Information and discussion about canning and dehydrating tomatoes and other garden vegetables and fruits. DISCLAIMER: SOME RECIPES MAY NOT COMPLY WITH CURRENT FOOD SAFETY GUIDELINES - FOLLOW AT YOUR OWN RISK
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Tomorrow is the day. I think I'll leave the washing machine part out though
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The whole washing machine idea sounds creepy.
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It's really nice to have a pantry full of canned beans and low sodium homemade broth. You'll love your canner! |
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I also love saurkraut and homemade dill pickles made from Armenian cucumbers. Eggplants are really good this way, and any green. Garlic chives turned out yummy as kimchi. My husband ferments pepper puree for an amazing salsa base or hot sauce. |
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Saltmarsh gave you the best idea for preserving greens. Just cook them seasoned the way you like and freeze them. We have been doing it that way for 25 years or more and they are really good that way. Not quite as good as fresh but what is.
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Bill, I agree. I'm going to do as Salt recommended about the salt water.
I'm going to follow these steps: Rinse outside Put in a sink of water Rinse again in the other sink Cut to bite size Toss into boiling salt water for 2 minutes Remove and place greens in an ice bath Dry them Place in Ziploc bags and use a straw to get out as much air as I can Freeze |
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Thank you Salt, I'll be starting the process in about an hour. I had to clean up after our grandchildren visit Wednesday and Thursday. They are 2 and 5 years old, so lots of cleaning.
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Three hours of picking, rinsing...washing...rinsing, cutting, cooking, ice bath... 7 quart bags of greens.
I learned new respect for all of you who preserve food. Same thing tomorrow. I only got half of them today. Then there are two 40' rows of turnips to think about. I guess I'll cook some turnip greens up to remember what they taste like. And then figure out what to do. I'm going to have nightmares of organic err stuff stuck on greens after 5 weeks of heavy rainfall. |
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Worth is right about planting the rutabagas, but most people are missing out.
The rutabaga greens have a better flavor than turnip greens especially when they are young and tender. The greens won't keep like the waxed root so most people aren't familar with them. When I plant rutabagas I sow about 4 times as many seed as needed. When they get about 4" tall, I pull half for greens leaving the biggest in place for roots and spaced properly. Then when they are about 8" tall I pull half again for greens leaving the biggest for roots and about 6" apart. Slice the roots like steak fries spray with nonstick coating sprinkle on some seasoned salt and bake in the oven like you would potatoes. Good eats. Claud |
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I'm not sure if I've ever seen seeds for rutabaga. It's something I have heard about but was never curious enough to research... until now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga
I need to supplement my diet with more leafy vegetables. I know it would help my wife as well. I guess the next step is to find out if seeds for Rotabagge are available locally or if I need to order them online? I just wrote it on the white board. That's where I make my lists to buy stuff. We are going to plant spinach this fall. What I've been reading for years now - is that greens taste better when grown in fall. Some can take a little frost and taste even better. I need to make the soil cool enough for them to grow. Maybe starting seeds and then transplanting would be better? I found with Collards that the ones I direct sowed are half the size of the ones I transplanted. A lot to think about. |
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