/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>4988450
Yes.

Although, I ran out of salsa roja last month. I still have tons of salsa verde left from 2012.

>pic related, but reposted

>>4988591
>Why reinvent something you can make fresher and tastier?

If you are a farmer like me, you have to preserve the harvest in any manner you can. You eat as much fresh as you can at the time, but it won't stay fresh, so you have to preserve it for later.

>>4851876
You bring the food to a boil using whatever recipe you want and "hot pack" the boiled-hot jars and put on boiled-hot lids and rings. you then place it in the pressure canner, close it, bring it up to steaming for x amount of minutes to get rid of air in the canner, set the jiggler to the pounds you need for your elevation and recipe, or flip the petcock closed. Then you wait until the pressure gauge and/or the jiggler reach the pounds needed, adjust the heat so it remains as the pounds needed for x amount of time as specified for your recipe or longest cooked food in the recipe. Once the time is up, you turn off the heat and wait until the pressure canner has 0 pounds pressure then you open it and take the jars out. The liquid in the jar will still be boiling and once they cool enough their lids will "POP!" and the jar is then sealed.

>>4851874
The pressure canner pressurizes the contents so the temperatures can go past 212F. This kills everything including spores, because it is sterilizing.

>>4851891
Do it.

Meat just takes longer to cook in a pressure canner, that's all. When in doubt, cook it longer. I go by the longest time for x ingredient. So, if meat is in there, it'll be timed for that ingredient and the size of the jar I'm using.

>>4851909
Thanks. The vegetables are from both my garden and the store in the OP pic. The stuff in this one was all from my garden.

>>4839000
I really like jalapenos because I like their flavor the most. I've never liked habanero peppers because their flavors is not something I like.

>>4794963
Are you kidding? I save a fortune on food costs by growing my own stuff. I'm a really lazy farmer too.

>>4759389
Because you have to do something with all those damn tomatillos that grow like weeds everywhere once you've planted them.

>>4625841
Vegetable Soup
Beef and Vegetable Stew
Salsa
Jelly, Jam, Preserves
French Fries
Yogurt
All Breads and Pastries

Actually, I rarely ever buy premade stuff. I usually only do that maybe 1-2 times a year at most and it'll be something killer like Oreo Mississippi Mud Pie with real whipping cream. I grow a lot of my own food too.

>>4615847
Learn to pressure can, if you have a massive haul of peppers.