Pretty red stuff
Last night I stayed up late after the kids went down to bed and canned another ten pints of tomatoes. They are so pretty! I want to paint my house to match the color! More tomatoes are turning red every day. Due to the mild summer, we have had a late harvest. I will be canning these babies until Thanksgiving if the weather stays the way it is!
Just for my memory, so I don’t forget for next year, I just want to right up some of the tactics I have used this year.
- I used 2 single burner camp stoves for extra burners. In all I had 6 burners being used: 2 butane camp stoves with the water bath canners on them, one burner for boiling water, one for boiling lids and rims, and 2 for 9 × 13” pans to sterilize jars in.
- The butane stove brought the pot of water to a boil faster than the natural gas range.
- I can process 11 pints at a time or 10 quarts. To get more going, I need another water bath canner to cut down on the time it takes to process all the jars of fruit.
- It took about 2 hours from start to finish to can tomatoes. Asian pears took longer because of how long it took to peel them. Apples will take longer too.
Posted by Ily on October 2, 2008
