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  1. 05-14-2014, 07:19 AM #1
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    It's late Spring and the garden crops are coming in so fishing has been put on hold for a while. This past week I spent some time pulling beets, washing them, boiling them, and then canning, pickling and freezing them. I had to jump off the beets for a few days as the snapbeans were due to be picked which was delayed an extra day by the rain. We canned some beets fresh and some of them pickled. I still have a pan full in the fridge which I will handle today. Yesterday I was up at 2 AM working on the beans which I had picked the evening before. By the time Linda got up they were already cut up and blanched and ready for pressure canning. I had 40 pounds of beans to process which yielded 21 quarts jars plus some left over which we shared with our 2 sons.

    The beets, small jars fresh canned quarts jars pickled.






    Snap beans drying after washing


    21 quarts ready to store or eat
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    Man pawpaw, I am not much on beets (Laikyn likes them) but those snap beans sure do look GOOD!!!
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    Looking good Gene....now I know where to go if I run out of food
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    Dwayne, you really haven't tasted good beets until you've eaten them fresh. There is no comparison between fresh and the ones you get in cans.

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    Nice! Thanks for the pictures.

    "There is no comparison between fresh and the ones you get in cans." is true for just about everything I have found. I can even tell a difference between fresh produce at the grocery and what I get from the garden.
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    I've got to agree with ya.
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    I agree with Randy too pawpaw! I don't buy fish at a restaurant for the same reason. It's hard to sell someone on restaurant "fresh fish" when I grew up with a pond in my back yard and we caught our own "fresh fish". Many of you on here have done the same, I am sure.
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    Wow Gene....reminds me of the days when I grew up.....we grew and mother canned everything....the pickeled beets were one of my favorites.....still get them in the store now and then but no comparison to fresh as you say.....
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    Those beans look great. I really need to try pressure canning but I'm a little fearful. LOL
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    PawPaw, I'll take 4 quarts of pickled beets and a case of them beans. Love your canning pictures and story's. Makes me remember Mom and Grandmother when I was a kid.
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