Beans & Salsa Puree (Maybe)

It has been a while since I have written; I did warn you. This time of year you spend days working on projects before they are completed. Last Wednesday through Saturday we spent a few hours each day pressure cannning green beans. I have to say Bill had the worse part of the job picking the beans in the high heat. Mom helped out a lot by cleaning them. By noon time on Saturday I thought I would be dreaming of beans. It didn’t help that on the first day of canning Bill was called away to bale hay and I was a little stressed out that I might actually have to try and operate the pressure canner myself.  Luck was on my side 10 minutes before the lid was ready to go on the pressure canner he came home.  After all was said and done the final amount of beans canned is 48 pints and 11 quarts.  

If you decide you want to try pressure canning please follow all the safety tips in the booklet. If not carefully monitored, I would hate to think what 240 degree water, glass jars and 10 pounds of pressure would do.  Here is a good recipe to can green beans http://www.greenbeansnmore.com/canning-green-beans.html. My family’s favorite green bean recipe is available at  http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/green-beans-ole/f5815dc8-85f9-4da1-a4f8-e992c98e124e.

This batch of green beans only made 16 pint jars of green beans.

Can you guess what these ingredients made? On Sunday there were about 35 ripe tomatoes and I wanted to test out making salsa in the food processor I got for Christmas. Let’s just say we could eat these four jars as soup. If anyone has any tips on making moderately chucky salsa in the food processor please share. I am afraid I can't share this recipe, a friend gave it to me.

So it is Thursday and you are wondering what I have done between today and Sunday. I would love to say I took a vacation somewhere. However, I am afraid it was taken up just doing normal day-to-day things like mowing grass, cleaning the house, playing with my dogs and hanging out with the chicks.  I have a feeling the next time I write you'll meet a few more members of my family.