I did get some green chile into jars for canning. Everything except the tomatoes and a little bit of flour for thickening. Those two items will be added when it's time to open the jars and enjoy.Tracy and I went to Orange Patch Too and got some of their wonderful New Mexico Chiles. They are already roasted and in zip locks. Yummm. They are so good. I put some in the freezer for future batches. I had 1 extra quart and a little pint of green chile just hanging out on the pantry shelf, but they didn't last long. Robert came home and opened it up one night. I guess I need to put instructions on what needs to happen to it once it is opened to avoid any confusion about how to prepare it for eating. He did pretty well, just forgot the flour for thickening it a little and maybe a few more tomatoes. I did try to explain we really didn't need to open the jars quite that soon after canning. I should get to savor the look of the pantry shelves for at least a month. I am on to ground beef now and getting some of the “on Sale” bounty into jars for later consumption. Crazy days of canning are still going strong. I will post the ground beef pics later with the recipe.
Apples arrive tomorrow. I hope my new gizmo that makes applesauce is not far behind. I just love a learning curve. We had such a hard time with apples last year, I hope this year goes better. Hence the gizmo to try. It's called a Squeezo Strainer and everyone I know that has one, loves it. I hope it will take some of the grunt work out of the applesauce process. The kid in the picture looks like he can manage it. Maybe there's hope for me. I guess it was originally designed to do tomato sauce. I don't think I'm that crazy yet, but you never know.
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