Comments on: The Joy of Canning

By: Suzanne McMinn

Suzanne McMinn — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 10:38:41 +0000

Tracy, come on over to the forum and describe your problem–there is a Canning section:

You’ll get lots of suggestions there!

By: Tracy Liekhus

Tracy Liekhus — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:26:55 +0000

I loved your blog on canning and how your learned. I started canning in small amounts last summer, but have devoted almost the last month to canning everything I can get my hands on. I am having trouble with jellies and jams though. I live at a high altitude in Colorado and find everything turns thick and crystalizes after a week to ten days. I have tried recipes that do not call for pectin and those that call for pectin, with the same result. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

By: Angie

Angie — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:42:14 +0000

I started canning 3 years ago. We have a CSA share, and I wanted to make a lower sugar higher fruit jam for my 3 year old who was eating a jar every 2 weeks with the help of my husband. The following year I tried pickles, and now I have canned soups, pickles, many fruit preserves. Last year we picked 20 pounds of strawberries and I made strawberry vanilla bean jam, it was SO good, my new thing is wine jelly (easy to can in winter, when you want the heat and humidity in the house!)

By: Sheila

Sheila — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:10:00 +0000

I started slowly learning to can not quiet a year ago , I’m still interested in it and hopefully this spring I can get a head start on my garden so I can have things to can , so far I’ve done some blueberry jelly , strawberry jelly (or jam I’m not sure which LOL) , grape jelly , apple butter , apple jelly (though it didn’t completely thicken LOL) mayo , peanut butter , honey mustard , some of suzannes cranberry sauce and spaghetti sauce.I’d like to try to make some tomato sauce as well and maybe some salsa. I have a ball book on home canning and preserving but it’s not the ball blue book.My hubby makes fun of me for it , but if I feel that I’m doing something good , I say let him laugh (and he does LOL). .

By: Bonnie Pillarelli

Bonnie Pillarelli — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:08:53 +0000

I am a self taught canner. Now a grandmother I am teaching my granddaughters to can. I bought my first pressure canner this year and am having a ball with it. If you can read, YOU CAN CAN.

By: Kaci

Kaci — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:33:52 +0000

I grew up eating my grandmother’s home-canned garden fruits and vegetables. Yet, I’m afraid to can my own. I admire you and love your blogs!

I am thinking of signing up with 4-H and see if they’ll teach an older person how to can. Kaci in FL

By: Debbie Johnson

Debbie Johnson — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:49:36 +0000

I love to can and taught myself. All I needed to learn was the desire and a book to teach me. Come on wanna bee’s, you *can* do it!

By: Deb Martin-Webster

Deb Martin-Webster — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:08:18 +0000

When we moved to our farm in WNC the first thing we did was to put in a garden. We also became the proud parents of a 100 year old grape vine that had been gone feral! With tender loving care we nursed it back to where it’s producting fruit, beautiful Concord grapes. Our first harvest produced 8 jars of deeeeeeelicious grape jam! I made homemake bread and homemade butter and . . .well let’s jut say, before I could ring for breakfast my husband was already sitting at the table! Canning is now a necessity to keep hubby happy and well fed!

By: Tena Stollar

Tena Stollar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:02:43 +0000

I thought your questions about canning were interesting. I have canned for nearly 30 years. My aunt always canned just about everything and my mother always canned tomatoes. When I wanted to begin canning, I hit the books and learned all that I could. I’m obsessive about cleanliness and procedure, so I feel very safe about the food I can. I always seem to grow a garden big enough for numerous families so there is always an abundance of veggies, etc. This year I have canned green beans, whole tomatoes, salsa, pasta sauce and numerous types of relish. I have loads of peppers still to be used…..and tomatoes too.

By: The Joy of Canning | Garden Harvest Supply

The Joy of Canning | Garden Harvest Supply — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:43:30 +0000

[...] suburbs to a farm. As with many people new to canning, Suzanne was soon hooked. Last week on her blog she wrote, “I’ve canned a lot this summer already and I’m not done…. I’ve canned things [...]