Thanks, I think washing the jars is best to remove manufacturing chemicals from the jars. Sometimes I smell a industrial scent. I would also clean the berries.
Hi I checked out your video and am very impressed. I have just started canning berties etc which grow wild on our property. I have learned a lot, thank you. I just subscribed to keep in contact.
I bought a big container of mixed berries. It had blackberries, but I found out that they were mulberries. Oh my goodness. I liked them much better. They were sweet and not tart at all. I love adding sugar to strawberries to get out all that juice. Good job. Stay safe my friends ☺️
I am so glad I found you. I have been considering canning some of my azure blue berries and strawberries. I would like less sugar in my strawberries, so don't know how I'll do that. I want some to add to my yogurt. And I try to not eat unnecessary sugar. But I'll think I'll have to use some for this.
@eluzabethhall1716 & flattire farm - I'm wondering if you couldn't cook the strawberries down some, so it's a reasonably thick strawberry "fruit spread" kind of like Polaner Allfruit brand? It's very low sugar & thick. Maybe do it in small jars - enough for a couple of yogurts? They can for the same time as pints, but you shouldn't have to add so much sugar. What do you think Chrystal? Am I giving bad advice here? It's an extra step to cook them down some, but I'd think you could use less sugar that way. I'm currently looking for low/no sugar ideas for everything! That's why I'm revisiting this video tonight. REFRESHER COURSE!! 😂
@@sandijammes7761 strawberries have a pH of between three and 3 1/2. You don’t have to add any sugar if you want. The sugar is just for taste not for safety. You could definitely cook it down as long as you didn’t make it too thick. The heat has to be able to penetrate equally all the way to the middle of the jar. Maybe don’t make it any thicker than apple butter. 💕💕
Hey friend. Thanks for watching! We order lots from Azure standard. They ship all over, I think. These strawberries probably stopped in Seattle on their way here. Ha!
We are also choosing different options to try to conserve our propane. I also recenty realized just how quickly a camper heats up during a canning session 😅🥵 I'll be waiting to do the on stove canning until we need that warmth. Those look so beautiful! I absolutely love hanging out with you in the kitchen. Love ya friend!
Thank you! I love how you use produce from azure to stock your pantry. I really appreciate how you will go off the recommended guidelines but explain why. That has taught me so much. It makes following the guidelines much easier to know why and when I can push the boundaries a bit. I got the blue berries last year and we made pie filling. That is a huge treat for pancakes or French toast. With the canned berries can you use them for things like muffins? Just has me thinking… great video!
Awwww…I’m glad you’ve found my info useful. You can use the canned berries for muffins, but they’ll definitely be mushy. When I was a kid, my dad used to buy muffin mixes with tin canned blueberries. I do think frozen berries would be better for muffins though.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska I may have to try this canning recipe. I love getting stuff out of the deep freeze and putting them on the shelf. It is just a game I play with myself. How long can I store something.. it will last a year in the freezer.. ok let’s do 9 months there. If I haven’t eaten it then let’s can it and store it on the shelf.. for me food goes quicker on the shelf… maybe because it is already cooked and I don’t have to do much to make it done.. lol
I did have one jar siphon just a bit because I pulled it out of the water while the water was still boiling. Imagine that, me not being patient enough. Ha!
A youtube lady from MakeitMake says she doesn't call it rebel canning, but Original canning. Because that's the original way it was done and is still done around the world where they don't have pressure canners.
I lived in Alaska for 54 years. I had several very bad circumstances come up in 2022 and was left with no other choice but to leave my home and go to Louisiana to live with my father. My heart will always belong to Alaska. Where abouts in Alaska do you live? I lived in a couple of places but spent most of my life in the Mat-Su Valley.
Hey friend, I rarely debubble anything. Personally, I find that the headspace isn’t affected much by debubbling. But you surely could debubble of the berries in this canning method if you wanted to. 😊
I just canned all of my frozen berries from Azure following your video, thank you. I am also in Phoenix but I did spend a month in Alaska in June of 2000, it was so beautiful. You are my new favorite channel. Thanks again.
I just found your videos and I’m so happy. I am brand new to canning. I have everything but have been so held back by fear of doing it wrong. Watched many videos but by far yours have put me at ease. Thanks for being so detailed and informative about the way to properly can. I’m a subscriber for life. Lol
Hello friend 💕 I definitely don’t can by all the rules. But I do understand the science of canning. I would suggest understanding the approved methodology and science of canning first. I’m going to leave you 2 links. One is for the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Everything you ever wanna know about canning is in that website. And everything on that website is approved method. The second link is for a video I did about canning tomatoes, but about the first third of that video I talk about the science of canning, and I think it would give you a really good foundation, it’s information that’s not easily found. Be blessed in your canning journey friend and don’t be afraid to ask me any questions if you have them, I’m here. nchfp.uga.edu/#gsc.tab=0 ua-cam.com/video/D0_44qm_B9I/v-deo.htmlsi=_BgFtB6PmVwKnFDd
I started pressure canning in 2022. Had only done jams, pickles....20 years ago. Keep all the special gear together--I have a round basket that fits right inside my Presto. Extra rings are a pain, I keep all the extras on bungee cords. If worried about not liking something, add water jars to keep things from clinking around in there. I always have some freezer space in case of a failure, or it's dinner! 😊
Is the plan to eat the berries on their own as if they were fresh/straight from the freezer or cook them later into something else? Say making blueberry pancakes or adding strawberries to eat with yogurt, stuff like that? If so that’s mind blowing, I never would’ve thought of canning them for long storage!🤯 I thought you’d have to can them as a jam or something else but not on their own like this. I’ve started to look into possibly canning/preserving, I don’t have a garden area to grow my own food but there’s little farm stands I can buy stuff in bulk. I know nothing about canning, so been stocking my freezer with small bits & pieces & getting inspiration before investing into canning supplies.
Hello friend! Yes, the plan is to have them to mix in stuff like muffins or make pie filling, add to lemonade, etc. The texture is definitely different. They get mushy. You might consider starting with water bath canning and see how you like it. All you really need is a big pot and some jars. Throw a dish towel in the bottom of your pot so the jar don’t have direct contact with the bottom of the pot. Bada-bing bada-boom. Nothing expensive to buy. 😊 If you want a little info on what can be canned in a water bath canner versus pressure canner, I give a little science lesson at the very beginning of this video. If would be good info to start your canning journey. ua-cam.com/video/GYgMpPtq9sM/v-deo.htmlsi=yP1UdLiDnfJtUAcL Please don’t be afraid to ask if you have any questions as you’re learning to can. Happy to help. Have a great weekend. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska thank you so much for replying! It’s a genius way of saving freezer space & having some berries to add in as needed. Just found your channel, it’s an awesome resource & lots to learn.
Hey friend, If you go back through I explain this process. I water bath can for the normal time for berries, but I don’t start the timer until 10 minutes after the canner has vent just like normal water bath canning. It just takes longer to get to that point because the jars are at room temperature. The jars aren’t necessarily cold when they go in the water, because I wait until the contents in the jars come to room temperature before it even touches thr canner. I hope this helps. Be blessed.
Wow! That was a big undertaking! I just canned 25# of Michigan blueberries on Tues. I got 12 qrts & 16 pints with a few left over in the fridge. I'm snipping green beans right now so I listened while YOU worked. But I'm going to go back & actually WATCH it so hopefully, your kitchen ninja skills sink in better for me! Those all turned out just beautiful! Great job! ❤❤
Thanks Miss Sandi, AKA Bean Queen. I still have one more 30 pound case of those blueberries, I’m hoping to finally get that blueberry barbecue sauce video made. Fingers crossed. Have a great weekend, friend!
@FlatTireFarm-AlaskaOffgrid I'll be looking forward to that bbq sauce recipe! There's supposed to be another trip to MI by my neighbors for more blueberries in the 2nd week or so of August. If I have to wait for the sauce recipe, so be it! I'll be making room in my freezer for the berries till you get it out!! Yummm!! You guys have a great weekend too. ❤️❤️
Hi, I wondered how long are the Berries without sugar shelf stable after water bath canning? and how long are the strawberries with sugar shelf stable after water bath canning? pls. Thanx
I would say that all canned strawberries will be mushy. If I were to do fresh or frozen(then thawed) sliced strawberries, I’d do them the same way. Jar up at room temp, then water bath for 15 min. Thanks for your question, let me know if you have any others. 😊
Just found this, when I have a few small bags of Gogi, red current and blueberries in my freezer. I just want a sauce to put on yogurt or pancakes so a tiny bit of maple syrup.
I have been canning almost everything for 50 years....I LOVED this video as she is my kinda gal My mother in law always hot packed EVERYTHING and then she helped me and did it my way and she loved how easy it was and that is what she did for the rest of her life, I have picked bushels of blackberries from my patch and have run them through my juicer to remove the huge seeds, and it is wonderful for jam, toppings, to mix with lemonade on a hot day, MY neighbor and I canned our home grown chickens and that was an experience neither of us ever, repeated. I too wash my bottles and love the new lids. I will be watching this again, even though I don't have a lot of canning to do now.
I am just now cleaning out my freezer to make room for summer harvest, but also a side of beef, and/or a move Just what I was looking for in canning up my remaining shelf of berries. Thank you.
@@AnnieCarvalho hello! Yes. The sugar is completely optional and does not add to the safety of canning berries. You can leave it in, take it out, add more, it won’t make a difference except for what it tastes like. 😊
@@VonM. Hey friend. Lots of people preheat their jars. I do not. The jars end up being completely cooled back to room temperature before I ever get anything into the jars. That’s definitely the case and this recipe for sure. Keep in mind this is not approved method and I do things very different. I’m just showing you what works in my kitchen and hope it inspires you. Be blessed friend.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska well, it sure is amazing. I enjoyed the video, I went ahead and did all my frozen figs after watching this lol. I was kinda scared but this video made it look like a piece of cake
No longer per USDA - the water bath or pressure canner process sterilize the jars provided you are processing for 10 minutes or more. Saves time, money and no more scalded hands, wrists or arms!
Great question! Here’s my novel of an answer. 😊 There’s not an approved method for canning frozen peaches, but this is what I would do in my kitchen. I would follow the guidelines as close as possible, here’s the link for reference. nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_02/peach_sliced.html I would make sure the peaches were sliced, and I would put them in the jars with water and let them come to room temperature just as I did the berries. Peaches have a pH low enough that they are safe for a water bath canning, so pressure canning is not required, with this one caveat: white peaches can exceed the PH safe for water bath canning. So, I would make sure that I used yellow fleshed peaches. I would add a tablespoon or so of lemon juice to each jar to maintain the color and to lower the pH (increase acidity) for extra safety, because this isn’t an approved method. As a quick sidenote, the science behind what makes water bath canning safe is making sure that the pH is low enough. The lower you go on the pH scale the more acidic something is. Peaches have a pH between three and four, which makes them acidic enough to safely waterbath can. The threshold for safety for water bath canning is a pH of 4.6. This means that only things below, a pH of 4.6 are safe for water bath canning. Everything with a pH higher than 4.6 has to be pressure canned. OK back to the peaches… I would use the raw pack time designatd by the national center for food preservation, which is 25 minutes for pints and 30 minutes for quarts. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching. Don’t be afraid to ask if you have any others. Have a blessed weekend. 😊
Thank you for your great response! I live in the middle of no where and can't get fresh peaches unless I pay an arm and a leg. This will help alot.@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska
I like your canning style 😉 nice job. Love the name of your channel! We got a glut of blueberries from our bushes for the first time ever and this video is perfect!!!! TFS happy canning. 💕
I’m not sure if you’ve seen this one, but I go through more the science of canning if you’re interested. 😊 Canning UNPEELED TOMATOES - a mini canning science lesson - Homesteading Alaska ua-cam.com/video/GYgMpPtq9sM/v-deo.html
Great question, for most things, I find that debubbling doesn’t affect the headspace enough to make an appreciable difference. If it’s something like sauerkraut, where the bubbles really get caught in there, then I’ll just tap it on the counter to get the bubbles out. Definitely not the “approved” method , but thats why. 😊
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Hello friend! I’m so sorry I thought I had left the link in the description of that video. I got the berries from Azure standard if you follow the link and get an account and place $100 order within the next 60 days I get a little bit of a kickback. if not, no worries thanks for watching and we’re glad to have you along with us. Wanna check out Azure Standard? Follow the link: www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=IqRasfXDLB
I don’t see why not. The jars might not like the temperature change though. The berries will still need yo he completely thawed before you start water bathing. Good luck friend.
Usually not if they are sealed in the box. I also don’t heat my lids and jars first or debubble. We’re outside the box for sure at our house. Be blessed friend.
I absolutely would use fresh berries and can them this way. But I would not use other types of berries other than the ones in this video. Different berries have different levels of acidity and only certain ones are safe for waterbath canning. Be blessed friend! If you’re interested, we just opened up our farms goat milk, soap, website www.theflattirefarm.com
Great question: if you wanted to heat everything up before you put it in jars and put it in a hot canner then you would water bath quarts for 15 minutes. If you are raw packing, like I did in this video, you would can quarts for 20 minutes. Happy canning friend.😊
Great question, friend. I find that for most things debubbling doesn’t affect the headspace enough to make a difference. Sometimes I’ll tap the jar on the counter to get the bubbles to rise if there is some air trapped. I’ve not had any issues with it, but definitely not the “approved” method. 😊
I look forward to watching your other video's as soon as I get caught up with my crazy day. Stay warm safe and be blessed. @@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska
Great question. For a whole frozen cherries you would of course let them thaw completely and you would can end the same way that I can do the blueberries, but you would increase the water bath canning time to 25 minutes whether it’s pints or quarts it’s the same 25 minutes for cherries. I’m happy to answer your question about the apples, but first I’d like to know what form they are in. Are your apples sliced, diced, or some other form?
@@loganann25 that’s an awesome score. And it’s great that you’re making sure those things don’t go to waste. You can can sliced apples in water, just like we did the blueberries, in pints or quarts and you’ll water bath for 20 minutes. You can add some ascorbic acid to help deter discoloration. But if you heat the apples up in a little bit of water or light syrup and let them boil for five minutes before you put them in the jars, you will get a much better product in the end. Although not necessary. Same headspace as the blueberries half an inch. You might consider canning some as applesauce, or apple pie filling. Yummmm!! Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. Be blessed friend.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaskathank you so much! And for the quick reply as I am standing in my kitchen sterilizing jars as we speak! You rock! May God Bless you and your family!
Thanks, I think washing the jars is best to remove manufacturing chemicals from the jars. Sometimes I smell a industrial scent. I would also clean the berries.
Girl I so need to clean my freezer it’s about to fill up again. I’m with you
I still have 3 cases of berries in there too! Ha!
Hi I checked out your video and am very impressed. I have just started canning berties etc which grow wild on our property. I have learned a lot, thank you. I just subscribed to keep in contact.
Glad you enjoyed it 💕
I so enjoy watching your canning videos. Love the way you explain your process. Great job. Keep them coming. 🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩🦩
Thanks Miss Mary! 55° this morning!
Thank you these are great tips for us city girls to use to save on our bills I am so excited thank you you rock
Awww! Thanks!
I bought a big container of mixed berries. It had blackberries, but I found out that they were mulberries. Oh my goodness. I liked them much better. They were sweet and not tart at all. I love adding sugar to strawberries to get out all that juice. Good job. Stay safe my friends ☺️
I’m pretty sure I’ve never had a mulberry! I’ll add it to my bucket list. Ha! ❤️
I am so glad I found you. I have been considering canning some of my azure blue berries and strawberries. I would like less sugar in my strawberries, so don't know how I'll do that. I want some to add to my yogurt. And I try to not eat unnecessary sugar. But I'll think I'll have to use some for this.
@@elizabethhall1716 glad you found it helpful. Be blessed friend. 💕
@eluzabethhall1716 & flattire farm - I'm wondering if you couldn't cook the strawberries down some, so it's a reasonably thick strawberry "fruit spread" kind of like Polaner Allfruit brand? It's very low sugar & thick. Maybe do it in small jars - enough for a couple of yogurts? They can for the same time as pints, but you shouldn't have to add so much sugar. What do you think Chrystal? Am I giving bad advice here? It's an extra step to cook them down some, but I'd think you could use less sugar that way. I'm currently looking for low/no sugar ideas for everything!
That's why I'm revisiting this video tonight. REFRESHER COURSE!! 😂
@@sandijammes7761 strawberries have a pH of between three and 3 1/2. You don’t have to add any sugar if you want. The sugar is just for taste not for safety. You could definitely cook it down as long as you didn’t make it too thick. The heat has to be able to penetrate equally all the way to the middle of the jar. Maybe don’t make it any thicker than apple butter. 💕💕
@@sandijammes7761 That has crossed my mind.
@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska - Thanks Chrystal. More notes to keep for next time for me! THIS... is why you are my Kitchen & canning Ninja! 😉♥️♥️
Those are gorgeous strawberries! I wish whoever you got them from could ship to Seattle! LOL
Hey friend. Thanks for watching! We order lots from Azure standard. They ship all over, I think. These strawberries probably stopped in Seattle on their way here. Ha!
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Hahaha! Thank you for letting me know! I need those in my life!! I will check out their website! ❤
We are also choosing different options to try to conserve our propane. I also recenty realized just how quickly a camper heats up during a canning session 😅🥵 I'll be waiting to do the on stove canning until we need that warmth. Those look so beautiful! I absolutely love hanging out with you in the kitchen. Love ya friend!
Glad to have you with me. I love you too sweetheart.❤️
Hi Crystal fantastic video, can this method be used for frozen raspberries ?
@@robinbanks183 you can definitely do frozen raspberries, exactly the same way that we did the blackberries. Be blessed friend.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Thank you for the advice I can't wait to get started, best wishes to you all from the UK ♥♥
@@robinbanks183 no problem friend. Happy to help. 💕
It’s completely safe to do your strawberries in quart jars. All you do is increase your processing time a little bit.
Thanks for the tip. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska 🌺
Thank you! I love how you use produce from azure to stock your pantry. I really appreciate how you will go off the recommended guidelines but explain why. That has taught me so much. It makes following the guidelines much easier to know why and when I can push the boundaries a bit. I got the blue berries last year and we made pie filling. That is a huge treat for pancakes or French toast. With the canned berries can you use them for things like muffins? Just has me thinking… great video!
Awwww…I’m glad you’ve found my info useful. You can use the canned berries for muffins, but they’ll definitely be mushy. When I was a kid, my dad used to buy muffin mixes with tin canned blueberries. I do think frozen berries would be better for muffins though.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska I may have to try this canning recipe. I love getting stuff out of the deep freeze and putting them on the shelf. It is just a game I play with myself. How long can I store something.. it will last a year in the freezer.. ok let’s do 9 months there. If I haven’t eaten it then let’s can it and store it on the shelf.. for me food goes quicker on the shelf… maybe because it is already cooked and I don’t have to do much to make it done.. lol
@@Mindy56743 Smart plan!
Ms Chrystal, did you have any siphoning in your canner? I didn't see you debubble 😮 I do like your raw pack method!!
I did have one jar siphon just a bit because I pulled it out of the water while the water was still boiling. Imagine that, me not being patient enough. Ha!
Not a bad example, just good common sense! I do a lot of Rebel canning and have never, ever had an issue. I also can frozen berries and love it.
Awesome! How is your process different than mine? Do you heat them up or thaw them before you jar them?
A youtube lady from MakeitMake says she doesn't call it rebel canning, but Original canning. Because that's the original way it was done and is still done around the world where they don't have pressure canners.
Oooo! I love it!
How much sugar do you add to strawberries?
@@JaniceCrowell hey friend, I used about 3 cups of sugar total. 😊 Be blessed.
You too. Alaska is on my bucket list. Janice ((currently in Georgia)
@@JaniceCrowell Come on up sister! We’ll save you a spot at the campfire. 😊
I lived in Alaska for 54 years. I had several very bad circumstances come up in 2022 and was left with no other choice but to leave my home and go to Louisiana to live with my father. My heart will always belong to Alaska. Where abouts in Alaska do you live? I lived in a couple of places but spent most of my life in the Mat-Su Valley.
Hey sweet friend. We live in Willow at the base of Hatcher’s. 💕
Very nice! Thank you I’m about to can frozen blueberries. But do you de-bubble?
Hey friend, I rarely debubble anything. Personally, I find that the headspace isn’t affected much by debubbling. But you surely could debubble of the berries in this canning method if you wanted to. 😊
Your video was very helpful ...I really enjoyed watching..Thank you for sharing😀👍🏽 greedings from Phoenix Az.🌵🌞
Glad you found it useful. 💕 Be blessed friend.
I just canned all of my frozen berries from Azure following your video, thank you. I am also in Phoenix but I did spend a month in Alaska in June of 2000, it was so beautiful. You are my new favorite channel. Thanks again.
@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska
Thank you friend ⚘️blessings.
@@championhomestead6273 Awwww! Thanks! 💕💕
I just found your videos and I’m so happy. I am brand new to canning. I have everything but have been so held back by fear of doing it wrong. Watched many videos but by far yours have put me at ease. Thanks for being so detailed and informative about the way to properly can. I’m a subscriber for life. Lol
Hello friend 💕 I definitely don’t can by all the rules. But I do understand the science of canning. I would suggest understanding the approved methodology and science of canning first. I’m going to leave you 2 links. One is for the National Center for Home Food Preservation. Everything you ever wanna know about canning is in that website. And everything on that website is approved method. The second link is for a video I did about canning tomatoes, but about the first third of that video I talk about the science of canning, and I think it would give you a really good foundation, it’s information that’s not easily found. Be blessed in your canning journey friend and don’t be afraid to ask me any questions if you have them, I’m here.
nchfp.uga.edu/#gsc.tab=0
ua-cam.com/video/D0_44qm_B9I/v-deo.htmlsi=_BgFtB6PmVwKnFDd
Awesome. Thank you and be blessed
@@jodyhamm7166 💕💕💕
I started pressure canning in 2022. Had only done jams, pickles....20 years ago.
Keep all the special gear together--I have a round basket that fits right inside my Presto.
Extra rings are a pain, I keep all the extras on bungee cords.
If worried about not liking something, add water jars to keep things from clinking around in there.
I always have some freezer space in case of a failure, or it's dinner!
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@@angelal6700 That’s awesome!
Is the plan to eat the berries on their own as if they were fresh/straight from the freezer or cook them later into something else? Say making blueberry pancakes or adding strawberries to eat with yogurt, stuff like that? If so that’s mind blowing, I never would’ve thought of canning them for long storage!🤯 I thought you’d have to can them as a jam or something else but not on their own like this. I’ve started to look into possibly canning/preserving, I don’t have a garden area to grow my own food but there’s little farm stands I can buy stuff in bulk. I know nothing about canning, so been stocking my freezer with small bits & pieces & getting inspiration before investing into canning supplies.
Hello friend! Yes, the plan is to have them to mix in stuff like muffins or make pie filling, add to lemonade, etc. The texture is definitely different. They get mushy.
You might consider starting with water bath canning and see how you like it. All you really need is a big pot and some jars. Throw a dish towel in the bottom of your pot so the jar don’t have direct contact with the bottom of the pot. Bada-bing bada-boom. Nothing expensive to buy. 😊
If you want a little info on what can be canned in a water bath canner versus pressure canner, I give a little science lesson at the very beginning of this video. If would be good info to start your canning journey.
ua-cam.com/video/GYgMpPtq9sM/v-deo.htmlsi=yP1UdLiDnfJtUAcL
Please don’t be afraid to ask if you have any questions as you’re learning to can. Happy to help. Have a great weekend. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska thank you so much for replying! It’s a genius way of saving freezer space & having some berries to add in as needed. Just found your channel, it’s an awesome resource & lots to learn.
We’re happy to have you along. We have a lot of fun and get a lot of work done too. Have a blessed week friend.
I'm a sucker for berries in pretty much any form.
Ha! I bet so. 😊
I wash my jars with soap and water. I agree with overfilling the jars since they are frozen.
Using the cold jar method, how long would you process the fruit using water bath canning??
Hey friend, If you go back through I explain this process. I water bath can for the normal time for berries, but I don’t start the timer until 10 minutes after the canner has vent just like normal water bath canning. It just takes longer to get to that point because the jars are at room temperature. The jars aren’t necessarily cold when they go in the water, because I wait until the contents in the jars come to room temperature before it even touches thr canner. I hope this helps. Be blessed.
yes you were cool enough 😊 both videos were very good😀
Ha! Thanks friend, I’m glad you enjoy these. Now for a nap…😆
Wow! That was a big undertaking! I just canned 25# of Michigan blueberries on Tues. I got 12 qrts & 16 pints with a few left over in the fridge. I'm snipping green beans right now so I listened while YOU worked. But I'm going to go back & actually WATCH it so hopefully, your kitchen ninja skills sink in better for me! Those all turned out just beautiful! Great job! ❤❤
Thanks Miss Sandi, AKA Bean Queen. I still have one more 30 pound case of those blueberries, I’m hoping to finally get that blueberry barbecue sauce video made. Fingers crossed. Have a great weekend, friend!
@FlatTireFarm-AlaskaOffgrid I'll be looking forward to that bbq sauce recipe! There's supposed to be another trip to MI by my neighbors for more blueberries in the 2nd week or so of August. If I have to wait for the sauce recipe, so be it! I'll be making room in my freezer for the berries till you get it out!! Yummm!! You guys have a great weekend too. ❤️❤️
I’ll move it up the list! ❤️❤️
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Thank you!! ♥️
@@sandijammes7761 😘
Just found your channel!! We have the same “approach” to canning! Love it!!
Yay!! Hello, new friend! Glad to have you along with us. 😊
Those berries sure look pretty.
They do look beautiful, but I hope they make a more beautiful pies!
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska oh I am sure you will work you magic & make some yummy treats 😋
@@jewels7832 ❤️❤️
good way to preserve berries. Thanks for sharing
Blueberry pie!
Great video as always. I have frozen blueberries and cherries, you’ve inspired me! I think I shall made some jam! ❤️
Yum!
Hi, I wondered
how long are the Berries without sugar shelf stable after water bath canning? and
how long are the strawberries with sugar shelf stable after water bath canning? pls.
Thanx
Hey friend, great question. Both of these canning methods are shelf stable for two years. 😊
Thankyou very much for replying . Btw That was great info in the video showing both with and without sugar 🤩watching from Tasmania
@@GiGi22262 Wow! Tasmania! I don’t think I’ve had a viewer from there before. Glad to have you with us!
How would I can sliced strawberries? If I did them the same as you would it make them mushy? Thank you.
I would say that all canned strawberries will be mushy. If I were to do fresh or frozen(then thawed) sliced strawberries, I’d do them the same way. Jar up at room temp, then water bath for 15 min. Thanks for your question, let me know if you have any others. 😊
Just found this, when I have a few small bags of Gogi, red current and blueberries in my freezer. I just want a sauce to put on yogurt or pancakes so a tiny bit of maple syrup.
Yum!
I have been canning almost everything for 50 years....I LOVED this video as she is my kinda gal My mother in law always hot packed EVERYTHING and then she helped me and did it my way and she loved how easy it was and that is what she did for the rest of her life, I have picked bushels of blackberries from my patch and have run them through my juicer to remove the huge seeds, and it is wonderful for jam, toppings, to mix with lemonade on a hot day, MY neighbor and I canned our home grown chickens and that was an experience neither of us ever, repeated. I too wash my bottles and love the new lids. I will be watching this again, even though I don't have a lot of canning to do now.
@@quiltingrammie awww! Thanks friend! 💕Be blessed!
Wow! That was a lot of work. Berries all look beautiful. Inspiring!! ❤️🙏Val C
Thanks Miss Val! I’m so glad they’re out of my freezer. Only three more boxes to go. Ha!
do the strawberrys have to be completely unthawed??
Yes, definitely if you’re canning them. 😊
Wow! You are fantastic!! Love your videos!! ❤
Awwww! Thanks!!
Great job
Thanks friend!
Mmmm! Berries!
Sorry honey, you got the bad end of this deal didn’t you.😊
No, you have to carry them all downstairs…
I am just now cleaning out my freezer to make room for summer harvest, but also a side of beef, and/or a move
Just what I was looking for in canning up my remaining shelf of berries. Thank you.
Awww! Glad to help. 😊
Instead of making a syrup can I just put sugar on my blackberries like you did on the strawberries?
@@AnnieCarvalho hello! Yes. The sugar is completely optional and does not add to the safety of canning berries. You can leave it in, take it out, add more, it won’t make a difference except for what it tastes like. 😊
Don’t jars have to be sterilized
@@VonM. Hey friend. Lots of people preheat their jars. I do not. The jars end up being completely cooled back to room temperature before I ever get anything into the jars. That’s definitely the case and this recipe for sure. Keep in mind this is not approved method and I do things very different. I’m just showing you what works in my kitchen and hope it inspires you. Be blessed friend.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska well, it sure is amazing. I enjoyed the video, I went ahead and did all my frozen figs after watching this lol. I was kinda scared but this video made it look like a piece of cake
@@VonM. yay!! Figs! Oooo, I’m totally jealous! Be blessed friend
No longer per USDA - the water bath or pressure canner process sterilize the jars provided you are processing for 10 minutes or more. Saves time, money and no more scalded hands, wrists or arms!
Love that I found this video…..I was just thinking I was going to can my Azure berries. Also ……could I do this same method with Azure frozen peaches?
Yep! Peaches will water bath for 30 minutes.
Can you use this same process to can frozen peaches?
Great question! Here’s my novel of an answer. 😊
There’s not an approved method for canning frozen peaches, but this is what I would do in my kitchen. I would follow the guidelines as close as possible, here’s the link for reference.
nchfp.uga.edu/how/can_02/peach_sliced.html
I would make sure the peaches were sliced, and I would put them in the jars with water and let them come to room temperature just as I did the berries. Peaches have a pH low enough that they are safe for a water bath canning, so pressure canning is not required, with this one caveat: white peaches can exceed the PH safe for water bath canning. So, I would make sure that I used yellow fleshed peaches. I would add a tablespoon or so of lemon juice to each jar to maintain the color and to lower the pH (increase acidity) for extra safety, because this isn’t an approved method. As a quick sidenote, the science behind what makes water bath canning safe is making sure that the pH is low enough. The lower you go on the pH scale the more acidic something is. Peaches have a pH between three and four, which makes them acidic enough to safely waterbath can. The threshold for safety for water bath canning is a pH of 4.6. This means that only things below, a pH of 4.6 are safe for water bath canning. Everything with a pH higher than 4.6 has to be pressure canned. OK back to the peaches… I would use the raw pack time designatd by the national center for food preservation, which is 25 minutes for pints and 30 minutes for quarts. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching. Don’t be afraid to ask if you have any others. Have a blessed weekend. 😊
Thank you for your great response! I live in the middle of no where and can't get fresh peaches unless I pay an arm and a leg. This will help alot.@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska
@@happymama6 Glad I could help. Happy canning friend. 😊
I like your canning style 😉 nice job. Love the name of your channel! We got a glut of blueberries from our bushes for the first time ever and this video is perfect!!!! TFS happy canning. 💕
Thanks friend! Glad to have you watching. Have a blessed weekend.
you are a machine!!
Can my machine have a tune up and a nap? Ha!
Enjoyed the canning lesson
Glad you enjoyed it friend. Have a blesses weekend. 😊
I’m not sure if you’ve seen this one, but I go through more the science of canning if you’re interested. 😊
Canning UNPEELED TOMATOES - a mini canning science lesson - Homesteading Alaska
ua-cam.com/video/GYgMpPtq9sM/v-deo.html
I just came across your channel. Would love to move to Alaska and get out of this rat race 🥰 Enjoying this video.
Awww! Glad you enjoyed it friend. 😊
Thank you for sharing this video. I am off grid in Alaska on Kodiak so getting tutorials that are similar to my resource use is really helpful.
@@pritchard297 yay!! So glad you found it helpful!
Why did you not debubble your jars? I can frozen vegetables all the time great time saver.
Great question, for most things, I find that debubbling doesn’t affect the headspace enough to make an appreciable difference. If it’s something like sauerkraut, where the bubbles really get caught in there, then I’ll just tap it on the counter to get the bubbles out. Definitely not the “approved” method , but thats why. 😊
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Hello friend! I’m so sorry I thought I had left the link in the description of that video. I got the berries from Azure standard if you follow the link and get an account and place $100 order within the next 60 days I get a little bit of a kickback. if not, no worries thanks for watching and we’re glad to have you along with us.
Wanna check out Azure Standard? Follow the link: www.azurestandard.com/?a_aid=IqRasfXDLB
Where did you get that big canner? That holds that manny jars?
I love it! I got it on Amazon. Its a 37-Qt Buffalo pressure canner: amzn.to/3NtoApT
WOW WOW thank you so much
Glad you found it useful friend. 💕
Nice job!
Thanks Miss Bonnie! Have a blessed weekend. Now to eat berries…ha!
So can I pour hot syrup over frozen berries?
I don’t see why not. The jars might not like the temperature change though. The berries will still need yo he completely thawed before you start water bathing. Good luck friend.
You don't wash your jars?
Usually not if they are sealed in the box. I also don’t heat my lids and jars first or debubble. We’re outside the box for sure at our house. Be blessed friend.
Thankyou for your videos, I have a bunch of frozen berries and now I will try your method to free up freezer space. God Bless you
@@lisaslayton3880 I’m so glad it was helpful! Be blessed friend.
Can I use fresh berries and Can them this way as well?
I absolutely would use fresh berries and can them this way. But I would not use other types of berries other than the ones in this video. Different berries have different levels of acidity and only certain ones are safe for waterbath canning. Be blessed friend!
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how long for the blue berries to come to room tempreature??
Good question friend. I think it took about 1/2 the day if I remember right. 😊
Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it. 😊
SWEET :)
how long in the canner for quarts?
Great question: if you wanted to heat everything up before you put it in jars and put it in a hot canner then you would water bath quarts for 15 minutes. If you are raw packing, like I did in this video, you would can quarts for 20 minutes. Happy canning friend.😊
How do they taste later on? What do you typically use the fruit for?
They are definitely like canned fruit. Ha! We use it for making syrups snd adding to oatmeal or smoothies. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska thank you for your reply.
@@stephaniewaites5341 😊
I gotta do that need fruit on shelves
😊
thanks for the video!
You’re very welcome friend. Hope you found it helpful. Have a blessed week.😊
Does the size of jar matter?
Hey friend, the canning time is different depending on the jar size, but other than that, no.
15 min for pints and 20 min for quarts.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska Thank you so much!
@@Jules-740 anytime friend. 😊
Is there a reason that you’re no de-bubbling?
Great question, friend. I find that for most things debubbling doesn’t affect the headspace enough to make a difference. Sometimes I’ll tap the jar on the counter to get the bubbles to rise if there is some air trapped. I’ve not had any issues with it, but definitely not the “approved” method. 😊
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska thank you! 😊
@@Bee-Kind-Baker anytime friend. 😊
Great video. To the point. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it friend. Have a blessed week.
I look forward to watching your other video's as soon as I get caught up with my crazy day. Stay warm safe and be blessed.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaska
@@dEEmARIE- You are so sweet. We have a lot of fun around here, and do a little teaching and learning along the way. Thanks for hanging out with us.
excellent
Thanks!
What about frozen cherries and apples? Same method as blueberries? Or strawberries?
Great question. For a whole frozen cherries you would of course let them thaw completely and you would can end the same way that I can do the blueberries, but you would increase the water bath canning time to 25 minutes whether it’s pints or quarts it’s the same 25 minutes for cherries. I’m happy to answer your question about the apples, but first I’d like to know what form they are in. Are your apples sliced, diced, or some other form?
Frozen sliced and peeled! Got a ton of berries from our neighbor who works at the food bank and they were left over?
@@loganann25 that’s an awesome score. And it’s great that you’re making sure those things don’t go to waste. You can can sliced apples in water, just like we did the blueberries, in pints or quarts and you’ll water bath for 20 minutes. You can add some ascorbic acid to help deter discoloration. But if you heat the apples up in a little bit of water or light syrup and let them boil for five minutes before you put them in the jars, you will get a much better product in the end. Although not necessary. Same headspace as the blueberries half an inch. You might consider canning some as applesauce, or apple pie filling. Yummmm!! Hope that helps. Let me know if you have any other questions. Be blessed friend.
@@FlatTireFarmHomesteadingAlaskathank you so much! And for the quick reply as I am standing in my kitchen sterilizing jars as we speak! You rock! May God Bless you and your family!
@@loganann25 I’m glad to help. We are most definitely blessed. ❤️Happy canning friend.