The cupboard as it was late last summer – filled and ready for the winter season!
It’s getting to be that time of year – CANNING!
When we built the canning pantry cupboard last year – I don’t think we realized how much we would use all of the goods stored from the garden. The cupboard, built from some old shipping crates and pallets we had holds close to 250 quarts and pints of product. It seemed like so much at the time – but that full pantry from last fall has a lot of empty shelves on it now!
So before we begin the new season of storing up some food – we spent some time and went through last year’s inventory to get ready for this season’s canning efforts.
STOCKING UP:
It’s a pretty quick study as to what we need to make more of : Hot Pepper Mustard, Pasta Sauce, Picante Sauce and Apple Butter!
Mary’s Hot Pepper Mustard Sauce – A family favorite!
Hot Pepper Mustard : By far the most popular !!! It’s Mary’s secret recipe and I think everyone that comes over takes home a jar. Mary already had orders for them and already pre-sold every one she made from her first batch this week. The boys love it as a dip with pretzels, and it great to use on brats and hamburgers or any sandwich for that matter! I used it last year to make tuna fish salad and replaced the mayonnaise portion with the mustard and it was a great combination.
Pasta Sauce : Another big hit. We used close to 35 to 40 quarts last year – with about 5 remaining. It’s a great way to make quick dinners a thousand different ways!
Our Salsa and Picante Sauce…we will have to learn to make some more mild this year for those not loving the HEAT!! 
Picante Sauce – We went through a ton of this last year – and I think the only thing we will do is to create more pints that are medium and mild heat as opposed to so many that were hot. We love it hot – but sometime the guests like it a bit more mild
Apple Butter – We “found” two jars stashed behind some sauce…I vaguely remember hiding them among other jars to keep for myself – and then like a challenged squirrel – forgetting that I hid them in the first place! It’s so good on toast – definitely going to make more!
Tomato Juice – We canned 80 quarts last year – which we thought might have been too much , but we are down now to about 12. I think we will do about the same again this year. It’s great for our soups and chili – and we drink quite a bit of it as well. One thing we want to do this year is to can more made with some pepper extract - for a hot and spicy juice.
Still good on our inventory of banana and jalapeno hot pepper rings. They are great toppings for pizza and nachos!
Roasted Tomato and Peppers : Mary trialed them last year and they turned out great – so I think we will add a few more pints this year.
I think we still have enough jalapeno, and banana pepper rings to last us for another year – so this year instead of canning the rings, we will freeze more whole and use them for appetizers.
So as the garden approaches ripening time, one thing is for sure: I know we will start to hear that gentle hum of the pressure canner or the roll of boiling water almost every evening in the kitchen as one or both of us cans something….it’s a sound we love to hear!
Jim and Mary
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Do you just sell to local people? Just curious to see if you would ship some mustard sauce to me!
We typically sell to local people, but have shipped to family and friends across the country. We sell it for $4 per jar and you would just have the additional cost for shipping (USPS-Priority box). Let us know!
I will email you now.
Thank you SO much!
I would like to buy some so could you email me and let me know how you want payment? Paypal ok? Thank you.
Hi Bobbi
We are updating our information for Paypal and will be able to accept payment in the next day or two. I will keep you updated!
Thanks again!
ok, thank you. just emaile me at bobster126@tampabay.rr.com
You encourage me! I’ve had to water (who hasn’t), but I will have enough to put up a few cans. I love-love-love your canning cupboard! I will be looking for a few of your recipes…
What an amazing stash! Love the cupboard too! Enjoy your bounty!
Thank you Daisy! We actually made the cupboard out of shipping crates and pallets! Check out our page Recycle/Repurpose. We love all of our canning goods…especially in the winter! Thanks for the compliments!
Oh noooo, I just re-read Preparing for Canning Time, and read that your Hot Mustard Sauce recipe is a SECRET!!!! Maybe you could share it, just this once???
Karen, I so wish I could give you the recipe, but I would be disowned in the family. We actually make it and sell it. Mums the word
Thanks for linking up to “the oe Saturday homesteading trading post” blog hop this week. We are canning too at our place we just finished our tomatoes and who knows what’s next!
So excited to have found your blog via the Link party on I Gotta Try That!! I am always looking for canning recipes. I hope one day to be canning a lot.
Helen
Blue Eyed Beauty Blog
(blueeyedbeautyblogg.blogspot.com)
I love the cupboard! Our garden isn’t doing so hot this year, I am hoping to at least get a few quarts out of it!
can you recommend a canner. i would love to learn
WOW! That canning cupboard is amazing! Very well done! Your goods sound amazing too! Here from the Homestead Barn Hop.
I’ve canned a bunch of stuff but never mustard. Now I have a new project!
Amazing cupboard. I must build something like that for my basement. I can’t quite fill it like that yet, but it is something to aspire to. Thanks for sharing
I think I might have to talk my husband into creating something a little smaller than that because its only the two of us. But that cupboard is amazing!! Getting myself back into canning this year with homemade sauce!!
Oh my, that cupboard is amazing. So nice.
Love the canning pantry – do you have instructions or a how-to on making one similar? Even the overall dimensions would be a huge help. Thanks!
Great idea, and I love what you have canned. I have a Blog Hop, and I would love it if you would link this post. You can find it at
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/07/surf-spray-and-wednesdays-adorned-from.html
It is called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Blog Hop.
I hope to see you there. Have a great Day.
Debi Bolocofsky
Adorned From Above
http://www.adornedfromabove.com
Your canning pantry is beautiful. One year we put up 300 quarts of tomatoes. Half the kids don’t live at home anymore so we don’t need so much anymore. At the time we had and assembly line going, boys did the outside work and the girls the inside. I could not have done it all myself.
This is AWESOME!! I’m jealous. Did you make the shelf? Are they on a little slant so the jar slide forward? Thinking of having my brother-in-law to build me one.
We did – in fact we just did a post about building it yesterday! We built out of old pallets.
I’m so making this. Thank you!
I just featured this post on the Homestead Barn Hop! Fabulous idea for storing those jars!!
Amy – Thank you so much for featuring us on the Homestead Barn Hop – what an honor! Thanks for all you do for everyone!
Jim and Mary
Just featured this post on the Homestead Barn Hop! Fabulous idea for storing those canning jars!
When you can mustard, are you growing your own seeds?? And grinding then making the mustard? This is what I would like to do, however needed to ask a few questions??? Thanks!!!