These are five pints of canned beets (not pickled, just canned). It was my first time to can them and I followed the directions of the Blue Book to the T but not a single can sealed :( They actually all popped but still didn't seal. It was preeety gross:
I think I'll stick to store-bought from now on :(
This week we try to eat out of the pantry-freezer-fridge for the whole week. I want to stay away from grocery stores period. Plus I have so much translating work to do that I won't have time to shop anyway. And our fridge is more than full. We have plenty of fruit and enough veggies from our garden. Look at what I got this week too:
The most delicious peaches from a friend (they are to die for! I think I ate 4 the first day:) She gave me the whole bucket!!):
And some awesome super-fresh organic eggs from my sister (from her chickens):
Our menu will be pretty simple this week:
Mon.- eating out (Kid's Birthday)
Tues.- pulled pork, corn on the cob
Wed.- pasta with tomato sauce, salad
Thurs.- cheese broccoli soup
Fr.- shepherd's pie
Sat.- omelet, veggies
Sun.- hamburgers, chips, salad
And lots and lots of peaches :)
What are you eating this week? Please, share any simple and quick recipes you have!
That was pretty gross. :)
ReplyDeleteLove fresh eggs and those peaches look great.
They taste even better :)
DeleteSorry about your beets :( My mom had a huge garden every year but she never canned anything. She said we did well to eat from the garden all year and she was too sick of it to can, LOL. We froze sweet corn and bought veggies on sale all winter.
ReplyDeleteI love canning but I never tried beets before. This year I made 5 quarts of pickled beets and 5 pints of these. Pickled beets are fine but not these. I don't know what happened :(
DeleteDon't give up on your canning, Lena, I have also had some "dude" over the years. Were your liquid, jars and lids all hot when you put the beets in and placed lids on? I love the farm fresh eggs I get from my friend at Dejong Acres Farm, 4 dozen at a time !
ReplyDeleteYes, everything was hot :( I followed all of the instructions. I will definitely keep going with canning, just not with beets.
DeleteSorry about your beets. I love beets. Sounds like it's going to be a good week eating from your pantry and fridge.
ReplyDeleteI really hope so. No grocery shopping for me this week :)
DeleteI think the yucky nasty beets are a Gods sent!! If they didn't look all gross what if you would have eatten them!!!! I will be digging around in my books to see what could have happened to them, nothing more sacrry than canned food going bad
ReplyDeleteSo true, so true! I have duds here and there occasionally but nothing like that! I don't know what I messed up!
DeleteSorry about your beets. Tonight , I pulled out a can of peaches - everyone told me the ones I gave them were awesome. Ours however, were not. I had to throw it away.
ReplyDeleteUgh, I'm sorry :( I had one can of bad peaches last year too. Hopefully the rest of your cans are all good.
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