My New Hobby
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I know, I am supposed to be showing you photos of what I have been sewing… not of my new hobby… well, I keep forgetting to take photos of my sewing and did take photos of my new hobby, so this will have to be first….
For Christmas and my birthday in January I got something I’d been interested in for a very long time ….. a pressure canner! I have been preserving with Fowler’s bottles since I got married – fruit, tomatoes, jams and jellies… but I was fascinated by the idea of canning meat and veggies. So I was very pleased when I got my canner at the beginning of the year.
So far I have done some minced meat, potatoes, chicken and yummy, yummy Sloppy Joe mix. The latter was very popular and we ran out quickly, so yesterday I decided to make up another batch.
I used this recipe HERE.
I doubled the recipe and cooked it all up in a big pot. Then poured it into the jars and got them ready to pop the lids on:
A couple of hours later they were all done and cooling on the counter:
I also popped in some veggie soup… all of the jars sealed but one. Today I made another batch of just veggie soup, so that will do us for a little while at least 🙂
So there you go – that is my new hobby….
Any other canning quilters out there?
Good for you! I like the idea of canning, but it’s way too much work and mess for me. Maybe if I had a better kitchen? After all, we all need new hobbies. LOL!
Love my big old presser canner! When I first got it cut down on canning time so I could do more!!! Course we do not have a big garden now. I do try to get a few things to can though like green beans maybe some tomatoes. All your canned goods are so pretty!!! I always felt so good to look on my work!
I’ve not done much bottling in years, but still have a small electric Fowler type. Maybe you’ll push me to do some this year. See you Monday. I’m going to get a lot of sewing done, I hope. Take care.
how clever are you,,,,, that will keep you busy and then once you have all the canning done you can sit and sew!
Hugz
Wow! I’m impressed. I’ve only made the odd bottle of pickles or jam.
These will be great to have on hand.