I always feel kinda sad when it's time to start canning for winter. Since my kids aren't in school yet our summers last a long time but canning marks the beginning of the end for me. We have some friends with fruit trees so every year around this time they have us over to pick things. We filled 8 bags with peaches last week and have been working like crazy to get them all bottled before we ran out of motivation. Both motivation and peaches are now gone.
Last week we were up all night working on salsa, and the week before that we canned John's mom's amazing tomato soup. I think that's all we're going to do this year though because I'm tired and my kitchen looks like a disaster. But I am curious if anybody has ever canned chicken? Does it taste weird after it's been stored for awhile? Is it really cheaper than just buying it at Sams every 2 weeks?
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I'm so jealous that you can get your fruit free! I am trying to find it as cheap as possible, but no one around lets people glean and it's hard to grow much other than citrus. I'm having to look into people who ship it down from Utah. Oh well. As for chicken, I have canned it. I did with the Relief Society and someone was able to get boneless, skinless chicken breasts (already in pieces) for $1 a pound, 10 pound minimum. I'm not sure what it costs from Costco, so I don't know if it's cheaper. As for taste, it was great! We added 1 tsp. salt per pint jar. I'm not sure if it would taste funny after a while because it didn't last that long at our house. :) My guess, though, is it would taste just fine. A lot of people did 40 or 50 pounds of it that day and they seemed to have done it before and liked the taste, even down to that last jar. I plan on doing it again once I get my canning stuff set up. I'm still waiting on getting my mom's pressure cooker.
Good job canning! That is a ton. I did apricot nectar this year, and by the time I was done, wanted nothing to do with it. I wish I had some info on the chicken, but I don't. All I know is after a while, all the meats that you can start tasting the same.
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