I have no intention of canning, and yet I watched this whole video. That is how you know you have a great video! 🤣
This lady is the Bob Ross of cooking…. Makes me feel so calm and comfortable… I don’t even do canning, but her voice is just soothing lol.
I did it! Yesterday I canned beef stew, using this video as my guide. It’s the first time I’ve ever pressure canned, and I’m thrilled to report that all six of my jars sealed; they look beautiful!! Thank you, Carolyn, for your instructions and for making it all look so easy. It was nerve wracking at first, but I finally stopped shaking about an hour into the 90 minute processing time! 🤣🤣 You totally walked me through this entire process, and now I can’t wait to do it again!! If anyone is on the fence or reluctant to try pressure canning, follow the instructions given in this video and you’ll be just fine! Your canner will not explode, nothing bad is going to happen! I am 62 years old and this is my first go-around, so if I can do it, SO CAN YOU!! DONT FEAR THE PRESSURE CANNER!! 👍🏻 Also want to add that I have a glass topped stove, and it handled it just fine. I have a 23 quart pressure canner, and my stove didn’t break or crack; everything went amazingly well!
With the sad political environment of today it never hurts to have some food your family to fall back on that is nutritious and can last for some time. Thanks so much for this. You make me hopeful for America.
Omg this is amazing. I'm just looking into the world of homesteading and it amazes me what you can do in your own home. I'm 23 and feel like I've entered a new realm of life.
A hurricane came through one year and I lost about 600 dollars in meat when we were without power for almost 3 weeks. I started canning at that point so I could have shelf stable meats and other foods! I still use my freezer but I like having the canning as a back up!
When I have a quantity of stew meat to brown, I put it on a large baking tray then put it under the broiler in my oven until the desired brownness is reached. If the pieces are large or if you want all sides browned, stir or turn the pieces on the tray and put back under the broiler. Cuts batch browning time significantly!
I've thought about canning for years, and thought "we should do this", but lacked confidence & enthusiasm. This video got us kick-started. We followed your well explained recipe and it turned out unbelievably tasty & nutritious. Thanks for the excellent presentation! We love your warm encouraging explanations... Simple, heartwarming & old fashioned .... Don't change a thing!
I would LOVE a spiral bound cookbook with your canning instructions and recipes (for when the power goes out)!
About a week ago I canned this recipe with deer meat and 1 bullion cube per jar, and opened a jar for dinner tonight. 5 stars! The pressure cooking makes the meat so tender and all the flavors intensify. It was super easy to make following along with the video!
This is how I fed my Ex's kids for years, I gardened, and preserved everything! Made soups and stews, pickles, dilly beans, and a hole ton of stuff, then we'd buy a 1/4 beef and a pig and freeze that, and can it as the garden came in. rarely had to buy anything from the store. Lots of work, but in January when its -30 degrees and you want a nice vegetable beef soup, just grab a jar and warm it up! Hard to justify all this food on a shelf when you're single though! Great video.
I used to can with my mom, we've made many jars of beef stew among other things. Some of my favorite memories is first planting our garden and harvesting our bounty. Spending time stringing beans and chopping vegetables. I love it.
Thank you. Living in Alaska I have learned how to can various dishes. After this last Thanksgiving I boiled the turkey bones and got 6 quarts of soup.
I don't know why this came up in my recommended and I really can't forsee myself ever canning beef stew, but this was interesting and you are an excellent teacher!
I generally tell mine that if they don't evolve into a fine stew they will not be accepted by all the other stews. No pressure :)
Your voice is so soothing, You're like the Bob Ross of canning. GREAT tutorial. Thanks so much.
I just started with Pressure Can meats a few weeks ago. I use old plastic milk crates, lined with cardboard on the sides, bottom and pieces between the jars. It works great and holds 9 quarts in each. Then I can stack them high for storage. All The best
Love your videos ! I'm learning a lot. My mother canned food for the 8 of us. We had a huge garden about two acres. Almost all of our food was from scratch. I wished that I would have learned how to do canning from her. We literally lived off the land. Dad fished and hunted different animals to put food on the table for us kids .I'm now learning to can from watching your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences
I know you probably get hundreds of comments however I need to let you know how amazing this video is for someone like myself that has never even done this once. With all of the craziness going on we have started buying all of the supplies to do this regularly. Thank you so much. I just wanted to let you know how big of a deal videos like this are. Keep them coming.
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