After all the work that goes into making applesauce, the idea of letting the former batches I had done this year mold and spoil was quite unpleasant. Nearly all the sixteen quarts I had canned in the last month were molding or fixing to mold on top. Apparently my water bath canning process wasn't getting the apples hot enough (even when hot packed). The last six quarts I did (last week's batch) got water bathed twice and they still weren't sealing properly--so Mama suggested oven canning them. That worked. They're nice and tight now. Therefore, this morning I got started opening all the earlier jars, scraping the mold off the top and reheating the apples. Once the jars were washed up, I re-packed them and popped a batch of eight into the oven. One of them busted... After lunch, I did another seven. I scraped off enough that I don't have a full sixteen quarts now..but you know, that's fine. I'd rather have fourteen quarts than none because I didn't do a good enough job the first time around. I'm pleased to say that all of them are nicely sealed and now I'm not worried about losing over a week's worth work sitting cross-legged on the floor, plus blisters and a few cuts. :)
Oh, and by the way, it is good applesauce. I'll probably be making some more fairly soon since the trees still have apples on them.
In addition to that today I did some laundry...and doodled around doing a little bit of helping out with a front room clean out/up job. So...while certain areas of the house are a little piled, others feel cleaner because of the vacuuming and dusting and organizing job that got done(ish).
I was planning on cleaning the chicken coops today, but once I got the second batch of apples in the oven and realized that they'd be ready to come out at four...I decided that I would just forget chicken coops today and tackle that job tomorrow. It's supposed to be even warmer (it was 74 today) anyway, so I'll get what may be my last hurrah of summer tomorrow. I hope the chickens will appreciate a clean coop. I don't care if they don't, I will. It's been needing done for quite a while now and I just haven't gotten to it and haven't gotten to it. Lord willing, tomorrow evening will see a freshened up coop and a happy chicken owner.
Oh, and by the way, it is good applesauce. I'll probably be making some more fairly soon since the trees still have apples on them.
In addition to that today I did some laundry...and doodled around doing a little bit of helping out with a front room clean out/up job. So...while certain areas of the house are a little piled, others feel cleaner because of the vacuuming and dusting and organizing job that got done(ish).
I was planning on cleaning the chicken coops today, but once I got the second batch of apples in the oven and realized that they'd be ready to come out at four...I decided that I would just forget chicken coops today and tackle that job tomorrow. It's supposed to be even warmer (it was 74 today) anyway, so I'll get what may be my last hurrah of summer tomorrow. I hope the chickens will appreciate a clean coop. I don't care if they don't, I will. It's been needing done for quite a while now and I just haven't gotten to it and haven't gotten to it. Lord willing, tomorrow evening will see a freshened up coop and a happy chicken owner.
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