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Canning Meat Tips

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I buy meat from the grocery store. I dont store it. If I'm going to can it I plan to do it the next day after shopping. For chicken I buy breast on sale and skin it and take all the fat that I can see off. I roll the pieces up and put them in pint wide mouth jars. You can add salt but I dont. Clean the rim of the jar very good. A little dab of fat will keep the jar from sealing. I dont add broth or water. Process @10lbs pressure for 75 minutes, 90 min for quarts. It's very good for shredding in fajitas or stir fry. One of my canning books from the 60's says its good for chicken salad but I'm not comfortable eating it from the jar. So I cook it again before we eat it. I buy the leanest beef I can get on sale. Remove as much fat as you can see. I cube it in 2in chunks. Loosly pack in jars, salt if you want and process for the same time as the chicken. Actually the time is the same for all meat. In addition to raw packing I make a lot of meat with broth. When the leg quarters are real cheap I skin them cook till I can get it off the bone and bone it. Then I set the pan in the fridge over night and skim off the fat in the morning. I save celery leaves and the tough part of onions and cook this with the legs and also remove. Then I add a few boullion cubes for flavor and can the meat and broth. A good picnic ham is great canned with broth for beans and dressing. I keep jars of meat balls in tomato sauce. The recipe for the meatballs is 3lbs lean ground beef 3/4 lb bulk sausage (hot is good) 1 1/2 c.oats 3 eggs beaten 2tsp salt small onion chopped very fine Mix well and shape into small walnut sized balls. Then in a big pot mix 2qts of tomato juice. I use the store brand version of V8. l tablespoon of butter and pepper to taste. Bring the juice to a boil and drop the meatballs in the juice. Bring it back to a good rolling boil and pack loosely in jars to within l inch of the top. Process at 10lbs for 75minfor pints 90 min qts. I can ground beef raw too. Just put it in the jars kind of loose and process at the above times You can take it out of the jar and smash it for chili, spaghetti or tacos

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