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Big Batch
Well now.
Extra shockingly to people who observed the covid runs on seeds, CSA, yeast, and garden supplies: it's really hard to find jars right now.
I'm concentrating on "high value" items instead of "ingredients"; things I don't feel like I'm allowed to have much of, things that make life super easy, things I'd pay a lot for in the store.
I've done a ton of "grapple" sauce: three crockpots of apples cooked down with five pounds of grapes, passed through a chinois, 3/4 cup sugar added for flavour balance, canned.
Also did a ton of pizza sauce: twenty pounds of tomatoes, cored, and five jalapenos or so cooked down and immersion blended. Added fennel, oregano, basil, garlic powder, bay leaf, salt, and more sugar than I thought. Canned like tomato soup, pressure for 20 mins, because I didn't add acid.
Lots left to do. Potatoes starting to come in and I'm wondering if I'll have enough jars for them.
Extra shockingly to people who observed the covid runs on seeds, CSA, yeast, and garden supplies: it's really hard to find jars right now.
I'm concentrating on "high value" items instead of "ingredients"; things I don't feel like I'm allowed to have much of, things that make life super easy, things I'd pay a lot for in the store.
I've done a ton of "grapple" sauce: three crockpots of apples cooked down with five pounds of grapes, passed through a chinois, 3/4 cup sugar added for flavour balance, canned.
Also did a ton of pizza sauce: twenty pounds of tomatoes, cored, and five jalapenos or so cooked down and immersion blended. Added fennel, oregano, basil, garlic powder, bay leaf, salt, and more sugar than I thought. Canned like tomato soup, pressure for 20 mins, because I didn't add acid.
Lots left to do. Potatoes starting to come in and I'm wondering if I'll have enough jars for them.