My canning premiere
Sep 27th, 2009 by prissycook
Canning is another one of those crafty homemade endeavors that was on my list of “things to learn.”
It’s amazing how many resources there are online on the subject and how an online shout out got me an invitation to a friend’s house to take a stab at learning the process.
Ball’s website has online tutorials and downloadable PDFs
Ball’s website has an amazing blog roll to related resources
Food in Jars writes about current in season canning and preserving
Consider the Pantry is a clean well organized canning and preserving blog
With these sites bookmarked and recipes printed, I was ready to tackle my first batch of jam. Well almost. I had to pick up a few extra jars. Believe it or not, in Chandler, Az, it was quite a task.
Not all Wal-marts carry canning supplies (whoda thunk it, I went to 2)
My Basha’s is closing, so none there
Sprouts (my closest hippie store, nope)
Fry’s (Krogers in some areas) YES! They had a great canning section
With the biggest pot I’ve ever seen borrowed from the neighbor, ingredients prepped. NOW, I was ready to start.
I decided to make Prickly Pear Jam, since that’s what I learned to make at my friend’s home and then I wanted to make a marmalade.
I got two amazing batches made. One batch that got tossed won me the comment, “Look! You learned how to make gummy bears.” Which was my sign that I used too much pectin.
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