2025 Canning

[Twispriver]

My first canning project of the year is in the books - Rhubarb Pie Filling
It takes two pints to make a pie, but we rarely use if for that. Mostly it goes on as topping for pancakes, french toast and ice cream and it is great filling for the puff pastry tarts that my wife makes for the holidays.
Feel free to add your projects, pictures and recipes to the thread.

[Jpmiller]

Our rhubarb is just about ready to get picked. Looking forward to restocking our pantry, but we do a lot of jam with ours and some syrups too. I love the jam on an English muffin or sour dough toast in the mornings and the rhubarb syrup makes a fantastic soda or mixed with lemonade.

[Alchase]

My dad (he passed in 2002) would not let anyone else make the Rhubarb pie filling or the Rhubarb and Strawberry pie filling every year.

I almost forgot how good it was!
Thanks for the reminder 

[Twispriver]

We're getting enough rain and cool temps that I'm hoping to get a second harvest when the strawberries are on. Rhubarb and strawberries were made for each other 

[elkslayer069]

I canned 23 quarts of turkey stock a couple weeks ago out of 2 turkeys a friend and i got.

[Boss .300 winmag]

My first canning project of the year is in the books - Rhubarb Pie Filling
It takes two pints to make a pie, but we rarely use if for that. Mostly it goes on as topping for pancakes, french toast and ice cream and it is great filling for the puff pastry tarts that my wife makes for the holidays.
Feel free to add your projects, pictures and recipes to the thread.

Ok Twisp you know the drill, we need a recipe for that.🤣

I’ve picked ours three times already, I give it to 5B’s bakery in Concrete for trade in goods.

But I’d like to try this.

[Twispriver]

Here it is

6 quarts of peeled and chopped fruit separated into two large bowls
In a large stock pot mix:
9 1/2 cups of water
7 cups of sugar
2 cups of Clear-Jel cook-type corn starch (I source this from Amazon)
1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg

Set aside 1/2 cup of lemon juice

Heat the ingredients in the stock pot, stirring constantly until it thickens and begins to bubble - add the lemon juice, stir it in and remove from heat

Divide the syrup mixture evenly between the two bowls of fruit and mix well

Fill jars, tighten lids and hot water bath cook for 30 minutes

I have used the same recipe with apples, peaches and all manner of berries and it's good every time

[Twispriver]

I was pretty busy last week over the long weekend. Ten plus cases of jam and three cases of pie filling done with strawberries and rhubarb, raspberries, tayberries, huckleberries and cherries. The cherries are from a tree on our farm that are smaller than what you would get in the store but very firm and sweet. This tree blooms so early that we rarely get any fruit because it is usually too cold for the bees to be out pollinating but it was pretty full of fruit this year. I still have lots of blueberries and blackberries to process later but I'll be switching to produce for my next projects.

[Twispriver]

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[Stein]

I was going to can some jam but we open our cherry tree to the neighbors and one of them brought over some jam in return so we made cobbler instead.  What jam recipe did you use?  I have about 5 gallons of cherries in the freezer buying me time to figure out what to do with them.  I would like to find a low or reasonable sugar use for a bunch of cherries.

[Twispriver]

I didn't make jam from the cherries. I made pie filling with the recipe posted earlier.

[blackpowderhunter]

i'll be following along...
just ordered my first real pressure canner; really excited for the tuna to get close enough to test out the new boat 

[Slow-drifter]

Just canned 20 qts and 20 pints of kippered spring chinook , and half of last years elk. First time trying a corned elk recipe and it didn’t have quite enough salt, so into the jars with 1/8 tsp to try to get it right. Dinner tonight will definitely involve opening the first jar to try. Ended up with 35 pints of the corned elk

[Twispriver]

Please post a picture of the corned elk when you open a jar.

[Twispriver]

Blueberry pie filling

[Skillet]

Put up 96 half pints of local sockeye from a morning's subsistence run a week ago.  Good start.

A quick vid of our snagging spot.  We had about 20 each and were back to town in a few hours.

[RB]

Looks awesome! Is that Redoubt?

[Skillet]

Redoubt, without a doubt.

 

[nwwanderer]

Run is about 6X the states goal, can them up!!!

[3boys]

Put up 96 half pints of local sockeye from a morning's subsistence run a week ago.  Good start.

A quick vid of our snagging spot.  We had about 20 each and were back to town in a few hours.

That is some good looking fish.  Do you fillet and debone?

[Skillet]

Put up 96 half pints of local sockeye from a morning's subsistence run a week ago.  Good start.

A quick vid of our snagging spot.  We had about 20 each and were back to town in a few hours.

That is some good looking fish.  Do you fillet and debone?

Thanks 3boys -

For sockeye, I filet and skin.  Ribs off of course, but the pin bones break down fine in the canning process so I don't mess with them. 

[RB]

Redoubt, without a doubt.

 

Awesome! 

[Stein]

What's your favorite thing to do with the canned fish?  I canned a bunch one year and it took me three years to get through them.  I love fish of every kind but I never did find a way to get canned into something I was looking forward to eating.

This may be a year where canning may come into the cards again.  Knocking on wood of course.

[Skillet]

What's your favorite thing to do with the canned fish?  I canned a bunch one year and it took me three years to get through them.  I love fish of every kind but I never did find a way to get canned into something I was looking forward to eating.

This may be a year where canning may come into the cards again.  Knocking on wood of course.

I hope you get em! 

About half of my annual canned fish pack is eaten straight out of the jar with a fork as a quick protein power snack.  I've always got a dozen jars stashed under a bench in my boat, in my shop, etc.  Anywhere I'm working and need a quick and easy shot of protein.  The other half is mostly split between a quick salmon sammy (1/2 pint, blob of mayo, chopped onion, chopped dill pickle, pinch of shredded pepper jack, little extra black pepper) on good toasted bread.  That's a great winter lunch with a side of soup.  I'll also serve it chunked over a fresh green salad with a vinaigrette dressing - or added to a cold pasta salad dish.  I do tend to over can as well, and usually end up giving some away to make room for the incoming season. I'll probably put up about 50-60 1/2 pints of coho this year as well, which is more than I usually do total, but the sockeye were too easy this year.  I used to can pints, but found I ate much less of it because I couldn't easily down a pint as a snack and didn't want to waste it.

Typing this up inspired me to pop another jar for a bedtime snack

[92xj]

Shipped cost?  You know…like old times sake.

[Skillet]

Lol,  can't sell subsistence fish brother. Seriously frowned upon up here! 

[92xj]

Lol,  can't sell subsistence fish brother. Seriously frowned upon up here!

All good, was just a light hearted joke. And wanted to express my jealousy without just saying “jealous!” 

[Alchase]

What's your favorite thing to do with the canned fish?  I canned a bunch one year and it took me three years to get through them.  I love fish of every kind but I never did find a way to get canned into something I was looking forward to eating.

This may be a year where canning may come into the cards again.  Knocking on wood of course.

I hope you get em! 

About half of my annual canned fish pack is eaten straight out of the jar with a fork as a quick protein power snack.  I've always got a dozen jars stashed under a bench in my boat, in my shop, etc.  Anywhere I'm working and need a quick and easy shot of protein.  The other half is mostly split between a quick salmon sammy (1/2 pint, blob of mayo, chopped onion, chopped dill pickle, pinch of shredded pepper jack, little extra black pepper) on good toasted bread.  That's a great winter lunch with a side of soup.  I'll also serve it chunked over a fresh green salad with a vinaigrette dressing - or added to a cold pasta salad dish.  I do tend to over can as well, and usually end up giving some away to make room for the incoming season. I'll probably put up about 50-60 1/2 pints of coho this year as well, which is more than I usually do total, but the sockeye were too easy this year.  I used to can pints, but found I ate much less of it because I couldn't easily down a pint as a snack and didn't want to waste it.

Typing this up inspired me to pop another jar for a bedtime snack

We use to get a load of Albacore every year and can it. It is fantastic in sandwiches, salads, and the vast majority was eaten on Ritz crackers with cream cheese, 

[3boys]

Lol,  can't sell subsistence fish brother. Seriously frowned upon up here!

You would be rich!  Was just up there and had to buy a few cans for gifts.

[EnglishSetter]

What's your favorite thing to do with the canned fish?  I canned a bunch one year and it took me three years to get through them.  I love fish of every kind but I never did find a way to get canned into something I was looking forward to eating.

This may be a year where canning may come into the cards again.  Knocking on wood of course.

I hope you get em! 

About half of my annual canned fish pack is eaten straight out of the jar with a fork as a quick protein power snack.  I've always got a dozen jars stashed under a bench in my boat, in my shop, etc.  Anywhere I'm working and need a quick and easy shot of protein.  The other half is mostly split between a quick salmon sammy (1/2 pint, blob of mayo, chopped onion, chopped dill pickle, pinch of shredded pepper jack, little extra black pepper) on good toasted bread.  That's a great winter lunch with a side of soup.  I'll also serve it chunked over a fresh green salad with a vinaigrette dressing - or added to a cold pasta salad dish.  I do tend to over can as well, and usually end up giving some away to make room for the incoming season. I'll probably put up about 50-60 1/2 pints of coho this year as well, which is more than I usually do total, but the sockeye were too easy this year.  I used to can pints, but found I ate much less of it because I couldn't easily down a pint as a snack and didn't want to waste it.

Typing this up inspired me to pop another jar for a bedtime snack

I'll just add;  I do enjoy a good salmon loaf at times.

[Twispriver]

Garlic dill pickles today

[Skillet]

Garlic dill pickles today

 

[3boys]

Garlic dill pickles today

Dang those look good.  I put up a few jars the other day. Don’t grow my own so had to hit the produce stand.