I know i did this before, but i was asked to do a more thorough step by step tutorial............PIC heavy, but i did that on purpose for those of us that NEED a step by step for doing it the first time.
NOW FOLKS.......a bit of a disclaimer here. THIS IS HOW I DO IT !
and it werks for me. Others may want to can using a pressure cooker/water bath. The meat used is precooked, and the veggies raw. So nothing needs to be cooked.
NO ONE"S DIED YET !............but i am sure one or two of you will feel the need to chime in on that, as usual.
I made up 4 Quarts of these bad boys................
List of Ingrediant:
Several Various types of pre cooked sausages. But you can use just one type if you so choose. This time, i had some freshly made sausages, that i smoked to temp.
Several Types of Vegatables. Your choice.
Pickling Spices. either pre-made, like the tones pickling spices that i used or your own blend.
Brown Sugar
Apple Cider Vinegar
Water.......DUH !
4 Quart Bell of Mason Jars. wide mouth or the smaller mouth is fine. But you really need to use one of these two for safety purposes. They are made for canning.
NEW lids.......you can NOT reuse lids. Another safety precation.
Bands. the jar bands i am talking about....I used new bands, but you can reuse these.
Red Food Coloring.....optional
non reactive pot, to make up the brine.
Large Container for boiling the quart jars in.........
Tongs...........don't have jar lifting tongs
paper towels
dry kitchen towel
funnel
ladel
Making these up for the gathering. The longer they sit, the better they get.
OKAY........Lets Sart
The meats i used
I used 3 fresh Italian Sausages, that i smoked.......a Beef Smoked Sausage Ring.......Polish Keibalsa........ Polish Sausage.......and Lil Smokies.....pic shows Vienna's, but they are TOO much like a hot dog, and that didn't werk out well AT all, the last time i tried using em........got too mushy.
The Veggies
Several different types of peppers outta my neigbor's garden........no CLUE what is what.......but i know some are hot wax, and others sweet nanners......but you can see the 4
Thai's. Two Med. Onions. But the veggies are YOUR choice on what you use. Japs didn't make it into this pic, but they are shown in the Ingrediants pic.
The rest of the stuff...........
Apple Cider Vinger, Brown Sugar, and Tones Pickling Spice. But the spices you use is up to you.........I have seen several nice recipes for picklings here.
The Ingrediants:
Next Step, get the jars/lids into the water.........i covered these up with water.
Now while the water comes up to boil, i will start the brine.
a non-reactive pot
for four quarts jars i used:
7 cups of Cider Vingegar
2 cups of water
2 cups Brown Sugar
2.5 tblspns of Pickling Spice
20 drops of Red Food Coloring (optional)
Bring all this to a boil in the pot, and then simmer for 5 minutes.
By now, hopefully, the jars have boiled for awhile. Take one out carefully
Place on a dry kitchen towel. *WARNING* the jar is HOT !
now its time to start filling these bad boys up.
I started with the onions. As you can see, i did NOT dice these, but a VERY coarse chop.
then some peppers..........
but DON"T forget the tai........one for each jar..........
then a variety of meat
pack em in abit.........
next more veggies
then some more meat/veggies to the top.....press em down some
now its time for the brine.
Place a funnel in the top of the jar. We dont have a canning funnel, but will be getting one soon! You may have to more some of the stuff in the jar to the side abit, to get the funnel in the jar.
Now move the brine pot close to the jar, to make it easier to fill em. Take your ladel, and start filling up the jars. *WARNING* the brine is HOT !
Fill to a 1/2 inch of the top of the jar. Take a paper towel, and make sure you wipe off any vinegar that mite of gotten on the jar lip. *WARNING* VERY IMPORTANT STEP ! ! ! The vinegar WILL degrade the rubber seal, and you WILL lose the seal.
Now get a jar lid outta the boiling water.........place on top of the jar, and seal it with the band. Thats it! After awhile, as they will cool, you will here em POP! This means the jars sealed. OR you can do like my WIFE did today, and after bout 1/2 hour, press down on the middle of the lid, and it will "POP" down. This means, as i said, its sealed.
Heres the final product. after it kewls, will put into the fridge to wait for the gathering. Putting em in the fridge is MY decision. These are SEALED !
They will be fine stored at room temp.
Thank you for checking out my thread.
NOW FOLKS.......a bit of a disclaimer here. THIS IS HOW I DO IT !
and it werks for me. Others may want to can using a pressure cooker/water bath. The meat used is precooked, and the veggies raw. So nothing needs to be cooked.
NO ONE"S DIED YET !............but i am sure one or two of you will feel the need to chime in on that, as usual.
I made up 4 Quarts of these bad boys................
List of Ingrediant:
Several Various types of pre cooked sausages. But you can use just one type if you so choose. This time, i had some freshly made sausages, that i smoked to temp.
Several Types of Vegatables. Your choice.
Pickling Spices. either pre-made, like the tones pickling spices that i used or your own blend.
Brown Sugar
Apple Cider Vinegar
Water.......DUH !
4 Quart Bell of Mason Jars. wide mouth or the smaller mouth is fine. But you really need to use one of these two for safety purposes. They are made for canning.
NEW lids.......you can NOT reuse lids. Another safety precation.
Bands. the jar bands i am talking about....I used new bands, but you can reuse these.
Red Food Coloring.....optional
non reactive pot, to make up the brine.
Large Container for boiling the quart jars in.........
Tongs...........don't have jar lifting tongs
paper towels
dry kitchen towel
funnel
ladel
Making these up for the gathering. The longer they sit, the better they get.
OKAY........Lets Sart
The meats i used
I used 3 fresh Italian Sausages, that i smoked.......a Beef Smoked Sausage Ring.......Polish Keibalsa........ Polish Sausage.......and Lil Smokies.....pic shows Vienna's, but they are TOO much like a hot dog, and that didn't werk out well AT all, the last time i tried using em........got too mushy.
The Veggies
Several different types of peppers outta my neigbor's garden........no CLUE what is what.......but i know some are hot wax, and others sweet nanners......but you can see the 4
Thai's. Two Med. Onions. But the veggies are YOUR choice on what you use. Japs didn't make it into this pic, but they are shown in the Ingrediants pic.
The rest of the stuff...........
Apple Cider Vinger, Brown Sugar, and Tones Pickling Spice. But the spices you use is up to you.........I have seen several nice recipes for picklings here.
The Ingrediants:
Next Step, get the jars/lids into the water.........i covered these up with water.
Now while the water comes up to boil, i will start the brine.
a non-reactive pot
for four quarts jars i used:
7 cups of Cider Vingegar
2 cups of water
2 cups Brown Sugar
2.5 tblspns of Pickling Spice
20 drops of Red Food Coloring (optional)
Bring all this to a boil in the pot, and then simmer for 5 minutes.
By now, hopefully, the jars have boiled for awhile. Take one out carefully
Place on a dry kitchen towel. *WARNING* the jar is HOT !
now its time to start filling these bad boys up.
I started with the onions. As you can see, i did NOT dice these, but a VERY coarse chop.
then some peppers..........
but DON"T forget the tai........one for each jar..........
then a variety of meat
pack em in abit.........
next more veggies
then some more meat/veggies to the top.....press em down some
now its time for the brine.
Place a funnel in the top of the jar. We dont have a canning funnel, but will be getting one soon! You may have to more some of the stuff in the jar to the side abit, to get the funnel in the jar.
Now move the brine pot close to the jar, to make it easier to fill em. Take your ladel, and start filling up the jars. *WARNING* the brine is HOT !
Fill to a 1/2 inch of the top of the jar. Take a paper towel, and make sure you wipe off any vinegar that mite of gotten on the jar lip. *WARNING* VERY IMPORTANT STEP ! ! ! The vinegar WILL degrade the rubber seal, and you WILL lose the seal.
Now get a jar lid outta the boiling water.........place on top of the jar, and seal it with the band. Thats it! After awhile, as they will cool, you will here em POP! This means the jars sealed. OR you can do like my WIFE did today, and after bout 1/2 hour, press down on the middle of the lid, and it will "POP" down. This means, as i said, its sealed.
Heres the final product. after it kewls, will put into the fridge to wait for the gathering. Putting em in the fridge is MY decision. These are SEALED !
They will be fine stored at room temp.
Thank you for checking out my thread.
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