What I love & not can again! Collaboration 2022

[@mymodernhomestead]

I've canned those big ole deer carrots, too, when they were given to me. A carrot is a carrot! Thanks for sharing!

[@iaintdoingit8199]

Apple Butter! Try putting chopped apples in a crock pot (I use 3 big ones) and start cooking them down. Add more apples when you get the space. When the pots are full add sugar to taste and cinnamon. Then cook down another 8 - 10 hours. Can, freeze and make fresh biscuits to enjoy some as your processing them -- I water bath or steam. Note: Often times I use the red hot candies from the grocery store. That hint of red is gorgeous in the jars.

[@MennoniteFarmhouse]

Thank John for being apart of this great collaboration! I’m shocked you don’t wanna can green beans! That’s all we eat. But we all have a opinion!

[@ambersimmons4675]

Same here! I don't know what I would do without green beans on the shelf! John maybe try a different variety of green beans!

[@RunninUpThatHillh]

Well what makes them good? I hate raw, and love canned in like a green bean casserole. Leather britches sounds iffy.😂

[@TheKneadyHomesteader]

Beautiful pantry! New subbie! 😁🙏🏻 I feel you on the texture thing. And now I want to try watermelon rind jelly! I hope you make a video! 😆👏🏻

[@gippywhite]

I really hope he makes a video, too! Every once in a while I hear somebody mention watermelon rind jelly, but no one ever makes a video on it! I’m so curious!!! 🍉 🤣💙💙💙

[@apiecemaker1163]

My daughter always buys it at farmers market but the lady she got it from has quit making it. So I’m very interested in a video also!

[@michelemenard8364]

Thanks for sharing. I want to try carrots.

[@andy38andrews96]

To keep peppers, cucumbers or other pickles crisp, don’t use alum. Use one grape leaf in each jar instead. This does the same thing without using chemicals. To those people in the South reading this, it has to be a true grape leaf, not a muscadine leaf. I got this info in the 1960’s from the Mother Earth News Almanac. Been using it ever since.

[@swanhill772]

To get the right hamburger texture, parboil and can ground turkey. It has the bite you want. Then you can use your canned ground beef to insure you have the right taste, if you want. Perhaps, the equivalent of a quart of turkey to a pint of beef. ETA: a carrot is definitely a carrot. I’ve gotten some very good food on my shelf by using things others turn their noses up at. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@starfarms664]

I pickle jalepeno rings, and make cowboy candy. Both have a great texture. I follow the USDA guidelines for picking at 180°f instead of boiling at 212°f. Worked great!

[@rondamcfalls7696]

I'm finding so many new people to watch from these collaborations

[@missourigirl4101]

Refauarding your apple butter- leave out the ingredients you don’t like such as cloves, etc. We don’t like certain things too song leave them out. Sugar and cinnamon or whatever you like is fine! I make pear butter like that and it’s super. Thanks for suggesting watermelon jelly.

[@corrinnacorrinna5572]

I canned ground beef from a local farmer when I bought 1/2 beef. It was lean & the texture great! itvseems grass fed meat is leaner & the texture holds up better.. Also, when canning ground beef, it is still a little pink when canning. I've found when I do pickles/jalapenos, I let the brine cool down first & make sure my produce is crisp to begin with. I always can meats, green beans, salsa, potatoes, tomatoes, & vegetable soup. Thanks for sharing.

[@krussell9995]

You can use grape leaves in lieu of Pickle Crisp to get your jalapenos crunchier, or black tea (stumbled across this doing research). A Modern Homestead has the recipe and links what tea she uses. Not sure why that lady from the farmer's market said you couldn't can those carrots...unless for some reason she thought you were just water bath processing them. I haven't canned potatoes in a long time, hoping to do that this year! Great list! I'm with you, I'm curious what all everyone likes and dislikes to can.

[@katrenabuell2457]

Grape leaves keep things crunchy. We use that instead of chemicals.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

I tried potatoes again this year. 2022 was a good potato year for me. Dehydrated grated & sliced, but enjoy ready to eat chunks (Quick blanch & canned up a few). More to do this week.

[@ethelkalsow582]

My canning list for Won't can again 1. Creole sauce 2. Mandarin oranges 3. Watermelon jelly Will can every year: 1. Meat (venison, chicken, pork, rabbit, beef). 2. Soups 3. Green beans, carrots, Beets, squash, sweet taters, taters, 4. Pickled asparagus, pickled Brussels, pickled beans, and pickles 5. Any tomatoes 6. Jams, jellies, fruit butters

[@monkeeblue]

People think deer/horse carrots are too strong and bitter in flavour to can...those people are wrong LOL! They sell oversized, massive carrots at a wholesale type store where I am as "restaurant" carrots...they're just the same carrots as deer carrots and when you peel, slice and cook them they're so sweet and have amazing flavour. I try and get a 25 lb bag every fall and they hold well in our fruit cellar.

[@onelittlemiracle241]

I'm with you on the texture issue. I live in the South and wouldn't eat green beans as a child because everyone cooked their green beans to death. But I love them sauteed with butter and garlic and figured that out as an adult. I might try your way of blanching and freezing.

[@SusieLovesJesus]

Use a grape leaf to retain crispiness in any canning food: green beans, jalapenos, etc.

[@suzanneroberge494]

I'm enjoying seeing men who can in this collaboration. First time I've seen guys joining in, it's great. I think it's agreed that canning meat is the way to go. I haven't canned meat in many years since my kids were young, but I still remember how delicious the canned meats were. I'm watching for a meat sale that'll make it worthwhile to do a batch or two.

[@BrattyPatriot]

Love the trimmed beard !! Took 10yrs off your age, when I started this video I wasn't sure what channel I had.

[@renitameares3838]

I cannot eat anything with cloves! I just leave it out of my apple butter (or any other recipe). Cinnamon and apple pie spices. We love it. Try a small batch without it.

[@michelehidgman3864]

I Prefer to use my orange peels to make cleaners. Definitely agree on green beans. I've used the same kind of carrots, their perfectly fine. Canned squash for the first time this year. Thank you for sharing

[@longarmsupplies]

I want the watermelon rind jelly! As for the carrots...we hit an orchard a few years back and were purchasing boxes and boxes of fruit to take home to can. The lady taking care of us walked away and brought the owner back. He asked me what I was going to use so much fruit for(we were in the next province from us that is where most of our fruit comes from). I told him I'm a canner...so he said, please come here. Off we went to the back corner. He said "these are orchard straight, not sorted...some are huge, some are ugly, some are small, but they are all yummy. Taste one" LOL, we were only going to take peaches home but we filled our SUV back up with fruit cause it was under 1/2 the price of regular boxes. He actually came out when were were about the leave, handed us another box and told us he wished we were neighbors...he loved chatting with us as we filled up boxes of the "ugly fruit" that he couldn't sell to anyone else. I want to go back this year! We could feed the world with the food that most won't look at...don't be shy to show your carrots! LOL.

[@apiecemaker1163]

Love that story. When you go back, take them a jar of their carrots you canned. You’ll have a friend for life. 👩‍🌾💙☀️

[@MichellesCraftsandMore]

In one of the Ball books is an apple butter using apple cider that is really good!

[@loriskiba3921]

Hey John, old coworker here! Good to see you! I have to say y'all have a great stock! I will always can tomatoes, strawberry jam, salsa and I have done hot pepper jelly, but with the mildest of hot peppers, (can't recall the type of hot pepper, but they tend to be yellow.) Anyway its good to see how well a retiree is doing! I'm hoping for that in abt 3 years. When I get to retire, I'd love to pick up a lot more canning experience!

[@tdewtx]

I am the same on ground beef by itself and in other items. I am planning to do a ton of spaghetti sauce and i will not do it with cooked hamburgers again. Now if my freezer went out id can it ALL Yep yep, I do not raw pack meats any more I don't like the texture and that the jars are not full of liquid, and If I try address the not enough liquid I have siphoning. Now I par-cook and broth all my meats just enough broth and no siphoning. I do my potatoes and carrots the same peel cut boing water and can recommended time. I treat it as a cold item cold jar cold canner and bring up the temp slowly to address the fear the heat won't get deep enough. Bringing up to temp in the canner real slow negates that especially if you do all the canning procedures correctly. full steam, vent steam, add jiggler, and bring to pressure and can recommended time.

[@kathleenelliot5305]

Appreciate your honest opinions on canning. Glad to meet you. Knocked on your door! 👍

[@apiecemaker1163]

Loving the can/no can videos. They are so interesting. I just discovered Leann this year and have been enjoying her videos. As I always say, “I love our homestead community.” I found 5 lb potatoes a few weeks ago for 99 cents a bag. I got 6 bags and stocked my pantry.

[@elenavaccaro339]

You can customize your applebutter. If you don't like cloves, don't put it in. And love watermelon rind pickles, the only sweet pickle I like.

[@brookescott9598]

This Michigander liked your ideas. Thanks and Happy Spring. I agree with applle butter assessment.

[@robingirven4570]

I find that freeze dried ground beef is way better tan canned. But if SHRF - ground beef, freeze dried is gray! Pickle crisp works great, but yeah? The chemicals - not so good The butters. Straight fruit. No additives. Perfect. Nothing else.

[@debrawallace4542]

Do you like muffins or quick breads? If so you can make them with mashed squash in place of the canned pumpkin. Just drain them well first. My kids didn't like squash growing up but they loved muffins so that was an easy way to get squash in them!

[@grannaboo03]

I like your beard shorter, it’s very nice. Great video, glad you were part of this calab.

[@cynthiahumphrey1718]

Your pantry looks amazing. Nothing wrong w those carrots!

[@KrisAndLarry]

Great video! I tend to only freeze-dry my foods. I need to get back into canning also.

[@MarieSeymour127]

I made watermelon jelly about 6 months ago. 1st batch was amazing, 2nd didn't set all that well but can be used as a syrup or topping. 3rd & 4th batches didn't do well at all. Not sure what happened, but I followed the same recipe all 4 times. Maybe it was the watermelon, 🤷‍♀️. Definitely making it again this season along with jalapeño/hot pepper jelly. Now watermelon rind jelly, not sure about. My cousin makes rind pickles that are good.

[@peggyreid8749]

Love to see a gentleman canning

[@OnaMuir]

Love canning squash. Makes great soup and some in chunks makes great mash. Thank you!

[@robyndowning2990]

I am so sorry about the cloves and allspice addition that you didn't like. I had only added cinnamon to the apples. I didn't add sugar because apples are sweet on their own. Cooked it stovetop and then used an immersion blender to get it to the consistency I like and then filled pint jars. I do raw pack chicken and partial cook some as well. I love chicken in the jars and no added liquid needed !!!

[@chaoticladyful]

Great looking pantry! Thank you for sharing

[@hollynelson543]

Nice to see a local in the collaboration.

[@09echols]

Try making apple butter using a mixture of gala , granny smith (just a couple) and fuji. I cook them down with a half cup of brown sugar, a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of butter in my 5 quart crock-pot. I end up with about 5 pints of apple butter.

[@lisaemerson8061]

I AGREE WITH YOU I CANNED A TONE OF IT AND DONT LIKE IT CANNED BUT I AM MAKING MYSELF USE IT

[@hollyhock3945]

Interesting how so many different "wills and wonts" are in these videos. I enjoyed watching yours. 😀

[@thecrazylifeandtimesofacra2629]

hi guys hope all is well on your homestead and your just on a short break to get your garden all in like me but seriously miss watching hope to see you again soon

[@ginco5203]

Ok your the second person to mention watermelon rind jelly. I'm going to look that one up. I did watermelon rind pickles one year...that won't happen again!

[@elizabethshaw734]

Pickle crisp. However if you didn't pickle them it won't work. There is a texture difference but all of those things you mentioned people love it! When I do those things you mentioned I always add a tablespoon of onion soup mix that I make and then can them and then they're beautiful. I also like to do Southern green beans which are very well cooked.

[@rebeccaturner5503]

Having fun with this topic... thank you for sharing

[@sherrygonzales5437]

Yes to the new look.

[@robyndowning2990]

Other canners have used farm feed carrots with great results.

[@theresadavis1834]

Thanks for sharing all this information it is very helpful. Love your pantry

[@vickiegossett7214]

Thank you, I have canned for years but never done a video!

[@thejesuspeoplehomesteadcyn6043]

Thanks for sharing love your pantry

[@jennyrogers2070]

Love this collaboration very interesting

[@nsdavisart]

Oh my gosh - I love your new look! So Youthful! I also am a bit envious of your pantry - so organized.

[@deborahthomas-wilton]

Watermelon jelly sounds really good. Will be looking for a recipe.

[@kimiyemlsmallgardendream8115]

Love how you said no more apple butter. Me either looks gross and not usable in my diet. ❤️

[@marjeshrider6513]

Like your can cave. You have been busy. Thank you.

[@imaprepper1866]

I am enjoyed these videos of what people will can and not can.It’s amazing to me things that people will and not can. I can almost anything and really enjoy it.

[@dlafave53]

Thank you for your vid. Will try carrot and squash this year!

[@horticultureandhomes]

I dislike spices in apple butter. Try my Granny's recipe of Staymen winesap apples (the apple makes it) sugar and enough water not to scorch when you start the cooking. Yum! On your carrots, those can be contaminated by manure or certain chemicals and that is why they shouldn't be consumed as food. Usually because of cross contamination and as you said, the shape. Bottom line is you don't know why it was culled as animal feed. If you know why they were culled, then you could go for it. Nice to know you can enjoy the chicken now.

[@AcornHillHomestead]

Wow, you look great with the new shorter beard. Nice pantry!!!

[@MaribethAlexander]

Thanks for sharing your favorites and those you won’t can. I appreciate your thoughts on the meats you like and those you won’t can again. I haven’t tried canning ground beef nor the baked thick chicken pieces. I may try that next!

[@BlueberryGirl723]

Love LeAnne at Mennonite Farmhouse. I’m new to her channel from Heather at The Kneady Homesteader, who I also love! I subbed to you channel. Look forward to seeing more from you. I also enjoyed your salsa video. Love Michigan. Grew up going up north to the UP. It holds my heart. God bless!

[@karenshady8129]

You’re pantry is a thing of beauty… thank you for the great video

[@AshleyG32]

Hi! I was hoping you would do some garden video this year. I enjoy your channel. 🍅🌽🫑

[@angelas_pantry_obsession]

#2 carrots are feeder carrots. I can those all the time 😁 Much cheaper and they're just fine! I absolutely always have to have chicken and potatoes on my shelf!

[@MyTableofThree]

I canned jalapeños too and keep them for dips and things since they do get mushy. I totally love canning venison too, yum. I'd love to see the watermelon rind jelly recipe tool!

[@DKFisher]

I pickle and can my jalapeños by doing the pickling lime process and they are super crunchy. Will only do them that way or in cowboy candy.

[@craftandgrow]

Wow! I love you channel! And your pantry!! Love the beard! LOL ALL the info was perfect and so appreciated

[@craftandgrow]

What have you tired with planting potatoes?? I am in SW MI and had great success. I am Master gardener and Would love to help.

[@elizabethshaw734]

For ground beef add some better than bouillon which has maltodextrin or you can buy maltodextrin on Amazon at a very good price and that takes and puts the texture back it gives it a chew that is missing. :-)

[@sharonratini3603]

The beard looks great!

[@BestyetJourney]

I LOVE THAT PANTRY .. I CAME FROM ANNE DEALS

[@issuesthatmatter2825]

Pickling is natrual, not adding chemicals to your body. Pickled eggs, beans, Brussel sprouts, ect. Makes for good bloody Mary lol but completely natrual done for centuries

[@Michelle_Myers]

Thanks for sharing your will & will not can items. I’m fairly new to canning & this helps so much. 😊

[@wendybradshaw5825]

Great video!

[@AnnsSouthernhome]

I am totally with you on the green beans! And I love canned chicken that and beef are one of the two things I love to can the most especially for quick meals! I am so glad I got to be included in the collab! I have been inspired by everyone here and I love your canning pantry! New subscriber!

[@victoriaanderson1468]

Thanks John! I appreciate your knowledge!

[@renalarue6988]

I’ve been debating whether or not to try FD beef again. We weren’t real crazy about the texture either but that was one of the early things I canned. I know at that point I was canning at too high a pressure because I thought the jiggler had to be going crazy - AA921. Some of my other early meat was a bit dry tasting too. I know better now.

[@ladonnahowell7151]

Beautiful pantry- well stocked! I can’t wait to try watermelon jelly. Thanks

[@joanwalker4199]

I always love your video's

[@charlottedawson850]

Well I definitely have pantry envy🤗! Beautiful! ! Do you have a recipe/video for watermelon jelly? Thanks for participating in the collaboration.

[@kellymae2421]

Around here we have a couple of carrot farms.Very popular for people to get bins in the fall for deer/bear bait. Just not pretty. Ie: two legged, bulb’ish, chopped from machinery, etc. Most are still good and delicious :)

[@maryannbergeron9531]

Love your pantry!!! Thank you for sharing your will and won’t list. I am going to try green beans this year so it will be interesting to see which list it will end up on for me. 😊

[@cbordes1]

Loved your video!!! I agree with you on the no can items. Some things especially vegetables, you just want to have the right texture. TFS

[@arcticcat7142]

Mr. John thank you for sharing this information, it will greatly help when we are ready to preserve our pantry items this year.

[@Myfavorites877]

First time watching. I had to go look at another video to see what your beard looked like before. I must say I like the goatie better. You look younger even. I just subscribed. I enjoyed your video on what you will and will not can again. Btw would love your acorn squash soup recipe.

[@hollynelson543]

I agree with the ground beef, I have canned chili and spagetti sauce with meat and did not like the texture.

[@lynnharris6877]

If you use Half Runner Green Beans they are not mushy. At least for southern cooks.

[@ranaeebonella5303]

It’s amazing how likes and dislikes compare. Thank you for your video

[@susiesalazar7360]

Thank you for sharing your video and experiences with what you have canned. I found it very helpful.

[@eastereggfarms8173]

We do the deer carrots too

[@KettleKitchen]

I love tour straight forward approach. It is awesome!

[@freedomhomesteadky]

I agree wholeheartedly on the canned chicken. It’s the bomb!

[@luv46kdz]

Great stuff here! Lol on ground beef, my hubs saw me watching a vid of canning ground beef and he said do not even think about it. Yup orange marmalade is pretty much peel in a jar 😜 Same with the green beans, not bad but meh. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@LurkerSmurf]

It's called Pickle Crisp. I'm all with you on the texture of canned goods. Some just don't hold up.

[@mollysmith6055]

You mentioned acorn squash...any chance you'd consider making a video showing how you can them? I hadn't thought about doing that since my guess is they are probably a pain to prepare. There was such an abundance of them last year that even after sharing them i still have leftovers and want to make sure they get used. (And I don't want to freeze them.) Thank you for participating in the collab...I love this topic!

[@AcornHillHomestead]

I had a bunch self seed. So I didnt want them to go to waste. I am fairly new to pressure canning (started fall 2021) and I peeled them, removed the seeds, cut them in 1” chunks and canned them up. They turned out nice. They are a bit of a buggar to peel. Get a good sturdy Y shaped peeler. Great in a veggie enchilada with black beans or stuffed shells. Homestead Heart has a video on her channel for canning them. 😉 Happy canning!!!

[@jayc6159]

How did I know chicken would be #1, I agree the texture of hamburger is a little off but it’s still edible. I prefer to freeze dry hamburger and other ground meats.

[@oldtimerlee8820]

Awesome pantry. I'm surprised that you didn't mention tomatoes. 🙂 Vension is on my list, too. Have a couple of hunting friends who give us any extra venison they may have. Thank you for sharing your list

[@loritanner4478]

Things I won't can again is. Pickles. I like my pickles super crispy. And home canned ones don't do it for me. I tried dill snap peas. Yuck. Tried canning cauliflower, yuck. Broccoli, yuck. Green tomato mincemeat, double yuck. Those are my 5 yucky ones. Five I will always can. Potatoes, our favorite. Tuna, only kind I will eat. And I love to try different spices in my tuna too. Salmon. I can it when I can get it cheap at the grocery store in fillets. Like 5.99 a pound. Farm raised is OK. Won't eat farm raised unless it's canned. As it is so mushy. But to make patties it's great. Shirley sauce. Love it! And clam chowder base. I have been canning for 43 years now. And I have pretty much canned everything at one time or another. Love finding new things to try canning. Canned 1200 jars in 2020. Over 800 jars in 2021. And so far this year around 225. But I'm just getting started. Trying to clear out the things in my freezer and get them canned to make room for the new stuff.

[@homesteadbythehighway8548]

Thank you for sharing. I want to try ground beef as I am seeing these videos it should only try a small batch as texture might be an issue for me😊