Month: December 2022

Today marks the first time that I’ve canned meat, and I must say that I’m excited. I’ve canned for several years; however, it’s mainly been jams and jellies. When I canned with my mother as a child, I assisted her with the canning, including produce. However, even my mother never canned meat. Since I like to have food on hand and thought about ways to preserve food that didn’t include placing items in the deep freezer, naturally canned meat was a topic of interest for me.

Over the years, I’ve read numerous articles about canning meat and watched several videos about the process a few months ago; I figured it was high time that stops sitting on the sidelines and started canning my meat instead of purchasing canned goods from the store.

So, over the past few months, I bought the canner that I’ve had on my want list for several years. I bought the All-American Canner. Initially, I purchased the 21.5 quarts, and yesterday, I bought the 10.5 quarts and… I’m canning on a glass-top stove.

Canning gives me more control over the types of foods that are consumed.

Reviewing the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving,

I started simple and made the Beef Stew With Vegetables listed on page 409. I used five-pint jars and canned for 75 minutes at a 10-pound pressure.

It’s 11:33 pm, and based on the time from my iPad, I have 48 minutes and 41 seconds left of canning.

Tomorrow, after my appointments, I plan to can the remaining beef I purchased today, and I have a lot of about nine pounds of chicken breast. I cannot wait. I took a few videos and planned to add at least one to a later canning post.