Ridgerunner
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What are you canning now?
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Thank you
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Did you grow the apples you just canned ?
City Girl Farms
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Sadly, no. I have two trees, and one bore fruit for the first time this year. Five apples make a nice pie or two, but the bugs destroyed them quickly.
The HC came from an orchard near my sister’s house.
The HC came from an orchard near my sister’s house.
baymule
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I rendered hog fat yesterday and canned lard. I got 12 quarts of white lard and made cracklins too. Simmering more chicken feet today, will get the broth all canned up later in the afternoon.
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YEECH!!! I won't use the feet for ANYTHING I want to eat!! I just keep thinking about all of the poo that they get on their feet. I KNOW there are folks who just love them, but the feet go to the dogs at my house. Period.
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Keeping busy here. Pints are mango juice and brown sugar water. Quarts are plain salted water. One jar exploded when it was on the counter....sticky stuff everywhere!
City Girl Farms
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I’m more worried about exploding jars than an exploding pressure canner.
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I wonder if the explosion occurred bc of rapid temperature changes. You may want to consider putting jars out of either hot water bath or pressure canner onto a wooden cutting board. I do that, and it helps to insulate the jars against a counter that may be cold. Yes, it sometimes warps bc of the water, but it will also warp back into shape.
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I put them on a towel to give a cushioned place to put them. I wonder if that jar was scratched or cracked to start with? No way to tell now.
