Canning Blog

                    Kitchen creations from North Mountain Supply Peaches Edition 

             Who really loves to open a can of peaches and taste the metal can? Did you know there is a way around that? There is a way to make it so you can enjoy fresh fruits, vegetables, jelly’s, and jam’s regardless of the time of year. This can be achieved through canning and it is so easy an older child or teenager could do it (with parental supervision that is). 

            Canning is as simple as putting your items in a jar seasoning them and sealing it. Canning is the best way to preserve food because where freezing your items can get freezer burnt and buying store bought goods after a while they taste like a can. With canning your items stay good for years sometimes even longer than store canned items.  For this Blog, I will use peaches. 

Canning Peaches at Home

Ingredients:
 30 large ripe peaches 

12 cups hot water
 6 cups white sugar 

Instructions: 

Wash and sanitize your jars 

Put canning lids in a hot simmering pan of water

Peel, core, and slice your peached 

Mix sugar and warm water together till all sugar is dissolved 

Fill jars with peaches leaving about a half inch from the bottom of the rim 

Pour sugar water in jars to cover fruit still leaving the half inch 

Slide a clean knife down the inside of the jar in a few locations to get all air bubbles out

Wipe off mouth of jar with a warm damp cloth to clean any syrup that dripped 

Use a fork and remove a lid from the simmering water and quickly place on top of the jar and quickly screw your ring on

Fill water bath canner half full with water and place jars in wire rack

Slowly lower into the canner and add more water till you have 1” over the top of the jars 

Cover with lid and bring to a raging boil

Set timer for 25 minutes and turn temperature down to a soft boil 

Once time is up remove jars from canner and let sit on counter to cool

Check that all have sealed you can do so my making sure the top of the lid is flat by the finger test method and that the jar popped 

Mark your lids by date and produce and store in a cool dark place

 And that is it, you just canned your first harvest of peaches!!