{"id":1419,"date":"2011-07-05T03:00:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-05T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2011-07-05T03:00:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-05T07:00:50","slug":"q-and-a-canning-chili-and-making-sauerkraut-in-a-jar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2011\/07\/05\/q-and-a-canning-chili-and-making-sauerkraut-in-a-jar\/","title":{"rendered":"Q and A: Canning chili and Making sauerkraut in a jar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Canning chili<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>We want to can chili. I like rice in mine and hubby likes noodles, so can we can some with rice in some- noodles in some? Hubby says yes, but not a lot of either in the jars, he also says they should both be cooked in the chili before filling the jars. Is he right?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Pat Kaufman<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Seymour, Missouri<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Yes, you can add a little rice or noodles to the chili, but don&#8217;t cook it before filling the jars; it&#8217;ll get soft enough during processing. If you cook it first, it will be way too mushy! &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making sauerkraut in a jar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>How do I make sauerkraut in a quart jar? Hot or cold water?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Michael Freeman<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Shepherdsville, Kentucky<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Although it may seem faster and easier to make kraut in quart jars, it is actually easier to make it in a crock, then can it up after it is done fermenting. But if you want to go the quart jar way, here&#8217;s a recipe: To each pound of shredded cabbage, add 2 tsp. salt and mix thoroughly. Mix in small amounts in large container, a few pounds at a time. Pack into quart jars, leaving about 1\/2 inch of headspace. Put lid on but do NOT seal tightly. Air must escape during fermenting! Place jars in an enameled pan and store in a cool place. Fermentation will be complete in about 10 days. When completed, add enough brine, made of 2 Tbsp. salt to 1 quart water, to cover the kraut, leaving 1 inch of headspace. (During fermenting, the kraut will &#8220;shrink&#8221; a little.) Wipe rim of jar and place hot, previously simmered lid on jar and screw ring firmly tight. Process in a boiling water bath canner for 20 minutes. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canning chili We want to can chili. I like rice in mine and hubby likes noodles, so can we can some with rice in some- noodles in some? Hubby says yes, but not a lot of either in the jars, he also says they should both be cooked in the chili before filling the jars. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}