Sunday Activities

So,  yesterday instead of relaxing after church, and mostly because we played all day Saturday, we had a bit of canning to do.  We had purchased a bunch of London Broil and strawberries and chicken to restock our supply.  We decided to can most of the beef--we left only 3 roasts for the freezer--and canned the rest. We use it all the time for French Dips, BBQ Beef Sandwiches, Shredded Beef Tacos or Burritos and in Chili or whatever else we can think of.  We borrowed our friend's pressure cooker (thanks Nelsons) and went to town. 

We also made strawberry freezer jam and froze whole strawberries, about 20 lbs worth of the red beauties.  Brad also boiled up all of our chicken parts we have been saving for chicken stock and that made 8 quarts of chicken stock. 

Needless to say we were busy and soo ready for bed by 10 pm but had to stay up till 11:30 to get everything done!  But, now we are stocked on beef and freezer jam and only have to do the chicken next.  We aren't going to bottle it, just bag it and freeze it! (probably 40-60 lbs worth!)  Yep, everything seems to be on sale this week so we have to strike when the iron is hot!!

You are looking at:
18  half pints freezer jam
12 pints freezer jam
5 1-lb bags whole frozen strawberries
8 quarts chicken stock
14 quarts of london broil (about 2-2 1/2 lbs in each jar)

chicken stock and canned beef

strawberries