More canning

[hlmauera]

Marian and I pickled and canned beets yesterday and steam juiced elderberries to make jam. We only made one small batch of jam because of time constraints. We'd originally planned to pickle green beans too but they were too mature for pickling.

Beets:








Elderberry mash (compost):


The process:


I don't have any pictures of the finished product. Maybe Marian will take some of that and the juice. It was interesting to see how the colors of the two juices were so similar. We actually needed to double check ourselves a couple of times before pouring juice. Side by side it's not a problem- but separated you start to second guess. I got a dozen small jars of beets and one small jar of jelly to sample. We'll finish the jelly on Tuesday.

Comments

[trey-dowell.livejournal.com]

Agh! Beets!? I mean, I'm a fan of causing them slight harm by boiling them and all, but I really don't want to keep them around any longer than I have to...blegh!

Elderberry jam though, that sounds tasty. Is it easy to make? I've never made any jams before, though my girlfriend and her family tends to make them every year, including this one (Though they left me behind...)