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[CrabGrassAcres View Member Profile]

Now, Cookie, tsk, tsk, you will make the poor child afraid to join the canning queen club. LOL

[cookiejar View Member Profile]

(Psssssssst! Flee! Flee while you can!! The canners are coming!)

[JCK88 View Member Profile]

Are you saying serious canners need...an intervention????

As in "Stop me before I can again???" LOL You mean it's not NORMAL to cook three turkeys for thanksgiving and spend the next day canning meat and broth??? HUH????

[cookiejar View Member Profile]

Originally Posted By: JCK88

Are you saying serious canners need...an intervention????

As in "Stop me before I can again???" LOL You mean it's not NORMAL to cook three turkeys for thanksgiving and spend the next day canning meat and broth??? HUH????

3 TURKEYS??
Psst psst! point point point~~~>~~~>
They've come for youuuuuuu!

[Cat View Member Profile]

**Cat drags cookiejar over to the side and duct-tapes her to the wall... with some over her mouth, too...**


Pay no attention to those who don't can *yet*...

Nana used to say she couldn't, til she did it!



Cult? What cult???

[CrabGrassAcres View Member Profile]

Cookie, I ain't gonna let you see "my" canned stuff. Not if you think canning only 3 turkeys is odd. LOL


Wanna come help me can two pigs? (smirk)

[dogmom4 View Member Profile]

Trish, cookie's not talkin'. She's been taped to the WALL!

[Mt_Rider View Member Profile]

Censorship: MrsS style!





Do NOT mess with these home canning ladies...and gents!!!




MtRider [I have Sherman. I'm safe!]

[herbal View Member Profile]

okay guys just to even things out here...If you had the yrs supply of the very basics dry goods what would you can to add to this that would be most valuable for overall health.

[CrabGrassAcres View Member Profile]

Tomatoes and greens. I once read about a frontier family that made it thru a long hard winter and finally got to town. They bought a can of tomatoes and opened them on the spot and ate them out of the can.

[Jasminegirl View Member Profile]

herbal. As for me, I love canning green beans, potatoes, and peas among other things. I use to do this years ago b/f I had to run our nursery and work other places. Now I have several rows of potatoes planted 2 weeks ago, and next week I will be planting green beans, greens, cabbage and my tomatoes I have in containers. will add other things as I can. But I will be trying to buy my peas this year, don't want to do to much my first year with a bad back. I am buying up lots of dried beans, rice, flour, meal, sugar/surejel (been scouting out all the huckleberry bushes full in bloom already). I hope when we go on our vacation I can locate some places along the way I can pick up some wheat if not too far out of our way. Really like to find some we can haul back ourself instead of ordering it. But as the garden comes in we will be mostly green beans, peas, and potatoes. And hopefully I will plant enough of other stuff to make some jars of soup. I may just put enough greens and okra in freezer for eating during the winter, and plant more greens and cut the okra partly down(so it can reproduce) to eat fresh greens and okra through the fall.

[herbal View Member Profile]

thankyou so much for your posts.I have another question if I want to can these items now and not wait since not much in season what could I can.I just did carrots

[Mt_Rider View Member Profile]

You could can anything in the stores. Some folks get a great bargain on bags of frozen veggies and decided to can them. Cuz they don't want to have all of their stored food electric-dependent. Or they don't have the room in the freezer. Carrots seem to always be available for reasonable price, aren't they? How 'bout onions? Some apples go on sale. Pressure can meat?

Have you checked out the forum, Preserving the Harvest? Lots of canning ideas there. Dehydrator tips too. I've been dehydrating leftover celery if I think it's going to go to waste. ...which it seems to do rather too quickly!

Edited to add: Ah, I see you have found that forum and you have caught the bug Good for you!!!!! and welcome to the club!

MtRider

[herbal View Member Profile]

thankyou all for your time

[Spider View Member Profile]

If your family enjoys soup, try canning your own. The next time you make chicken soup, make a huge pot and can the leftovers. It's much better than store bought.

[herbal View Member Profile]

hello guys been awhile tried alot of things and now I am on to tortillas simple thing but not for me...Well first thing from what I gather the corn tortillas with the pinto beans will provide the proper nutrients..Well cornmeal flour will not form into a ball its not happening .From what was posted here you treat it, has anyone done this and does this take all week to finish?I know you can buy it by the bag but Im wanting to be s elf sufficient and able to provide this for my family if needed.I have checked the net and it seems complicated needed to put this one under my belt so I can practise any help will be welcomed from experience thanks kindly

[CrabGrassAcres View Member Profile]

Here is a recipe. Corn tortillas are made with treated corn. THis tells you how to treat it. There is a grinder that is specifically made for nixtamal or you can prob use a corona hand mill if the food processor is not available.


Corn Tortillas
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2006
Show: Good Eats
Episode: TORT(illa) Reform
1 1/2 to 2 pounds Nixtamal, recipe follows
4 to 5 tablespoons lukewarm water
1 teaspoon kosher salt

Place the Nixtamal into the bowl of a food processor and pulse 10 to 15 times. Add 2 tablespoons of the water and pulse 8 to 10 times, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl once or twice. Add 2 more tablespoons of water along with the salt and pulse until a dough begins to form. If the dough is still dry and somewhat crumbly, add the remaining tablespoon of water and pulse several times. Turn the dough out onto the counter and shape into a ball. Wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap and allow to sit for 30 minutes. *You may also make tortillas from pre-ground masa flour following the directions on the bag.

Preheat a cast iron griddle over medium-high heat until it reaches 400 degrees F.

Divide the dough into 1 1/2-ounce portions, shape into balls, and keep covered with a damp tea towel.

Cut a 1-gallon zip-top bag in half and line the base of a tortilla press with the plastic. Place 1 ball at a time onto the press and top with the other half of the plastic. Close the press and push down firmly several times until the tortilla is flattened. Remove the plastic wrap from the tortilla and place onto the cast iron skillet and cook for 1 minute on each side. Remove the tortilla to a plate lined with a tea towel. Cover the tortilla with a second towel to keep warm. Repeat with all of the dough. Use immediately or store in a zip-top bag in the refrigerator for up to a week.

Nixtamal:
1 pound dried corn kernels, approximately 2 cups
6 cups water
1/2-ounce slaked lime* (commonly called cal), approximately 2 tablespoons

*Cook's Note: Both dried corn and slaked lime (cal) are available online and in most Latin markets.

Rinse the corn under cool water; drain and set aside.

Place the water and the lime into a 3 1/2 to 4-quart, non-reactive stockpot, set over medium-low heat, and stir to combine. Add the corn and bring just to a boil, stirring occasionally. Make sure that it takes at least 30 to 45 minutes to come to a boil. Once the mixture comes to a boil, remove from the heat, cover, and allow to sit at room temperature overnight. Do not refrigerate.

Drain the corn in a large colander and rinse under lukewarm water for 5 to 6 minutes while rubbing the corn kernels between your fingers in order to remove the outer coating. Place the corn into a large bowl, cover with lukewarm water, and allow to soak for 2 to 3 minutes. Drain, rinse, and repeat. Use immediately to make masa dough for tortillas.

Yield: approximately 1 1/2 to 2 pounds nixtamal
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Inactive Prep Time: 12 hours

[Ambergris View Member Profile]

We use an old Corona to crack whole corn for the chickens, or to break up cracked corn for chicks. It is very fast and easy. It will not grind flour, though. My guess is that if you have a mill that says it grinds hard seeds like corn, but that it won't grind large seeds like corn, you need to run your corn through a cheap, fast mill like the Corona before you put it in the flour mill.

[herbal View Member Profile]

thanks again Im not sure where to buy this slaked lime I do live on a Island not alot of stores?How healthy is this I am a organic eater and this sounds hmmmmmmmmm interesting .I found some certified organic corn at the feed store in a big bag do you think this would be okay I heard somewhere a feed store is a good place to look?I guess it would be safe for people????Pickling lime or builders lime or slaked lime any info would be welcomed

[CrabGrassAcres View Member Profile]

Pickling lime or builder's lime is the same as slaked lime. Usually you can find pickling lime at a grocery that has canning supplies. You want calcium hydroxide, not calcium oxide. If I couldn't find pickling lime I would not hesitate to get the builder's lime from a lumber yard.