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Quote from: treefarmer on January 10, 2022, 04:17:20 PMHave you used the lids from Dutchman? If so how did the work? I got some from uline and they didn’t seal very well. It’s perfectly fine if the juices don’t cover I used some new ball jars and lids, pint sized. Just getting started with the canning. Thanks for the reply
Have you used the lids from Dutchman? If so how did the work? I got some from uline and they didn’t seal very well. It’s perfectly fine if the juices don’t cover
We've canned the cuts of venison and elk that would normally be tough, but have never done what my grandma did. She would use wide mouth quart jars, and cut ribs with all the outside meat left on it, about 4" or so long. She'd stuff the jar, rib bones standing on end, and put onions, Rutabaga, salt, and some other seasonings, (don't know what), down the voids, and fill about halfway up the ribs with broth. THEN she would stuff about 1 1/2" of bread dough, (and it was blue ribbon winning bread), then she would bake it until the bread was done. It would usually rise up over the top of the jar just a bit, and us grandkids would get to cut it off flush with the top of the jar, (and eat the tops...which were delicious). Then she would put the lids/rings on, and can it. You had to run a butter knife around the inside of the jar, to pop the bread out, when it was time to warm it up and eat it. I have no idea why she did it that way, other than she wouldn't have to bake any bread when we had stewed ribs. All I know was, it was excellent, and kind of handy. Someday I'll try it.
Bringing this back to life. I've worked through all our choice cuts, ground a bunch of burger and have some set aside for sausage, but still probably have 30-40# of meat that I was considering canning. I see a pretty even split of guys that raw pack and those that hot pack. Can anyone that's done both tell me the difference between the two in a finished product? That one time I did canned venison a couple years ago I did raw pack and it seemed soggy to me. Wasn't particularly appealing.