Canning, Freezing, and Dehydrating 2013

[doyourtime89]

I got my first pressure cook/canner the beginning of this year.  I have been wanting to can salmon for awhile.  I looked online and talked to a bunch of people that have done it.  Got different ideas on different flavors.  I did a batch of 13 jars each jar is a different flavor.  I plan on having some of my family over to do a salmon tasting and figure out what flavors we like the best and stick with those.  Then I wanted to try some jam so about 3 weeks ago I did some strawberry, it turned out great.  This past weekend I did blueberry jam and some other jam that was made from half blackberries and half raspberries.  Both of those are great too.  Next I want to do dill pickles and dill green beans. 

[Southpole]

I got my first pressure cook/canner the beginning of this year.  I have been wanting to can salmon for awhile.  I looked online and talked to a bunch of people that have done it.  Got different ideas on different flavors.  I did a batch of 13 jars each jar is a different flavor.  I plan on having some of my family over to do a salmon tasting and figure out what flavors we like the best and stick with those.  Then I wanted to try some jam so about 3 weeks ago I did some strawberry, it turned out great.  This past weekend I did blueberry jam and some other jam that was made from half blackberries and half raspberries.  Both of those are great too.  Next I want to do dill pickles and dill green beans. 

The next salmon I catch is going in some jars. What did you use for flavor?

[doyourtime89]

I got my first pressure cook/canner the beginning of this year.  I have been wanting to can salmon for awhile.  I looked online and talked to a bunch of people that have done it.  Got different ideas on different flavors.  I did a batch of 13 jars each jar is a different flavor.  I plan on having some of my family over to do a salmon tasting and figure out what flavors we like the best and stick with those.  Then I wanted to try some jam so about 3 weeks ago I did some strawberry, it turned out great.  This past weekend I did blueberry jam and some other jam that was made from half blackberries and half raspberries.  Both of those are great too.  Next I want to do dill pickles and dill green beans. 

The next salmon I catch is going in some jars. What did you use for flavor?

Each jar was different...I am trying to figure out what we might like. 

[DoubleJ]

We do blackberry jam every year.  I've done tomatoes and sauce in the past too.  I need a pressure cooker so I can really get into it.  Water bath is all I can do at the moment

[Whitpirate]

We put up jam, syrup, beans, salsa, blueberries, strawberries and I've got a hankering to do some canned salmon and maybe head out to Westport for a tuna. 

Smoker will work overtime this fall. 

[206]

Dehydrating salmon?  Smoked fish is getting old, can dehydrating salmon be the next cave man wannabe staple?  hmmmmmmmmmm

[Michelle_Nelson]

I'll be heading over to the Coast to pick up some Tuna this year.  I'll get atleast 75 lbs of Tuna for me.  I'll probably pick up tuna for several other people when I go over to.  There are several other families in my area that can too.  They help with the gas and pick the tuna up at my house the day I pick it up.   

[lokidog]

Wish I had time to can more....  We do pickled green beans and carrots.  I've also done kelp pickles, both sweet and savory.  Two years ago, I took all of my meat scraps that were too small for burger, or too thin to strip the silverskin easily, and tossed it in the stock pot for a while.  I made a bunch of stock by tossing a quarter of an onion in each pint jar with a little salt and pepper.  I used a jar of it for gravy last night to go with my Swiss moose steak.  My son said it was the "best gravy ever."   

[KFhunter]

for you canners..


I've been switching to these

http://www.reusablecanninglids.com/

haven't canned anything with them as of yet, but I've used the seal a meal on them and they are holding tight. 

[Michelle_Nelson]

Interesting KFhunter.  Let us know how they work out. . . .

[steeleywhopper]

Im canning up a bunch of Kokanee tomorrow.

[Southpole]

Dehydrating salmon?  Smoked fish is getting old, can dehydrating salmon be the next cave man wannabe staple?  hmmmmmmmmmm

You make some first and let us know how it is.

[Axle]

I'll be heading over to the Coast to pick up some Tuna this year.

I've done that a few times. Best tuna I've ever had! 
I love canning and dehydtrating 

[doyourtime89]

I'll be heading over to the Coast to pick up some Tuna this year.  I'll get atleast 75 lbs of Tuna for me.  I'll probably pick up tuna for several other people when I go over to.  There are several other families in my area that can too.  They help with the gas and pick the tuna up at my house the day I pick it up.

I would love to do some tuna.  When do you do that, what time of the year?  Where do you go?  How much does it end up costing?  I am guessing the more you buy the better price you get?

[steen]

I can a lot but probably a lot less now that the kids are all moved out.  I do beans, pickled beets, reg. beets, fruit cocktail, peaches and pears (with a very light syrup), red cabbage, various jams, tomato sauces, carrots, pickles, bread and butter pickles, freezer corn, and I make wine occasionally.  Hoping for a good crop of grapes this year.  I also make my own soaps.  My husband does a lot of different sausages in his smoke house/butcher room.  I think cancer is rampant because of what we eat more than anything.  It's all the pesticides and weed killers that have a part in it.  I like my garden produce!