Buckets Of Pears To Can

[Marie Mallory]

Our tree is loaded this year, and we have a job ahead of us, Today we got half off the tree, get rest tomorrow.
I will not peel a few 100 pears so we will leave the skin on them like this woman in video below. I hope we have enough lid's, Jake said we do.
Our canner holds 14 quart's or 21 pints. We only have to can them 10 min.s.
Another short cut I make is to cut in quarters instead of slices.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Will use the pressure canner to save time since it holds more jars than the hot bath.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

I always wondered why they call that "Canning" when it has nothing to do with cans.

 

[Marie Mallory]

I always wondered why they call that "Canning" when it has nothing to do with cans.

Guess they thought it sounded better than 'jarring'. Maybe because it is long lasting like metal canning.

 

[Don Alaska]

You can do canning in metal cans at home if you wish, but it is more difficult and quite a hassle. Many in Alaska used to can in cans and some still do. We had an outfit for doing it and cans as well, but we gave it all to a thrift store. Glass jars are much more simple and is just as good as long as you are not running over trail on a dog sled, ATV, or snow machine. The big advantage to using cans is that they don't break.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

"Can" means "cannister" and the Mason Jar and other containers came along well before the industrial soldered tin can was established.

Early on cannisters were sealed using cloth, tallow, and later wax.

 

[Marie Mallory]

You can do canning in metal cans at home if you wish, but it is more difficult and quite a hassle. Many in Alaska used to can in cans and some still do. We had an outfit for doing it and cans as well, but we gave it all to a thrift store. Glass jars are much more simple and is just as good as long as you are not running over trail on a dog sled, ATV, or snow machine. The big advantage to using cans is that they don't break.

Also, some say the metal in 'some' can now isn't that safe, although I'm sure it is the same for some glass. Although keeping it simple is the way we go now.
I'm not so sure we will be able to can all these pears, so we will see.
Jakes back decided to get really bad now too, he has all that metal in it ya know and he is in some bad pain past 3 days. He can hardly walk. And I was really sick Wednesday so not a good time for this amount of work on top of all the everyday work here already.
Like someone said, " getting old ain't for sissies". I'd say being old since we are alreadt there,lol.

 

[Jacob Petersheim]

"Tin" cans are normally lined for protection, but some lining materials can be dubious in themselves.

As far as glass goes, maybe glass containing lead if used for acidic foods like tomato. But it seems unlikely canning glass is made with lead.

 

[Marie Mallory]

"Tin" cans are normally lined for protection, but some lining materials can be dubious in themselves.

As far as glass goes, maybe glass containing lead if used for acidic foods like tomato. But it seems unlikely canning glass is made with lead.

Yes the metal cans can be toxic but as you said, so can the glass jars, but we just use what we hope is the safest and go for it.
Jake aka hubby is having a couple of beers now for his pain, so it may slow things down some since now he has the music on loud on some songs he wants to play, sing and put up on Facebook.
Like the song says, " Old Rockers never Die'.
Have to put the jars in the dishwasher to get them hot when we start canning.

 

[Don Alaska]

As far as I know, glass jars are safe. The lids however are lined just as cans are, so keep the jars upright with headspace and everything will be safe. Did you ever pick the pears green and let them ripen off the tree? Many pears are best picked green and ripened indoors. The taste and texture can be better. One of our daughter's inlaws had a beautiful pear tree on their property in Washington but they never ate the fruit, as they believed them to be inedible. I told them to try picking them green and aging them indoors, and bingo! They suddenly became delicious. That affects fesh eating, but I don't know about canning them.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Well, this first batch came out half pears and half liquid. So looks like we'll have 14 quarts of pear juice with pulp. Not what we wanted but we have plenty to experiment with, and they are organic and have the vitamins from the skin and fruit.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Going for it again this morning, Jake is doing all the work this morning. I don't feel good so listening to music.

 

[Marie Mallory]

28 quarts so far and still buckets full, tree still loaded, so this canning is about to stop for a while.
I will freeze some maybe see if anyone wants some pears. Some of them are half liquid. Still will use the juice for the vitamins in it. Getty is checking them out, first time she has seen canning going on.




Table full buckets too.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Pear tree, Maisie is guarding, lol, Maisie takes the pears off lower limbs and eats them. I didn't know dogs would eat pears.



Lemon tree loaded too, may be ripe in a month or so.
Fig tress is producing everyday, we eat them as they ripen.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Jakes back is hurting him and I don't feel so good myself, so the rest of the pears will just have to wait.
I could offer them to neighbors but since people think food is suppose to look pretty and ready to eat now, they probably don't want them so no way am I'm going to load em up and put on table in front.