Canned Meatballs
"Sweet 'n' Sour Meatballs w/Rice; Spaghetti 'n' Meatballs; BBQ Meatballs--you name it! When you have them canned, you're only minutes away from a meal! (I'll post those recipes later-for now, we'll concentrate on meatballs. You don't need to use my meatball recipe: whatever is your favorite meatball recipe, make a quantity of it, form it into balls, place it in jars, and follow the canning directions I've laid out below! They're delicious and handy!"
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
-
28
ingredients
- 4 lbs ground beef (85/15 mix)
- 1 (1/4 lb) package saltine crackers, crushed
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons salt
directions
- Mix all ingredients, to combine well.
- Form into balls, packing ingredients together tightly.
- Hand-wash jars and jar lids and bands, then run them through dishwasher cycle to sterilize.
- Place meatballs in quart-sized canning jars that have been cleaned and sterilized. (Pack only to within 1" of top of jar.).
- Wipe rim of jar to remove grease or food bits.
- Place lid on jar. Screw on band.
- Place filled jars in pressure canner.
- Add water to canner, to about 2" deep.
- Place lid on canner and make sure lid is securely fastened.
- Open petcock.
- Turn on Medium-high heat.
- When steam is rapidly escaping through petcock, close petcock. Pressure will start to rise at this point.
- When pressure reaches 10 lb., start lowering heat, till the needle on the pressure gauge stabliizes at 10 lb.
- Start timing: 90 minutes for quarts; 70 minutes for pints.
- When timing is done, turn off heat, and leave the canner alone till pressure reaches zero.
- Open petcock to release any remaining steam.
- Remove lid.
- Remove jars, and set in a draft-free place to cool.
- When cool, remove bands, wipe down jars with a clean, damp-warm cloth.
- Label and place in pantry.
- TO USE: Remove lid, and Set jar in pan of hot water, to melt the grease, before removing meatballs, one at a time, with an iced-tea spoon; or place in microwave just long enough to melt the grease, then remove one at a time, using an iced tea spoon.
- NOTE: canned meatballs will always have a red center. They ARE cooked through, and you don't have to worry about the color. Now, they're ready to use in your favorite meatball recipe! ALSO, this recipe may make less or more than 7 quart jars full.
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Filler and canned meat do not go together well.
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I'm an organic gardener--to say I'm middle-aged would be a stretch--I've been gardening for 52 years, mostly in the midwest. I still can most everything we eat. As my Dad used to say, "she'll can anything that'll hold still long enough"!! Sure saves time when company--or family--drop in.
I've been cooking all that time, too. I come from a large farm family (1 brother, 5 sisters) and have 2 sons and 4 daughters; AND 10 grandchildren.
Many of our family's memories involve food. All the important events are celebrated with a special menu; but as these things usually go, it's the disasters that make lasting memories! We'll be laughing at those long after the really impressive soirees have been forgotten. The women of our group have adopted a saying that "we don't name a dish till after it's cooked. Whatever it looks like, that's what it is!" Keeps the mood light, and even the novice cooks are more adventuresome, knowing that we don't take disasters seriously.
On the other side of the coin: years ago, I had a tea room/restaurant called The Market Fare, that was written up in the book THE BEST COUNTRY CAFES IN TEXAS, a gastronomique guidebook by Texas Geographic.
The women of our family can usually find our way around a kitchen!! For each of my children, as they left home, I created a cookbook of their favorite foods--still in use by them these many years later.
In nearly every culture, family and food go hand-in-hand in creating those special memories.
Man may be the HEAD of the home, but woman is its HEART!!
