Preserving 2024

 A run down of things we preserved in 2024.  We did maple syrup, but I didn't write down how many quarts we got.  It was a pretty good year for syrup though.  Somehow I didn't mark down applesauce--we did at least one big day, maybe 30ish quarts. It wasn't a good year for me to make time to can a big bunch.

Frozen:

Mulberries: 1 gallon, 7 quarts

Strawberries: 2 gallons sliced, 14 jars sliced w/ honey

Blueberries: 2 10lb cases

Zucchini: 7 bags,grated

Zucchini butter: 5 large containers

Pesto: 2 small containers (plus more later, but not noted-also fennel pesto)

Turnips: 8 bags

Turnip greens: 1 bag

Beet greens: 4 bags

Beets: 4 bags

Canned:

Rhubarb sauce: 10 pints

Strawberry jam: 3 1/2 pints

AIP peach salted caramel: 11 1/2 pints

Peach for kids: 8 1/2 pints

Mulberry jam: 8 pints, 6 1/2 pints

Black Cap jam: 5 1/2 pints

Mulberry/Black Cap jam: 5 1/2 pints

Blueberries: 10 pints (from 10 lb box)

Pear topping: 4 pints

Carrots: 9 quarts

Green beans: 15 quarts

Corn: 30 quarts

Salsa: 13 pints

Zucchini relish: 11 pints

Tomato soup: 8 quarts

Roasted pasta sauce: 3 quarts

Stewed tomatoes: 14 quarts

Tomato sauce with basil: 2 quarts

Pickled scapes: 5 quarts, 1 pint

Dill pickles: 41 quarts

Pickled jalapenos: 4 pints, 4 small jars

Hog order 24/25

 I seem to be the December customer for Ibelings, so the pig goes in and I pick up in December, but it is basically the pork we eat all of the next year.  We ate the last ham from last year's pig for Christmas, and I've had to supplement extra ground pork and brats, but we can basically plan on eating one pig a year as a family right now.

This pig was from Ibelings. We paid $150.

It went to Sorg's, which is great, but there was no notification, so we ended up calling weeks later and they wanted to charge us a fee for late pick up. They did waive it, but it wasn't pretty. We paid $320.80 to Sorg's.

We were packing for Sarah's and other craziness so I didn't weigh the pig. We know we picked up 280 pounds, but that likely includes all the fat to render, as well as a few parts for dissection. The pig was over 400 pounds live, as that was marked on our processing invoice. I also got charged for 2 extra boxes ($6).

What we got:

Neck bones: 1

Jowls: 2

Hocks: 2

Picnic Roast: 5

Steaks: 2

Shoulder Roast: 4

Spare Ribs: 2

Country Ribs: 3

Chops: 16

Ham: 4

Ham Steak: 6

Loin Roast: 1

Side Pork: 6

Ground Pork: 22

Liver: 3

Heart, Kidney, Eye

Fat for lard