Rhubarb is still in season where I am and I have found out that all one needs to do to freeze the stuff is to put it in the freezer. No prepping required; if I want I can chop it up into pieces. This is wonderful, and I have even found a number of rhubarb recipes. In addition to finding a few recipes for pies and cobblers, I have found rhubarb sauce, rhubarb jam, and even a chutney. Whoo hoo.
Soon even more fruits and veggies will be sprouting. I froze a number of things last year and have almost finished everything. I just enough blackberries for a crisp this weekend. mmmmmmm. Once again it is my intention to freeze a number of items, but I also want to learn how to can, not just tomatoes or jams, but carrots, corn, peas, and a host of other garden items. I want to make ketchup, salsa, soups, chili, and the rest of it.
Here's hoping that this season will be busy and bountiful.
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Good luck on the canning!
From what I understand, veggies are a more involved process. Something to do with low sugar content and acids...?...
Salsas are something I could really get into actually. I can't do fruit, so I thought of canning as "not for me", but....all those floods in the US are going to be heavily impacting food prices I'll bet. They've mostly been talking about cities, but there's been a lot of farmland destroyed - and it's too late to replant.
It's most likely all corn and soybeans...for processed food. So the prices of processed foods are going to go way up as we near harvest time. The price of gas will be making the cost of imported foods go up too -
Sounds like your "eating local" tenet is going to be saving you a lot of money!!
:)
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