Jam!

My mom and I canned strawberry/raspberry jam last night. It is really yummy.



So here is the info I'll need next time. Read if you feel like it. We made 3 batches with 4 lbs of strawberries and 10 packages (6 oz each) of raspberries. This worked out to be exactly 15 cups of fruit. We ended up with 22 cups of jam. (15 various sized jars). Kroger "can-jel" calls for 5 cups of fruit and 7 cups of sugar. (yikes!) Regular sure jell calls of 6 cups of fruit and 5 cups of sugar. We did one batch with sure jell and the other 2 with can-jel (the last was 4/5ths of a batch, so we divided everything to work out). Next time get more fruit and use sure jell. The ratio of strawberries to raspberries is really good. So there you go.

Feeling A Little Amish...

Amish women keep track of all their canning from year to year. How many jars of what. So, in a more technologically advanced way, I'm feeling a little Amish tonight as I log how many jars of what I canned this year.

From left to right:

Amana Orange 4 pints
Cherokee Purple 3 pints
Oregon Spring 4 pints
Homestead 11 pints

Red Tomato Juice 4 pints
Amana Juice 1 pints

Red Salsa 5 pints
Amana Salsa 2 pints

Incidentally, Amana is an Amish colony in Iowa. I've been there, it was pretty cool. Hmmm


And I know you love my labels. Just remember: a little more technologically advanced, not necessarily a lot more.

Lots of Work for A Little

My Mother-in-law Terilynn and I slaved away in my kitchen for 3.5 hours tonight making salsa. This is what we got out of it! And yes, that is orange salsa on the right. We made two different batches (cooking simultaneously) so we could have some of the weird looking salsa for fun. Well, two jars later...