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mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 08:43 PM Aug 2014

I'm done canning for the day. Ask me anything..........

I canned 4 quarts of zucchini in tomato sauce.
I also canned 4 quarts of zucchini dill spears. (think zucchini pickles).
I also checked the sauerkraut I started fermenting the other day, and it's delicious. I'll separate it into smaller jars tomorrow & give my brothers and a couple of neighbors a jar.

Between the food bank & a program called Produce to People, I had five 4-5 lb. zucchinis and 4 heads of cabbage. I'm not going to waste it. I have made 2 loaves of zucchini bread. I have 2 zucchinis left. I'm going to put it through the food processor, freeze it and make bread later this year.

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I'm done canning for the day. Ask me anything.......... (Original Post) mrmpa Aug 2014 OP
Good for you, my dear mrmpa! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2014 #1
Nope......... mrmpa Aug 2014 #3
Do you like Hip Hop music? (nt) bigwillq Aug 2014 #2
Good God, no.....eom mrmpa Aug 2014 #4
What is your fave genre of music (nt) bigwillq Aug 2014 #5
I'm kind of ecletic............ mrmpa Aug 2014 #8
love canning NJCher Aug 2014 #6
Oh my gosh.............. mrmpa Aug 2014 #7

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,297 posts)
1. Good for you, my dear mrmpa!
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 08:48 PM
Aug 2014

My mom used to can things. I never got the habit, but I respect anyone who can do it.

Ask you anything.......hm....

How did you learn your skill? Did someone teach you?

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
3. Nope.........
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 10:07 PM
Aug 2014

Mom never canned, nor my grandma or aunts. I decided two years ago that it was something I wanted to do, so I got a pressure cooker, vegetables, went online and read what I could.

Though my grandma to my knowledge never canned, the sauerkraut I made I was told by my mother was how my grandma used to make it.

mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
8. I'm kind of ecletic............
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 11:38 PM
Aug 2014

I have satellite radio, so I listen to the Bridge ('70's music), I like Springsteen, Folk music (Pete Seeger & performers from the '60's). The Blues can be heard emanating from my car. I guess what I like Is when I understand the words and the songs gives me a story.

NJCher

(35,422 posts)
6. love canning
Tue Aug 12, 2014, 10:45 PM
Aug 2014

Love everything about it. I love the aromas and the beautiful, clean, sparkling glass jars resting on towels after being taken out of the hot water bath.

Since I have glass in my kitchen cabinets, I always arrange to have home canned goods showing in the front.

My mom used to can. In the subsequent cold, snowy winters, I recall being sent to the basement to "get a can of tomatoes." Or green beans or vegetable soup or tomato sauce or jam or jelly.

I've done some canning myself, but not recently. It's a very fulfilling activity with satisfying results.

I would like to recommend my favorite recipe, zucchini crust pizza. I make this once a week, in season or not. I use it for breakfast (top it with roasted tomatoes and sausage). It accompanies soups. And needless to say, it makes a great pizza crust!

http://www.molliekatzen.com/recipes/recipe.php?recipe=zucchini_pizza


Cher

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