What are you canning now?

[ducks4you]

Just finished pressure canning 6 quarts of very rich turkey broth, cooked down from the Thanksgiving turkey bones, and some meat frozen.
I had to clear space in my porch freezer, started yesterday morning in two crock pots, one 6 qt and the new one, 8 qt.
There was enough leftover to fill a quart, so I am cooling that. I poured the little bit of excess into a cup and drank that, it tasted great! No salt, too.
I am storing the one quart to have for a hot drink tomorrow and Friday morning.

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[ducks4you]

Here is last week's pressure canning. Beef broth cooking down now. We expect a new load of beef in a few weeks and I have to make room in the big freezer bc it's still got a LOT of bones AND I need to clear out space for 10 (18 ct) premade hamburgers in boxes.

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

@ducks4you just curious…is your beef free of additives, dyes, antibiotics, fillers other?

 

[ducks4you]

Don't know about antibiotics, but, as a horse owner, I imagine that it might have antibiotics. The beef I buy is from the rancher straight to the locker, so no additives, dyes or fillers.

 

[Shades-of-Oregon]

Great news and good to hear. That’s exactly how I buy my beef a half at a time. It’s so much better than store bought. Antibiotics is ofter given to my horses in feed and wormer all is given according to the cycle of infectious diseases known in my area carried by insects in some feed and water.

 

[ducks4you]

Made another roast on Sunday, used leftover broth from the previous roast. Immediately I started more beef broth cooking down.
I have to move out/use up 3 steer's worth of beef bones before the middle of February, when I expect steer #4.
These are the quarts from the 8 qt crock pot. I pulled out the leftover carrots and bits of potato and everything else that was left from Sunday's dinner, put aside to put Back in the 8 qt crock pot.
When I ladeled the broth I spilled, SO, I cleaned the sides before and after lidding and putting on their screw tops, before putting them on the stove. They retained heat for at least 90 minutes out of the crock pot, and were still warm when I placed them in the canner, then it was a good half hour before I started the burner.
Yesterday I brought in more bones and defrosted them on a metal tray in the cold oven.
I added back the bones that I used for This canning, added more beef bones and started beef broth in my 6 qt crock pot.
I keep the fancy digital crock pot in the basement pantry to use for special occasions.
These two crock pots are "use until they die, then replace."
4 quarts of beef broth are now being processed. When done, which will be in about 30 more minutes, I will pick up and move the canner over to a cold part of the stove and leave until tomorrow morning to pull out and label and store in the basement.
I think this time of year is the best time for canning for me, although I feel like I am monopolizing this thread.

 

[ducks4you]

Working my two crockpots like the crockpot police are coming to take them away!
Actually, DD wants me to use up the beef bones.
I have 5 pints beef broth cooling in the pressure canner, to take out tonight.
DD cut off meat from a roast for beef stroganoff yesterday, and sent me home with the bone and some meat and fat.
I put all of that in the 6 qt crock pot after I drained it this morning. I added garlic powder and onion powder mostly bc I have a lot of it, and frozen carrot scrapings.
I brought in more bones, a few are defrosting on a tray in my cold oven--I won't be cooking anothing there until at least Sunday--and I decided to cook down a beef tongue with the bones, onion powder and garlic powder and carrot scrapings in the 8 qt crock pot. Since they are frozen it's going to take a few hours for it to come back to temperature.
I wansn't satisfied with the last broth--too much fat at the top of the jars--so This time I poured it in the jars in the cool sink, the fat came to the top, and I used a 2 tablespoon measure (Which I have NO idea how old this is, just that I saved it from...something), to ladle off as much as was possible.
I put this in a used yogurt container and threw it away--can't compost it.
I didn't want to clean out my pressure canner, so I went the extra several miles and used a slightly soapy paper towel below the canning lid and rim before I put on the screw tops, THEN, used the sponge to clean any other residue off of the bodies of the jars, rinsed well, and then placed in the canner. Since I had prepper the canner yesterday, filled with water and some vinegar, I heated it up some before I started. I checked and everything looks good, just not ready to remove. I have witnessed bubbling in the jars After pressure canning HOURS later. Better to let them completely cool.

 

[ducks4you]

MORE crock pot work. Pressure canned 4 More quarts of beef broth. I am getting SICK of SMELLING Beef Broth!!
Went to the big chest freezer, and brought in 3 more bags of bones. I thought that I missed some, but noticed that it was the suet that DD had requested, so THAT can be moved this week to HER freezer, thank you very much!!!
Getting better at keeping the pressure below 15 pounds. This morning it was at 13 pounds, but should be at 11 for broth.
I have 2 more bags of bones, therefore only 3 more pressure cannings, since the first is cooking away.
Tomorrow I need to go through my kitchen freezer and remove ANYTHING not labeled, or partial or not useful for a lunch, and that means some food will get tossed to make room for containers in my porch freezer that Are labeled and ready to eat and Should be in the kitchen.
I hope by Wednesday to move in ALL of the 10 (18 count) boxes of pre made hamburgers to the porch freezer, turn off the garage (14 cu ft.) freezer to defrost and a quick mild soap and bleach wipe down, then start up and be ready to receive our 2025 beef.

 

[ducks4you]

Eva is eating good. Just had 2/4 packages of liver, one for breakfast yesterday and another for her dinner tonight.
I hope that this will help keep up her strength to fight the infection and whatever is stuck up her nosey.
I let her out this morning, emptied the now cold beef heart into her kitchen food bowl, cut it into pieces and the cats were nibbling. Eva came back inside and waiting to see if the cats were Done, then took one piece at a time away to finish.

 

[ducks4you]

Eva is Still eating good. Leftovers from steakhouse dinner yesterday was Her dinner, some steak and a large sweet potato. This morning I gave her the gleanings from the last broth making.
Have to go out as soon as I rest my legs for the last hour standing, working on pouring out and sieving broth from the 2 crock pots. I tossed the bones and the garbage bag is awaiting for me to carry it to the outside can as I move the outside can back to next the garage. (We have Wednesday morning pickup/weekly.)
If I leave anything meat or blood from the bones or liver my garbage starts to stink, so it doesn't sit in the kitchen very long.
I prepped the canner with water and vinegar, warmed it up, then turned off the burner and put 5 quarts of broth in. I will let the temperature equalize, and start the pressure canner up after feeding ponies.
They will get 2 bales/hay to be sure, sweet feed and I will top off their water.
Cup and Cakes was just spotted drinking, it's about 29 degrees F, so I won't have to break it open.
I think I'll leave the boys outside for a few more days. It's supposed to get down to 1 degree above Saturday morning, so I'll put them in stalls Friday night. DD's can turn them out when they are back on Monday.
DH was out and back and the sidewalk to the house doesn't look too slick. I am putting ice melt there when I go out, and I will open the garage door in back of the 2 cars side, and put ice melt there, too, so it doesn't freeze it shut.
I got 3/4 full yogurt container of fat that I skimmed off. That won't stink up my garbage much, and it's double bagged.
I have the option to put the kitchen garbage in the 30 gallon garage trash can, and then move it later, if I wish.
I started the penultimate beef bone brothing, and should finish this one and begin the last one on Friday night.
By Monday my groaning crock pots will get a rest and I will be scrubbing them both up.
I will probably have to soak both lids to get Them clean.