Showing posts with label Canning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canning. Show all posts

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Heavenly Rhubarb Jam

5 cups chopped rhubarb
5 cups sugar
19 oz can crushed pineapple
2 pkgs strawberry Jello

Mix first 3 ingredients & cook 20 minutes.  Stir in Jello.  Pour into hot jars & seal.

Salsa

Marlene

1 cup jalapenos
8 cups coarsely chopped tomatoes
3 cups chopped pepper
2 cups onions
2 cups vinegar
any red or yellow peppers
4 cloves garlic
1 tin tomato paste
2 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
2 tbsp paprika
1 tbsp oregano

Boil til thick.  Put in jars.  Process 20 minutes.

Mustard Bean Pickles

8 cups string beans
4 green peppers

Method
Break the washed & drained string beans into 1 inch lengths.  Wash the peppers, cut in half & remove the seeds, then cut into small pieces.  Place the string beans & the chopped peppers in a brine made in the proportion of 1/2 cup salt to 1 quart water.  Let the vegetables stand in this brine overnight.  Next morning, drain & cover with fresh water.  Drain again & then cover with a mixture of half vinegar & half water.  Let this tand for 1 hour & then bring to the boiling point.  Drain the vinegar mixture from the vegetables, then cover them wtih a mustard dressing & simmer for 5 minutes.  Pack into hot, sterilized jars & seal at once

Mustard Dressing
2 1/2 cups vinegar
1 1/2 cups water
4 tbsp flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp tumeric
3 tbsp powdered mustard
1 1/2 tsp celery seed

Method:
Mix all the dry ingredients.  Heat the vinegar & water...ctd on pg 21 {when I find pg 21, I will finish this}

Canned Tomato Soup

Newspaper Clipping with the following:  "For all who wrote asking for my recipe for canned tomato soup.  Kay, {from} Man"

14 lbs ripe tomatoes
1 bunch celery
6 large onions
1 cup butter
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp pepper
4 tbsp salt

Peel & chop onions.  Chop celery & tomatoes.  Cook all vegetables until very tender.  Rub through a colander, season with spices & sugar.  Cream butter & flour & add to tomato pulp until dissolved.  Add to vegetables & heat gently.  cook until mixture isthick.  Boil 3 minutes & put in hot, sterile jars.