Last week we had an abundance of produce to can, in fact so much that I had to part with some of it to the Prittchet Family…I just didn’t have time to get it all done.
Emma and I did get 21 quarts of vegetable soup…
and 7 quarts of squash relish.
I used this recipe for the squash relish and multiplied it, but I skipped the thickening part and I did not add turmeric.
We also knocked out 14 quarts and 21 pints of Grandma Brodock’s Sweet Pepper Relish!
I try to can extra to give away at Christmas, as a hostess gift, to add to a basket of goodies or to keep on hand as a thank you gift.
It is easy to make your own labels to give it an added special touch! There are a lot of free downloadable lables on line, you can just do a search for those. I made mine in Word just using a text box and clip art. If you have Publisher you can just use a business card layout.
I printed mine off on regular paper and used packing tape to seal it down. The key is to make sure your label is smaller than the packing tape. :o) I only add labels to jars that I am going to give away.
Mrs. Pear says:
Hi, I am just getting ready to can peaches to add to my pickles and relish stash!
I was wondering how you go about canning veggie soup. I would love to do this too as so much lovely stuff is in season at our grocery stores (our garden is very little as we live in CA).
MamaHen says:
Your vegetable soup looks so pretty. That is going to be good this winter. I am freezing tomatoes today so we can have soup this winter too!
Kathy @ Teaching Good Things says:
Mrs. Pear,
I use tomatoes as a base for my soup, add whatever veggies I can. Because I add corn to my soup I process it at 10 pounds for 75 minutes in my pressure cooker.
I also hydrate and cook some dry beans to add protein to the soup.
I do not add meat. Sometimes I will add meat and seasoning when I cook it to eat. I hope to give a tutorial on this if time allows when I make some more next week!
Blessings,
Kathy
Mrs. Pear says:
Thank you!
Canning is something I am slowly adding to my homemaking repertoire, trying to do a little more each year (our children are 4 and 11 months, so they make sure I don’t overdo). Soup is something I would definitely love to add!
This year in addition to my previous year of relish and pears I added pickles and peaches.
Barbara says:
Thank you SO much for the label idea! (I just made my first set in Publisher and they look beautiful - if that’s ok to say so!) Last year was my first year to can and all I did was applesauce and apple pie filling. I made labels by hand and my husband (who loved those hand made labels) just asked me this afternoon if I was going to do that this year. I’ve canned so much that I don’t have time to make them all by hand! I think he’s going to like the ‘business card’ style I created. I appreciate your timely tip!
Dineen says:
I love your packing tape-label idea! So often, the smudge proof ink just isn’t. That will save the hassle of lining up labels in the printer!