listing Other resources for farmers All About Home Canning*, Freezing and Making Jams and Jellies Save money, eat healthier, with no additives or chemicals... and with much better taste! This page provides the links to our illustrated recipes and canning* directions - so easy ANYONE can do it, along with a multitude of other recipes, guides and canning instructions from the USDA and many universities. The red highlighted entries are new for Summer 2008! Those of you who still speak the "Queen's English" will probably be more familiar with terms "bottling" or "tinning" rather than canning! But it means the same! Look for the recipes, pages and directions that are new for Summer 2008 with NEW! next to them! Recipes and directions General know how and fruit/vegetable picking tips Why you should use a canner and how to choose one. Summary of approved home food preserving methods Canning methods that are considered to be unsafe: steam, microwave, dishwasher, oven, or just sealing the jars without further processing? If you are new to home canning - see these do's, don'ts and tips Frequently asked questions about canning Frequently asked questions about freezing Jams and jellies Canning - anything that can be safely canned at home! Juices: Canning fruit and vegetable juices Freezing directions Pie fillings Sauces, Salsas, Syrups, Fruit Butters and Chutneys Soups - canning vegetable and meat soups at home Pickling - more than just cucumbers Drying / food dehydrating Ice cream, gelato and sorbets Other recipes - roasted peppers, basil pesto, pies, cakes and much more Using honey in place of sugar Equipment and supplies USDA Food Grades - Ever wonder what was "Grade A"? And why you don't see grade B? How to select different foods, including fresh, frozen and canned? Wonder no more with this one-page guide! NEW: Label Templates! Click here for labels your can download, edit and customize in Microsoft Word and print on standard Avery label paper for your own jars! General Canning know-how Glossary of Home Preserving (Canning, Freezing, Jam & Jelly-Making, Pickling and Drying) Terms How much do I need to pick? Yields and conversion tables General Canning tips Why do I need a canner? How can I test or examine my jars to see if they sealed properly or have spoiled? FAQs - Canning questions and answers: Answers to common questions and problems Acid content of common fruits and vegetables Canners and canning supplies: descriptions, photos, prices and ordering information Pressure canning: how it is different from water bath canning and how to use one! Hot Pack or Raw Pack? Which is Best in Home Canning? How do I fix a jam or jelly that turned out too runny? All about pectin - what it is, how it works, types, etc. Canning without sugar Questions and answers to many questions about home canning, freezing and making other preserves! Can I Sell My Home-Canned Jams and Other Preserves? Picking tips Picking tips for fruits Picking tips for vegetables Choosing the right varieties Blake's Easy and Illustrated Canning, Preserves and Jam Directions Jams, Preserves and jellies: You can use a Water Bath Canner OR a Pressure Canner for all of these recipes: Berry jams (strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, loganberry, mixed berry, etc.) Apple jelly Apricot, peach, plum or nectarine jam. Blackberry jam Blueberry jam Blueberry jelly Cherry jam and cherry preserves Fig jam Fig-strawberry jam Grape jelly from fresh grapes Mulberry jam Muscadine or scuppernong jelly Orange marmalade Peach jam NEW! Pear jam and pear jelly Pepper Jelly, hot or sweet, including chilies, jalapeno, and pimiento Plum Jam Pomegranate jelly Raspberry jam Strawberry jam NEW! Tomato Preserves NEW! Watermelon jelly Other jam recipes and jelly recipes. What happens if my jam or jelly doesn't gel? Remaking cooked runny jam or jelly instructions can be found on this page Foam in Home Jam Making - What It Is and What To Do About It! Fruit Honeys NEW! Peach honey NEW! Pear honey Ice Cream, Gelato and Sorbets with your own fruit Electric and Manual ice cream makers that require ice and salt: How to make ice cream with your own fruit! How to make Gelato How to make sugar free, fat free ice cream Coming in September: How to make frozen yogurt Coming in September: How to make sorbet Electric ice cream makers that have a bowl that must be frozen in your freezer: How to make ice cream with your own fruit! How to make Gelato How to make sugar free, fat free ice cream Coming in September: How to make frozen yogurt Coming in September: How to make sorbet Ice cream makers and manuals Lost your manual? We have most manuals here free to download! Looking for an ice cream maker? See reviews and information to select one and great prices, too Sauces, Salsas, Syrups, Butters and Chutneys You can use a Water Bath Canner OR a Pressure Canner for these (except for spaghetti sauce with meat!): How to make applesauce - W, P How to make applesauce for a meal (not canning it) with NO special equipment How to make apple butter - W, P How to make homemade, home-canned barbecue sauce - W, P How to make Blueberry butter - I'm still researching this one! How to make blueberry syrup (it works for strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, too) - W, P How to make cranberry sauce - Perfect for thanksgiving and Christmas - bright, colorful, loaded with vitamin C and incredibly easy to make! - W, P How to make cran-applesauce - GREAT for the holidays - bright, colorful, not too sweet, not too tart and loaded with vitamin C! Kids love it! - W, P NEW! Horseradish sauce - refrigerator storage only photos coming shortly! How to make GREAT mango chutney! - W, P How to make mango salsa - W, P Mint Sauce - for lamb! - W, P How to make peach butter - W, P NEW! How to make peach chutney - W, P NEW! How to make Peach salsa - W, P How to make pear butter - W, P How to make Raspberry Chipotle Sauce - W, P How to make tomato salsa - W, P NEW! How to make tomato sauce - W, P NEW! How to make tomato paste - W, P How to make spaghetti sauce - without meat - W, P How to make spaghetti sauce - with meat - P Canning miscellaneous fruits and vegetables Some of these require a pressure canner to prevent potential spoilage and food poisoning, due to the low acid content of the food. For others, you can use a Water Bath Canner OR a Pressure Canner. I've noted what's required for each, below, following each entry, with W for water bath, P for Pressure canner, and W, P for either may be used! NEW! Canning apples How to can beets - P NEW! How to make home canned carrots - P How to can blueberries (and raspberries, blackberries, currants, dewberries, elderberries, gooseberries, huckleberries, tayberries, loganberries and mulberries.) - W, P How to can cherries - W, P How to can corn (hot pack method) - P How to can corn (raw pack method) - P How to can figs - make your own figs floating in a jar of light syrup or fruit juice! - W, P Candied figs - a tasty but high-sugar Southern treat NEW! How to make canned greens, like Spinach, Turnip Greens, Collards, Kale, Swiss Chard How to can green beans, yellow beans, snap beans, broad beans, etc - P How to make canned dried beans and peas (from kidney beans, peas, lima beans, broadbeans, chickpeas,pole beans, etc.) - P NEW! How to Make Homemade Canned Baked Beans With Tomato or Molasses Sauce - P Elderberries - jams, jellies, syrups and more. (from Utah State) How to make ketchup.. or if you prefer... How to make catsup - W, P NEW! SUPER-EASY homemade ketchup recipe How to can mangoes - W, P How to can oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes, tangerines, clementines and other citrus - W, P How to make canned pears! In sugar solution, water, fruit juice or Splenda! - W, P How to make your own home canned peaches, plums, cherries or nectarines (in a light sugar, regular sugar, natural fruit juice or no calorie sweetener solution) - W, P How to make canned spiced peaches - W, P How to can peas (English peas, crowder peas, blackeye peas and purple hull peas) - P NEW! Boiled Peanuts! Now Southerners who move to other parts of the country can make their own home-canned boiled peanuts to eat later or give away as gifts How to can peppers - P NEW! How to can Hot peppers in oil - W, P How to make fresh basil Pesto (only fresh and frozen - this can't be home-canned) How to can potatoes - P How to home-can pumpkin (in a cooked, cubed form) and why you shouldn't home-can the pureed forms. Note: Pumpkin is difficult to can safely - it is a low acid food, so that rules out open water bath canning immediately. Pressure canners can be used, but according to the health authorities (like the National Center for Home Food Preservation) only if the pumpkin is cubed, rather than mashed. I usually just freeze the cooked pumpkin! - P How to make pumpkin pie from a whole, fresh pumpkin - the easy way! for fresh or frozen use More pumpkin recipes (roasting seeds, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin cookies, etc.) - fresh or frozen use NEW! How to can your own soups and chowders at home - P NEW! How to can sweet potatoes NEW! How to can tomato soup or tomato-basil soup - W, P How to can tomatoes using a water bath canner - W, P How to can tomatoes using a pressure canner - P NEW! Diced, chopped or crushed tomatoes - W, P NEW! How to can Yams Juices: canning fruit and vegetable juices NEW! Apple juice - make and bottle your own apple juice! Apple cider - coming in the next few days! How to make your own grape juice, scuppernong, juice, muscadine juice, or juice from berries, like blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, etc. - W, P Pie Fillings Apple pie filling - with or WITHOUT any added sugar! - W, P Blueberry pie filling - W, P NEW! Cherry pie filling NEW! Peach pie filling - W, P Pickling Recipes - Including Peppers, Okra, Beans and more You can use a Water Bath Canner OR a Pressure Canner for these: NEW! Pickled asparagus - W, P Pickled beets - W, P NEW! Bread and butter cucumber pickles - W, P NEW! Bread-And-Butter Zucchini pickles - W, P Pickled green beans - W, P Pickled Dill beans - W, P NEW! Pickled cabbage - W, P NEW! Pickled carrots - W, P NEW! Southern Chow-Chow (also called Piccalilli) - W, P NEW! Pickled corn relish - W, P NEW! Pickled garlic - W, P - (photos coming!) Cucumber pickles (kosher dill, bread & butter, or processed etc.) using mixes - W, P Dill pickles, from scratch - W, P NEW! Old-fashioned fermented general store barrel dill pickles - W, P - (more photos coming) Cucumber pickle relish! - W, P - This is the classic hamburger relish! No-canning-needed refrigerator cucumber pickles (kosher dill) - W, P NEW! How to Make Pickled Eggs (to store in the fridge!) Mixed vegetable pickles (cauliflower, pepper, onion, celery, cucumber mix) - W, P Pickled dilled okra! - W, P NEW! Pickled peaches (also nectarines, apricots, etc.) - W,P Pickled peppers - W, P NEW! How to make sauerkraut - homemade and naturally fermented! - W, P NEW! Pickled watermelon rind - W, P FAQs: Click here for the page of frequently asked questions (with answers) about pickling and making pickles. Freezing instructions NEW! How to freeze apples How to freeze berries (blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries, tayberries, loganberries, strawberries, saskatoons, cranberries, marionberries, boysenberries, etc.) NEW! How to freeze basil NEW! How to freeze beets NEW! How to freeze broccoli NEW! How to freeze Brussels Sprouts How to freeze green beans (and other beans) from your garden, farm, or store. NEW! How to freeze carrots from your garden How to freeze corn (niblets style) from ears from your local farm How to freeze whole cob corn (corn on the cob) from ears from your local farm How to freeze eggplants NEW! How to freeze kale, collards and other greens - photos coming soon NEW! How to freeze mangos How to freeze okra How to freeze peaches, plums, nectarines, figs and cherries How to freeze peas (snap, English, snow and mangetout) NEW! How to freeze peppers NEW! How to freeze potatoes NEW! How to freeze pumpkin to use later in pumpkin pies and other pumpkin recipes! How to freeze summer squash - zucchini, yellow squash, crookneck, scallop, pattypan, etc.) NEW! How to freeze sweet potato How to make Grilled Summer Squash with Feta - which you can freeze for the winter, or serve fresh! How to freeze tomatoes from you garden or the farm; for that fresh taste this winter! How to freeze turnips and parsnips NEW! How to freeze winter squashes (like Acorn, Banana, Buttercup, Butternut, Golden Delicious, Hubbard, Spaghetti Squash, etc) Products: Vacuum Foodsealers for freezing, dried foods, and refrigerated foods - the FoodSaver line Other Recipes for fresh or frozen use How to make your own roasted peppers! How to make fresh basil Pesto World's best apple pie! Easy Rhubarb-Strawberry pie Christmas Recipes! Halloween recipes! Blake's Ambrosia - a GREAT tasting dessert, which is ALSO healthy! Apple crunch - best of all! Moist, low sugar and using oats! Apple crisp - ever-popular, low sugar and using oats! Apple, blackberry, cherry, and/or peach cobbler Apple-blackberry, crumble - a English favorite (or favourite) Blueberry pie, recipe and directions and illustrated! Blueberry buckle coffee cake: illustrated directions for this great crumb-topping blueberry coffee cake Other easy directions to make blueberry desserts: cobblers, etc. Peach Cobbler directions - easy and great tasting! Did I miss a recipe? And write me, if you want directions for something I've missed. Easy Dehydrating Instructions See the photos and links at right for a good and inexpensive food drier. Food drying basics and principles How to dry your own herbs NEW! How to make dried apple slices NEW! How to make Sun-Dried Tomatoes Food Dehydrators - models, specs and pricing information Fruit Leathers Fruits (Colorado State University) pdf Fruits and Vegetables (University of Georgia) pdf Jerky Leathers and Jerkies (Colorado State University) pdf Mango Leather Packaging and Storing Dry Foods Peanuts Popcorn Pumpkin Seeds Sun Drying Sunflower Seeds Vegetable Leathers Vegetables (Colorado State University) pdf Vine Drying Canning, Freezing and Drying Equipment and Supplies Books on canning, freezing, drying, preserving and jam making Canners, both water bath and pressure canners. Canners for glass top stovers? Strainers, pit removers, seed-skin-stem removers, jelly strainers, etc. Vacuum Foodsealers for freezing, dried foods, and refrigerated foods - the FoodSaver line Canning Lids, Rings, Jars, mixes, pectin, etc. Trivia A Brief History of the Home Canning Jar: From Mason to Kerr to Ball and More Other Detailed Canning, Freezing and Drying Guides and Recipes Comprehensive Canning Guides and Recipes - look here for recipes that you don't see above! FAQs - Answers to common questions and problems Free government and university publications about canning to download and print Home Canning Kits This is the same type of standard canner that my grandmother used to make everything from applesauce to jams and jellies to tomato and spaghetti sauce!. This complete kit includes everything you need and lasts for years: the canner, jar rack, jar grabber tongs, lid lifting wand, a plastic funnel, labels, bubble freer, and the bible of canning, the Ball Blue Book. It's much cheaper than buying the items separately. You'll never need anything else except jars and lids (and the jars are reusable). To see more canners, of different styles, makes and prices, click here!Average Customer Review: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Lids, Rings, Jars, mixes, pectin, etc. Need lids, rings and replacement jars? Or pectin to make jam, spaghetti sauce or salsa mix or pickle mixes? Get them all here, and usually at lower prices than your local store! Get them all here at the best prices on the internet! This page was updated on 15-Nov-2008 http://www.so-fab.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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