Food Processing and Preservation

  • Farm Life,  Food Processing and Preservation

    Green Bean’s and Sweet Corn

    So today I processed green bean’s and corn for the first time. I didn’t think we would have enough to process since our chickens ate the majority of the bean seeds that we planted, and we had some irrigation issues, fungi, and severe bug pressure with our corn (I’ll talk more about that in a future post). Both are pretty easy to process in comparison to tomatoes that have more steps involved. I followed my Presto Pressure Canner and Cooker instructions that came with my pressure canner. When I started the process I had approximately 35 lbs of corn on the husk. For corn, you remove the husks and the…

  • Farm Life,  Food Processing and Preservation

    Sausage Making with Pasture Raised Pork…

    So today I completed the process of making 25 lbs. of sausage for my family from our pasture raised pork. I decided to set 14 lbs. aside (not yet seasoned), for us to try our hand at making Summer Sausage and Polska Kielbasa. I made 4 lbs. of Italian Sausage, and 9 lbs of breakfast sausage (links and patties). We have already eaten the breakfast sausage before, and we are in love with the recipe! We are trying the Italian Sausage recipe for the first time, so I will have to let you know how that one turns out. Thank the Lord for a successful harvest and a Kitchen Aid…

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