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What are your favorite foods to can?
or even meat brothFor meat, I would use a pressure cooker
As of now. I can salsa, applesause, pears, jelly and stock. I plan on seriosuly stepping it up this summer when the garden is full. I'm going to can my backyard rabbits, chicken, soups and every fruit and veg I can! Ahh, yes and some backup dog and cat food too!
I have a ton of sauce and broth/stock canned.
I can't wait to get the pressure pot so I can start canning meats.
It depends on how you can itI hope you followed the Ball Blue Book on canning stocks and broths. I don't have the book down here in FL with me but I'm sure they need to be pressure canned.
I have never canned meats. I heard from too many people it really ruins the flavor and texture. Have you ever eaten home canned meat?
It depends on how you can it
I have eaten canned meats RV-Kitty and as Danil54grl said, a lot of it is in how it is prepared. Canned hamburger can leave much to be desired in texture. Canned chicken isn't bad. I do both raw and cooked chicken, I prefer the raw packed. That is generally what I do with my laying hens that are past their prime. When I can pork, I raw pack in in cubes generally about 1 inch by 1 inch, I'll do beef in the same manner. Some cuts are tougher than others and I will pre-cook those and then can them with meat tenderizer added. I do like the texture of home canned meats more than the texture of commercially canned meats, except for hams.
I'm not going to lie and tell you that it's going to be the same as eating a steak or a roast because it won't be. I don't can plain ground meat. If I can ground meat, it is seasoned with seasonings that can well and canned in a sauce; tomato, enchilada, something to enhance it. Too many times people will can meat up with the seasonings they normally cook with like onions and green peppers and the results are not good because those vegetables don't can well.
It is nice to be able to have homemade chicken noodle soup on the table in less than a half hour when you're pressed for time by just grabbing a few jars from the shelves. I like the fact that I can control the salt content, I know that doesn't sound like a big deal to many.
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