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Mar
26
Chad and Mary Beth

How to make Strawberry Jam (not freezer jam)

Had 2 flats of strawberries that came from Plant City, FL.  I must give 2 thumbs up for this grower. Fabulous strawberries and very generous amounts in each flat. I thought I would never get to the bottom of 2 flats! If you are in Florida, check out http://www.ifarm4u.com/ Made 3 batches of Strawberry Jam today. If you were to use the small jelly jars I made approximately 30 jars with only 3/4 of one flat!!...
Nov
8
Chad and Mary Beth

Homemade Apple Butter

YUM YUM!! This made our house smell great. Left over applesauce that we did not can/process, we put in the crock pot. I have a fairly large crock pot. We added 4 1/2 quarts of applesauce to the crock pot. Add 2 tablespoons of Cinnamon 1 teaspoon of cloves 1/2 teaspoon allspice 2 cups of sugar Mix it with our applesauce. Set it to low and cook 6-12 hours. You will need to leave the lid cracked a bit so the liquid...
Nov
7
Chad and Mary Beth

Homemade Applesauce

Our 1st try at this and it was a huge success. As you saw in our previous post we bought 45 lbs of apples and we were so excited to get started. To day we worked on 2 projects. One more is still in the works well post tomorrow. However Apple Sauce. YUM!!!  The Braeburn apples are good, I do think sweeter ones would be better. We did have to add a tad bit of sugar to the mix but that is ok. If you get sweet...
Oct
23
Chad and Mary Beth

Canning Fresh Peaches

What you will need: Canning Jars , lids and rings Canning Supplies (canner, jar lifter) Good Ripe Peaches Sugar Patience I buy peaches every year either a 1/2 of a full bushel. You 1st need to make s simple syrup. 2 parts water to 1 part sugar.  If too sweet, you can do 3 parts water to 1 part sugar. Depends on how sweet of a syrup you would like your peaches to have. So I make up about 7 cups of water and...
Oct
23
Chad and Mary Beth

Make Your Own Fresh Peach Jelly

What you will need: Jelly Jars, Lids  & Rings Pectin Sugar Peel Peels and Pits  (usually left over from canning peaches, see our canning peaches post) Canning Supplies (canner, jar lifter) Cheese Cloth This is 7 quarts worth of peach peels and pits. Put them in a pot cover it with water. It is approximately about 6 cups of water to cover it all. Maybe 6 1/2. Then boil it soon as it starts boiling turn...
Oct
20
Chad and Mary Beth

How to butcher a fresh pumpkin

Cut your pumpkin open and then slice it like you would a cantaloupe. Into slices… Once you cut it into slices use a pairing knife and cut out the strings/seeds as best as you can. Then cut the slice into 2 pieces so you have chunks like you see below. Big chunks are not a bad thing. You will be glad for bigger chunks after it cooks…. Then you fill the big pot with lots of water till it covers all the pumpkin....
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