Assuming you already know the basics about
canning, I will only go into detail about the times and
preparation: This recipe is for steaw meat, steak, or roast.
You may even thaw items from the freezer and can
them, as well.
Trim off the bone and fat. Cut
into sizes you prefer (even large pieces are fine.)
Simmer in hot water, then pack meat into jars with 1/2
teaspoon salt/pint or 1 teaspoon salt/quart. Pour the
water into the jars leaving a 1-inch head space. (I
like to add a bay leaf, but you can add anything you
like, even an onion.) If you have broth left over, just
put it in its own can and process it with your meat
for later use in soups or for gravy. Adjust caps.
Process pints 1 hour and 15 minutes or quarts at 1 hour
and 30 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. Remember:
Higher elevations will take a little
longer.
Canning tip: All current pressure canner recipes call for
10 pounds of pressure. Only the times are varied.
Another tip: Pressure cookers (or your canner) can be
used to make great, quick meals! They produce slow
cooker quality foods by tenderizing everything and
infusing the flavors. I picked one up at GoodWill and
particularly like using it for brown rice, because it's so
quick.
This is real brief. You could try picking
up a book at your library. There are so many things
to can. And it is so handy to have on hand.
Benefits of canning dried beans and meat
Ruth
With pintos, I can open a can
and mash it for refies, or add tomato sauce and
hamburger for chili. I can open a can of navy beans, add a
couple of shredded carrots, tomato sauce and some
quick-fried bacon pieces, and wha la! Bean and bacon soup!
The meat is great. I can make a quick soup by adding
vegies, water, etc., or I can add a thickener and make a
meat sauce over, say, mashed potatoes, toast,
bisquits, rice, or noodles. These canned goodies have been
a real blessing to me.
My slow cooker is
really nice, too. I have the largest one that I know of
on the market. I think it's 6 or 7 quarts. I have
been known to start something in the am, but end up
not eating it until THE NEXT DAY! I just keep it in
the cooker all night. The cooking temperature keeps
the bacteria away. The lid keeps the moisture in. A
friend of mine has a timer she puts on her
cooker....like when you go on vacation for lights....she puts
her hot cereal in it. By the time the kids get up,
the house smells of cinnamon. Of course, the bread
machine is nice for that, too.
Hot Chocolate
Nancy
I use powdered milk, Nestles Quick(NesQuick) & powdered coffee creamer. I start with the milk, then add Nestles Quick until it looks brown, then add coffee creamer until it looks whitish. It just kind of a look method. Then use at least 1/3 c.of the mix & add hot water.(I like mine chocolatey, so I usually add a little more to my cup).
Cocoa recipes
Micki
Yield: 1 serving
2 c Nonfat dry Milk
Powder
3/4 c Sugar
1/2 c Hershey's Cocoa
1/2 c Powdered Nondairy Creamer
1 ds -Salt
In large mixing bowl combine all ingredients. Blend
well. Store in tightly covered container. Makes 3 3/4
Cups of mix.
Combine 1/4 cup mix and 3/4 cup
boiling water. Stir. 15 servings.
Susan Bauer
From: N9662 U1 (Steven) Date: 07-19-93 From: Helen
Peagram
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Hot Cocoa Mix
2 cup sifted powdered sugar
2
cup instant nonfat dry milk powder
1 (8 oz) jar
non-dairy creamer
2 cup powdered chocolate milk mix
2
cup miniature marshmallows
Combine all of the
ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Store in
an
airtight container.
Combine 1/4 - 1/3 cup of mix with
3/4 cup of boiling water or milk. Stir
well. Makes
about 8 cups or 32 servings.
Note: for an added
treat, use a flavored non-dairy
creamer.
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Hot Cocoa
Mix
Amount Measure Ingredient --
Preparation Method
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3 1/2 cups dry milk
2 cups powdered
sugar --
sifted
1 cup powdered coffee creamer
1/2 cup
unsweetened cocoa powder -- sifted
In a mixing bowl
combine dry milk powder, powdered sugar, creamer, and
cocoa.
Store in airtight container.
For each
serving, place 1/3 cup of the mix in a mug and add 3/4 cup
boiling
water.
Per serving = 143 calories, 3
gm fat, 6 mg cholesterol, 87 mg sodium, 21 gm
carbohydrate, 0 gm fiber, 9 gm protein.
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NOTES : Mocha
Mix:
Prepare as above, except sitr 1/2 cup instant coffee
crystals into mix.
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HOT COCOA MIX
Beverages-Hot
Chocolate
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation
Method
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1 c Cremora Non dairy creamer
1 c Nonfat dry
milk
3/4 c Sugar (or more, to 1 cup)
1/2 c
Unsweetened cocoa
-----FOR MOCHA, ADD-----
1/4 c
Instant coffee
-----FOR MEXICAN, ADD-----
1 t
Ground
cinnamon
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Hot Cocoa
Mix
This simple mix of powders is
courtesy of my ex-mother-in-law, who (perhaps unknowingly)
provided lots of smiles to her daughter's dormitory floor.
8 oz. powdered milk
4 oz. non-dairy creamer
¼
lb. confectioner's sugar
½ lb. can instant
chocolate milk mix
1 T. cinnamon (my addition to the
recipe, optional)
Add 3 heaping Tablespoons of
mix to your mug of hot water (or to your personal
taste).
SHOPPING
Mary
1. Try to be organized about shopping, and try not
to just run out to the store every day. Plan your
meals as much as possible.
2. Use a crockpot
once a week or so. It frees up one afternoon if you
have a stew in the crockpot before breakfast (or
shortly afterwards); just add a raw veggie platter and
dip, or bread or something.
3. "30 Meals Plan"
- We did this for awhile ... the basic idea is that
you spend approximately two days in a given month
cooking up 30 meals that go well in the freezer. Then you
don't have as much planning OR shopping to have to do;
you do it all at once. Some meals lend themselves to
this better than others. And it is very possible to
get bored with the selections. There are entire books
devoted to this subject, so I'll quit here.
4.
Teach your kids to cook. Assign the older ones (8 and
up) one night a week that they have to help you cook.
You coach, and they learn. Once they get to be about
10, they do the bulk of the cooking on their own, on
their given night, while YOU attend to lesson plans,
ironing, giving a music lesson to one of the other kids,
etc.
5. When approaching a delivery date,
surgery date, other major event that could put a kink in
the cooking plans, try this: Every night for two
weeks to a month prior to the "event", prepare twice as
much of the main dish and freeze half of it. Then
you'll have a wide variety of frozen meals, and won't
have spent several days preparing for it ... just a
little extra time each night. You can't always depend on
your church to bring meals in during these
situations.
Homemade Laundry Soap (liquid)
Ruth
1 bar Felz Napta
1 bar Ivory
1 bar
Castille
1/3 bar Lirio (Mexico)
1 C Borax
1 C Washing
Soda
lots of drops or Orange essential oil
Grate all
bars. Melt over medium heat in about 1-2 Quarts of
water. Dissolve Borax and soda in 5 gallons of water,
add liquefied bars, pour hot into 1-gallon vinegar
jugs leaving about 5" at the top for shaking as they
gel hard.
I do about 15 loads per week and
this lasts me about 4 weeks. I use about 12 oz per
load. It doesn't suds but it cleans really well, even
greasy grimy stains. I do pretreat a bit on occasion. It
used to cost me $24.00 per month for soap and now
costs about $3.00
The first, 3rd and 4th are
bar soaps found in the laundry section of the really
big grocery stores. Look either up high or down low.
Look really hard. I had to go to 5 different stores
before I found that Albertson's carries them. The
Washing Soda is next to the Borax in a yellow box.
Essential oil can be picked up in any Health Food
Store.
Lirio (Mexican) is a bar of laundry soap. Check your
laundry soap aisle, it would be with
the other ones...
if they don't have it you could sub something else.
It took a lot of batches before I got this recipe
the way I need it.
The normal recipe only
needs one bar of soap (Felz Naphta) I found that didn't
get out DH's dirt though. I use the Castille because
we have really hard water here.
Also, always
fill the washer with water before putting detergents
in, otherwise, you might stain clothes the other way.
Dishwasher Soap
Jonna
this is what I used and it
worked well.
1 T Borax
1 T Baking
Soda
Also, you can use vinegar for the rinse part of the
dishwasher IF YOU USE REGULAR SOAP. If you use the Borax mix
AND the vinegar, the dishes are spotted, but either
one worked well alone.
Pumpkin Seeds
Cindy
Just put them
(un-rinsed for more flavor) onto a cookie sheet, sprinkle
with salt and bake at 350, stirring every 15 minutes.
Yummy esp. warm
Another fave. is to bake a stew
in a cleaned out pumpkin, (remove seeds and pulp)
then when you serve the stew you can scoop the pumpkin
meat too as part of your stew.
Place that baby on the cutting
board and get yourself a major knife. Ccut it in half
(if not putting stew in it like Cindy
suggested...cute idea, Cindy).
Expect to get your hands
gross. Pull out all the seeds and set aside in a bowl.
Throw out all the "membrane" stuff. You might need to
use a spoon to scrape some of the membrane, also.
Bake the seeds like Cindy suggested....YUMMY! And they
are very high in iron, too.
Cut the rest of
the pumpkin into 4"x4" pieces place on a cookie
sheet. Bake at 350° for about 45 minutes. When it is
tender, cool. Scrape all the "meat" into a bowl. Now you
are ready to make pie, bread, whatever. You could
also boil the pieces, but it would turn out a bit more
watery...but it works, too.
Evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk are not the same, so don't be tempted to substitute one for the other after accidentally picking up the wrong can at the grocery store.
Sweetened condensed milk is mixed with a sweetener. If you find your self in a pinch, this mix will do: 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons powdered milk, ¾ cup granulated sugar and ½ cup warm water.
Buttermilk also known as cultured milk and can be replaced by sour milk. Take one tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice, place in a measuring cup and fill with enough milk to make one cup. Do not stir, let stand for five minutes before using.
Corn syrup--- If you are in desperate need of corn syrup you can substitute 2 parts sugar to 1 part water and boil to a syrupy texture.
Unsweetened baking chocolate can be replaced with three tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder and one tablespoon of oil (olive oil would not work here) for each one ounce square
1 cup all-purpose flour = 1 cup plus 2 tablespoon cake flour
1 cup cake flour = 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup self-rising flour = 1 cup all-purpose flour, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
1 teaspoon baking powder = 1 teaspoon baking soda plus 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar.
1 tablespoon cornstarch = 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour.
1 tablespoon tapioca = 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour.
1 package active dry yeast = 2 1/4 teaspoons dry or 1 package compressed yeast.
1 cup dry bread crumbs = 3/4 cup cracker crumbs.
1 cup packed brown sugar = 1 cup granulated sugar or 2 cups powdered sugar.
1 cup honey = 1 1/4 cups sugar plus 1/4 cup liquid or 1 cup corn syrup or molasses.
1 cup milk = 1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk = 1 tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice plus sweet milk to equal 1 cup.
1 cup heavy cream = 3/4 cup skim milk plus 1/3 cup butter.
1 cup light cream = 7/8 cup skim milk plus 3 tablespoons butter.
1 cup sour cream = 7/8 cup sour milk plus 3 tablespoons butter.
1 cup yogurt = 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk.
1 cup whipping cream, whipped = 2 cups whipped dessert topping.
2 large eggs = 3 small eggs.
1 egg = 2 egg yolks (for custards).
1 egg = 2 egg yolks plus 1 tablespoon water (for cookies).
1 ounce unsweetened chocolate = 3 tblsp. baking cocoa plus 1 tablespoon shortening, butter or margarine.
1 ounce semisweet chocolate = 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate plus 1 tablespoon sugar.
Deboning Chicken
Bobbi Miller
1 liter water, 2 TBS honey*, 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp baking soda, (Optional) 1/2c orange juice Boil water, add honey, salt, baking soda. After boiling, add optional orange juice. For children less than 1yo, add other sweetener. This is a supplement, not intended to replace nursing.