What are you canning now?

[Beekissed]

Lovely jars!!!!

Took the neighbor 6 young chickens I no longer needed nor wanted...he was delighted and gave me a rabbit in return. Bunny FuFu was butchered the next morning and will find a good home in a Mason jar the next time I can...for now he's at rest in the freezer.

That was the first butchering my granddaughter got to take part in~she's 1 1/2 yrs old~she clapped when the bunny stopped moving and watched the whole thing with much, much interest. Even helped me take the remains to the gut pile...she loves riding the mower.

Feels good passing down the old ways to the new generation.

 

[thistlebloom]

I never had apple butter, do like rosemary butter. Will need to check butter section at market.

Apple butter will be in the jam section NYboy.

 

[Nyboy]

Is it a jam or butter? While I am asking whats the difference between Jam and jelly ?

 

[canesisters]

It's .... well... it's sort of a spread. The texture is very similar to apple sauce.
Jam is fruit cooked down, usually has some small chunks in it.
Jelly is made from fruit juice.
(I think)

 

[canesisters]

Both of these are apple butter. The lower one is more like what my sister makes.

 

[canesisters]

By the way, when I went out to get a pict of apple butter I saw this:

HOW HAS THIS NEVER OCCURED TO ME!?!?!?!?!?!
No more wasted apple butter for me!!
COOKIES!!!!!!!!!

 

[catjac1975]

Sauce

 

[majorcatfish]

Recipe please

will get the recipe for the dw tonight and post it as soon as i can...

 

[thistlebloom]

Yesterday DH and I helped the neighbors put up the apples from their tree.
We made 23 quarts of apple pie filling, and 23 pints of applesauce, and had a good time talking and laughing together.

 

[ninnymary]

It's always so much fun when you do things together. Let me know how that apple pie filling comes out. Mine always gets mushy.

Mary