i can can can.

 

 

 

i can can can.  you can can can.  he can can can.  she can can can.  everybody do the can can. i sang this - and danced around the kitchen - while singing this many evenings when C was little.  but i digress...

i now have another hobby.  and i think it could be just as addictive as the others i already have.  you know, the others i already don't have enough time for?  i now can check off my learn how to do list preserving my own food. 

last weekend was the initial go and luckily my mama was here to act as my sous canner and moral support.  in one day, we cranked out blackberry lime jam, carrot cake jam and corn salsa. 

and then i still had some fresh corn in the fridge.  and another six ears in the csa box this week.  so after church and while the girls napped, i got out my supplies to can more salsa.  and made a quadruple batch.  18 half pints.  it has a lime juice base to it and both andy and i think it's amazing.  i'm going to have the best stocked pantry ever!  totally smitten with all of these glass jars of goodness.

andy says if i gave him a big of tortilla chips, he'd be able to eat all of today's bounty in one sitting.  and i totally think he would.

edited to add : as requested, the corn salsa recipe.

Ingredients

• 4 large fresh ears of corn
• 1 cup coarsely chopped onion
• 1 cup coarsely chopped green or red pepper
• 1 cup chopped + peeled tomato
• 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
• 1/2 cup lime juice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Directions

1. remove husks corn and rinse.  cut corn off cobs.

2. in a large saucepan combine corn, onion, sweet pepper, tomato, jalapeno, lime juice, salt, cumin and pepper.  bring to a boil.  reduce heat and simmer, covered for 10 minutes.

3.  transfer to hot, sterilized half-pint jars (4-5 jars), leaving 1/2 inch headspace.  wipe jar rims and adjust lids.

4. process in a boiling water canner for 15 minutes (starting when water returns to a boil).  remove from canner and cool on wire racks. 

Comments

[sarah]

yum! are those recipes from the canning magazine that's in grocery stores right now? i just picked it up recently and i remember seeing the blackberry lime in it. (i make a yummy blueberry lime freezer jam, i'd love to try the blackberry!)

[Lisa]

You CAN not post this without including the corn salsa recipe. Please! My husband would LOVE this. I can tomato sauce. I don't like prepared sauces, I'm sauce picky. But I love my own. And homemade apple sauce. Yum!

[kate]

totally agree, addicited to canning! I just did blueberry/cinnamon/nutmeg jam last week. I'm setting aside a jar of each jam I've done as xmas gifts for my neighbors this year! I'm hoping my garden rewards me handsomely with tomotoes here soon to get those canned :) Wish we lived closer to have a canning party! My neighborhood (5 houses) gets together in September and does a huge production of apple sauce outside using huge pots and boilers... fun time!

[Sara]

Mel - you have to post the recipes. Those are right up my mom's alley (she is a canning queen in the summer). And usually I am lucky enough to benefit from the bounty.

[Emily]

I'm not brave enough to try this yet, but I picked up a book "You Can Can" at the library this weekend & your pictures look so tempting. Also, carrot cake jam sounds fabulous! I think I'm going to start by making some homemade pickled vegetables or something "smaller in scale."

[amy]

Can you share recipes? pretty please?

[Sara]

YAY for you! Sounds yummy!!!

[lisa truesdell]

duuuuuuuuuuuude. i'm coming over w/ chips. i'll stop at mcd's for cokes, too. =)

[Erica]

blackberry lime sounds like the best thing EVER

[Michele]

would love this recipe to try out!

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[melanie bauer]

it is!  youll love it! :)

[bridgette]

That looks sooooooo good. Now I'm waiting to see your cute labels. ;)