Comments on: How Soon I Forget http://www.thepotagergarden.com/how-soon-i-forget.html ~Celebrating decorative kitchen garden styles~ Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:37:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Becca http://www.thepotagergarden.com/how-soon-i-forget.html/comment-page-1#comment-120 Becca Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:33:00 +0000 http://www.thepotagergarden.com/how-soon-i-forget.html#comment-120 Hey! I have one of those too! Aren't those the coolest? Thanks for the link to that site though, I didn't know about that one yet. <br/><br/>That's how I made my applesauce. Well first I steamed them with one of these http://www.canningpantry.com/a12.html to get the juice out, then ran them through the strainer for the applesauce. Mmm! Maybe I'll do another post on them just so that others can see the equipment too! Hey! I have one of those too! Aren’t those the coolest? Thanks for the link to that site though, I didn’t know about that one yet.

That’s how I made my applesauce. Well first I steamed them with one of these http://www.canningpantry.com/a12.html to get the juice out, then ran them through the strainer for the applesauce. Mmm! Maybe I’ll do another post on them just so that others can see the equipment too!

]]> By: PrudentHomemaker http://www.thepotagergarden.com/how-soon-i-forget.html/comment-page-1#comment-118 PrudentHomemaker Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:23:00 +0000 http://www.thepotagergarden.com/how-soon-i-forget.html#comment-118 I have heard wonderful things about doing grape juice with a strainer. Check this out: http://www.canningpantry.com/220.html There is a more expensive model too.<br/><br/>I thought I was done canning, too, but I was given some apples that are going rotten and we are cutting out the bad spots and making sauce. I borrowed a peeler/corer/slicer at first, but it's hard to use with bad spots. We got the strainer (oh, and they shipped the same day I ordered it--I ordered right after midnight--and I got it in 2 days, out of state!) and we are flying through the apples. <br/><br/>We are really enjoying having applesauce again.<br/><br/>It has a seperate piece for making grape juice. My grape vines are only two years old so I haven't got much yet, but perhaps in a few years I can get more and make juice. If I can glean any I will as well.<br/><br/>So, though canning is long, I am so grateful to have more to can! I have heard wonderful things about doing grape juice with a strainer. Check this out: http://www.canningpantry.com/220.html There is a more expensive model too.

I thought I was done canning, too, but I was given some apples that are going rotten and we are cutting out the bad spots and making sauce. I borrowed a peeler/corer/slicer at first, but it’s hard to use with bad spots. We got the strainer (oh, and they shipped the same day I ordered it–I ordered right after midnight–and I got it in 2 days, out of state!) and we are flying through the apples.

We are really enjoying having applesauce again.

It has a seperate piece for making grape juice. My grape vines are only two years old so I haven’t got much yet, but perhaps in a few years I can get more and make juice. If I can glean any I will as well.

So, though canning is long, I am so grateful to have more to can!

]]> By: Becca http://www.thepotagergarden.com/how-soon-i-forget.html/comment-page-1#comment-114 Becca Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:20:00 +0000 http://www.thepotagergarden.com/how-soon-i-forget.html#comment-114 Really? I thought juicing was the easiest. But I'm using an actual canning juicer that steams them, not doing the method suggested in the Ball Blue Book. You should look into one of those for sure! Really? I thought juicing was the easiest. But I’m using an actual canning juicer that steams them, not doing the method suggested in the Ball Blue Book. You should look into one of those for sure!

]]> By: Verde http://www.thepotagergarden.com/how-soon-i-forget.html/comment-page-1#comment-112 Verde Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.thepotagergarden.com/how-soon-i-forget.html#comment-112 The grape juice was the hardest thing I've done this year. I declaired it a learning experience (what not to do) and vowed to find a more efficient process next year. The grapes have more sugar in them after they've been frozen.<br/><br/>My most painful experience was with apples - I cut my finger so badly that I cut nerves and the scar is still painful to the touch but the numbness is going away. <br/><br/>We'll have to share better ways to do grapes next year. The grape juice was the hardest thing I’ve done this year. I declaired it a learning experience (what not to do) and vowed to find a more efficient process next year. The grapes have more sugar in them after they’ve been frozen.

My most painful experience was with apples – I cut my finger so badly that I cut nerves and the scar is still painful to the touch but the numbness is going away.

We’ll have to share better ways to do grapes next year.

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