Ridgerunner
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I don't do hot peppers, just sweet peppers, so I can't offer any thoughts on those.
Since my last post on this thread, I've not done a lot. I ran some tomatoes through the food mill and cooked the "juice" down some, then froze that in preparation for making spaghetti sauce later. I've got about 8 quarts of halfway cooked down sauce in the freezer. I haven't tried it this way before. I'll see how it goes.
I also made 13 half pints and 3 pints of seedless blackberry jam. I'd previously run the blackberries through the squeezo strainer to remove seeds but still had all the pulp in it. That was canned previously to store them until I had the time and ambition to make the jam.
And I've just finished making 18 pints of chicken broth and froze three vacuum bags of cooked chicken meat.
Not sure what I'll do next. My summer garden has slowed a lot, but my fall garden has sprouted real well.
Since my last post on this thread, I've not done a lot. I ran some tomatoes through the food mill and cooked the "juice" down some, then froze that in preparation for making spaghetti sauce later. I've got about 8 quarts of halfway cooked down sauce in the freezer. I haven't tried it this way before. I'll see how it goes.
I also made 13 half pints and 3 pints of seedless blackberry jam. I'd previously run the blackberries through the squeezo strainer to remove seeds but still had all the pulp in it. That was canned previously to store them until I had the time and ambition to make the jam.
And I've just finished making 18 pints of chicken broth and froze three vacuum bags of cooked chicken meat.
Not sure what I'll do next. My summer garden has slowed a lot, but my fall garden has sprouted real well.
This looks like a place where I'll make friends in no time. 
MsMarieH!
Lucky folks on your Christmas list!
