Yesterday as I watched my two boys play in the yard I noticed how all my fruit and vegetables were producing for me! I quickly realized it is time to pull out the pressure cooker and jars to bottle and make jam! 
The problem is, I have NO idea how to do any of it! I am planning on having my mother in law help me, but I would love any tips that you have for me!My plans are to:
Bottle:
green beans
tomatoes
Freeze:
hot peppers
green peppers
Make Jam from:
blackberries
blackberries
raspberries
First I guess I need to shop smart for my jars and supplies. The best price I can see right now is
12 pint Kerr Jars for $6.37 and use my $3/2 case coupon from RP 4/26 making them $4.87 each. I think the best price I have seen on lids was $1.35 for 12.
Then I am looking for a couple recipes for blackberry or raspberry jam!
Can anyone help me? I am excited to try these new ways of preserving food! Wish me luck!
5 comments:
I did raspberry freezer jam at the beginning of the summer with the first crop of raspberries from my garden...yummmy and easy! I bought the Ball brand fruit pectin to mix in with the crushed raspberries, and there was a coupon in the box for .50/1 my next purchase of fruit pectin. Also, there is a coupon for .75 off two packages of Ball lids from RP-7/12.
The package of fruit pectin also included the recipe I used to make the jam, and points out that berries should be crushed by hand and not in a blender in order to maintain the best flavor.
:) Shelley
WE love the freezer jam on the package of Pectin . 7 cup sugar, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 2 c karo syrup, fruit. Pectin. mix it really well and make sure your sugar is dissolved. We LOVE It.
I made this recipe for raspberry jam yeserday and it turned out great
http://thepioneerwoman.com/tasty-kitchen/recipes/canning/old-fashioned-raspberry-jam/
The best part was that it required no pectin and it turned out great! Just raspberries and sugar. It was super easy! Good luck!
Get a "Ball Blue Book of Canning". It has guidelines and recipes for everything under the sun. I love mine!
I prefer the sugar free (uses splenda) freezer jam. It tastes so much more like real fruit! Plus, it's lots healthier.
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