Do You Have a FOOD INSURANCE POLICY? | Can Meat w/ Me
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มี.ค. 2023
- Even with a backup generator system, every time we lose power I get nervous. We have easily two freezers full of meat, so today we're going to work on pressure canning up some of that meat to insure our supply. We're going to can up some breakfast sausage, some goat stew meat, and some bacon. All of which I've never really canned before. So come along with me this morning, and let's get busy in the kitchen doing what homesteaders do ♥
NOTE: Canning bacon is NOT approved by the USDA -- "We cannot support the canning of cured, brined or corned meats with the procedures for fresh meats. We can only recommend canning meats, poultry and seafood as described in the following recommendations, using the cuts and preparation steps included." If you can it like I did, you're on your own here. If you want to read some additional information about this, he's a decent article: www.healthycanning.com/home-c...
---------------
👕 Shop Our Merch: www.bonfire.com/store/1870sme...
🌻 HOSS Garden Tools & Seeds: shrsl.com/33ehp (Promo Code SHOP1870 for free seeds!)
🌱MIGardener: migardener.com/?ref=RvfqYBHzo... (Promo Code 1870 for 10% off!)
🌺 GREENSTALK Vertical Planter: greenstalkgarden.com/?rstr=SH... (Promo Code SHOP1870 for $10 off!)
🥫 FORJARS Canning Lids: forjars.co/?sca_ref=1911228.4... (Promo Code SHOP1870 to get 10% off)
🍃 HARVEST Right Freeze Dryers: affiliates.harvestright.com/1...
🛒 Our Favorite AMAZON Finds: amzn.to/3ihSgZP
---------------
Mailing Address:
That 1870's Homestead
P.O. Box 179
Newport, MI 48166
---------------
✅ Connect with Us 🐐
Facebook: / 1870shomestead
Instagram: / that_1870s_homestead
Pinterest: / that1870s
EMAIL: that1870shomestead@gmail.com
---------------
Please note that some of the links above are affiliate links - at no additional cost to you. We will earn a commission if you decide to make a purchase, after clicking through the links. ♥ Todd & Rachel
---------------
On a sort of food insurance thought… I took a complete inventory of our pantry this last week and upon seeing how much was actually there and it’s value, we called our insurance company. They agreed to cover it if we kept the inventory up to date and took pictures of it every month. So glad we made this call! Never can tell when something might happen to it. 😊
Wow, that's a thought!
My insurance company said the same thing.
Good to know.
I think I have more value in my food storage than my entire house. 🤣
Interesting! I’m an insurance agent in Michigan. Your food is covered under personal contents. You may want to change contents coverage to Special Perils - most people have broad perils. Just a thought.
I so appreciate the calmness you and Todd push on your channel!! I have gradually been creating food security since 2020 due to the shortages in my area. Food security is more than just stocking the food, it’s also raising the food whether it be animals or from the garden. I love that you cover all of it, calmly!!! I can’t wait to see your adventures as you take this year “off”!
Agree entirely!!
I love the calmness you bring. It’s a much needed change. I love to can stuff. I consider it my down time. Everything else in the world stops when I’m canning.
I am a newby to pressure canning and it still terrifies me. Made my 1st batch of veg broth from saved frozen scraps.. virtually painless. Meat will be in the distant future. Baby steps. But yes, super calm❣️
The first time I really canned meat was when my brand new 30 cf freezer full of meat went down. I had canned everything but meat for years. I LOVE having meat that it already cooked and ready to go on the shelf. I call it Homestead fast food. I have used the canned pork instead of ground pork for egg roll in a bowl and it is amazing. Hamburger with very little addition makes for easy tacos or added to spaghetti sauce for a hearty meal.
I buy meat when it is on sale and pop it in the freezer until I have time to can it. I'm right there with you on the Food Insurance Policy! I try not to ever have a freezer full of meat - but use my freezer as a holding zone! Thanks for the bacon tutorial! I've wondered how to can bacon!!
I love your "quality control" team making sure nothing stays on the floor! Thank you for sharing
Cool! For the bacon you can crisp it back up on a cookie cheet with that same parchment paper on it if you want. Then throw the paper away when done. I have done it before and it really saves time in the end. I am sure you will be pleased with it, I haven't tried the sausage yet.
I love the idea of using a chopstick to dig bubble jars. You got me doing it now I love it I even got extras in case I lose one.
I feel personally attacked 🤣 I am SO guilty when it comes to forgetting to thaw the sausage for biscuits and gravy on those days my soul is just craving it 😅
I always wash my jar lids before I can with them, especially if they're coming straight of a box or package. I don't trust that they've been manufactured and packaged in a hygienic manner and better safe than sorry. I wash new clothes before wearing for the same reason. ❤️
Coming off of TWO extended power outages in the last 10 days….. you’re speaking my language! So stressful being out of power
Rachel, It looked like to had a couple of helpers in case you drop any meat. Looks good. Thanks for sharing. I really like your channel.
Love it. I fill leftover space with beans when I’m canning meat.
I would love to see you cook with this bacon to see how it works out. We love bacon but it such a hassle to make from freezer to meal. Canning would be huge.
Same! I've been putting off canning bacon because I just wasn't sure I'd be happy with the end product. Really looking forward to seeing and hearing your thoughts on it when you use it. :)
Appalachias Homestead did a video LONG ago where she tested it.
@@mccoolfarmandgarden - so did bexar prepper.
Canning bacon not for me, I only use recommended & test recipes from Ball, or Home Food Canning Preservations.
I watched a TH-cam video a year or so ago and the lady showed how she always canned her bacon, and she did it exactly like you did, and it turned out perfectly fine!! I wanted to can some for small Christmas gifts for my girls and grandson, but my husband said that was tacky. He doesn't shop as much as me, and really doesn't know the prices anymore 😒.! I think it's a great gift 😊 How did your ground beef turn out; texture wise, when you did it a different way to see if Todd liked it better? My hubby is on the fence about ground beef canned. I hope your other method is better!! Nice insurance 👌.
I’ve canned bacon and it crisps right up! I was amazed. It’s great to have that on your shelf
Thanks for this Rachel. I’ve 2 weeks off work at Easter and will be working through our freezers, plus we have 4 lambs going this weekend which I’ll can a lot of rather than freeze. Canning like this is in the minority here. We’re in the UK though as you may or may not know. Have a great week! Tracy 💚
Here in Wales I have a hoggart going to freezer canp this week (my friend and I have 2 together), and will can some too. I like rubbing a bit of Moroccan spice into some, other plain. Just got 500 lids from the USA, my OH got me as an early birthday present. (Sooooo expensive.)
I enjoyed this video extremely. Right on target. Have a blessed day.
You can can dry beans to fill your canner load. I keep a jar of dry beans to have a complete canner load when I can meat. Dry beans can the same amount of time as meat.
Your going to love it❤.. been doing it for yrs.. such an easy way to keep another staple..
I like to can sausage patties and crumbles. I'm needing to put more bacon back. We're trying to eat our freezer down to make room for our steer. Thanks for taking up along. Remember ya'll to Pray, Plan Prep
Love to see your helpers are close by...cute pups
Hey Rachel.❤ excited to see another video!
Thank you Rachel for another encouraging video. Definitely need to work on my freezer as well and love the convenience of jar ready meats. Blessings on your day Kiddo!🥰🌻🐛💕
Just used some of my canned chicken to make white chicken chili. It was so easy to just shop in my own grocery store! I also canned bacon like that this year.
I sat down to eat your mock crab cake and turned on YT and here you are canning. Just wanted to say the mock crab cakes I made and froze in summer just hit the spot. Figured I'd throw a few in while oven stone preheats for my bread. Mock crab cakes now a family tradition. TY!
Thanks for sharing your time with us. Love from Virginia ❤️
Thank you for suggesting the dry beef bouillon to the goat meat to give it extra flavor.
Love this video, I've been a little nervous about canning meat so this will help know that I can do it. Thank you so much
Thank you Rachel. When I have an empty space, I always have dried beans to can. For shorter times, I can water for, well, what ever I need sterile water for. God Bless and stay safe.
I add beans as well.
Awesome job!!! And I totally agree with having different sources of food security. I live near the coast in south Louisiana & hurricane season lasts 6 months of the year. So lots of opportunity to lose power & sometimes for weeks.
Hope you do a video using that bacon. I'd like to try canning it but it's so expensive when you have to purchase and hate to waste any of it.
Hey hey y’all. Always glad to see a canning video. Thank you! Rachel, we found another Cherokee purple tomato plant this year. Hopefully, fingers crossed, (please pray for us😅) I’ll be able to keep this one alive. I’m determined to try one of your faves. ♥️ Thanks again for the video guys, it’s much appreciated.
I LOVE this! I am going to do sausage and I’m going to try bacon!
I love that you’re a no nonsense rebel canner! ❤️
I am amazed about the bacon. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. 🥰
I've been meaning to try canning bacon, but haven't yet. We love bacon, but we don't eat it but once every month and a half. Any leftover cooked goes into freezer to add to recipes. I need more regular sausage canned up on shelf, we blew through it making sausage bread for the holidays. Our canned foods are our food insurance. We do take jars of food to our camper which is a God send especially after a long day!!
They had ground beef on sale for 1.99 so I got 30# and mixed it with my ground pork and canned 14 quarts today. Feels like I'm rich now lol
I bet
Can’t wait to see how the bacon comes out. I didn’t know that could be done.
So much encouragement to try to do it. Thank you.
Yay, a Rachel canning video 😄
Great video, word of advise to viewers read instructions from Ball book if you are new to canning. Videos are great but don't show everything and safety is number one for pressure canning. Hugs 🤗
Oh, absolutely wonderful! I just had to subscribe to catch your future videos. Thank you!
I am so grateful for the instruction on how to can bacon, I have some in need of use, but don't want to eat 4 pounds
I love my canned sausage! I’ve never canned bacon before but you made it look so easy!
Thank you Rachel ❤I just wondering how you stay so slim eating all that delicious food 😊💖💖
We do this in November. It’s our hog killing season. We fry up our sausage in balls and pour the grease over it instead of water before we can it. Then when we reheat for gravy we have that grease to make the roux. We also cut up pork shoulder and hams to can.
Wonderfull video. TFS.
Rachel, I'm so glad to see you can bacon! I've seen two other people do it & I have a lot in my freezer. I'm trying to work my way through all that I need to get canned in the way of meats, but today I had to sidestep & I made 2.5gal bbq sauce which will have to process in 2 loads bc I didn't plan the odd sized jars out very well. Many Blessings to you & Todd from Deborah in West Virginia!
I have never seen the bacon canning before , it’s awesome!!!
thanks for this video. for some reason, I was thinking about canning bacon yesterday. love the term food insurance!
thank you once again. I have just recently purchased a pressure canner, and I cannot get my husband's head around canning meat. I'll just have to keep working on him.
My canned meats, along with rest of pantry, is part of my retirement plan. Don't have goat meat on the shelf, but do have sausage and bacon, on the shelf. And several other kinds of meat.
Great job!❤
Do some beans wash sort 1/2 cup per pint. They can at same amount of time.😊 I’m trying to clean out my freezer too! ❤
I've done all kinds of meat, chicken, turkey, ham, homemade breakfast links, and this week making my corned beef an Italian beef. All fun. Bacon is on the list.
Every year I buy corned beef on sale, soak overnight in water, trim sll visible fat, raw packin pints. I open a jar, rinse, drain, add pickle relish, mayo and make sandwiches! Yummy!
Great video!
I did my bacon raw pack a d used parchment paper it worked good for me.
Have you tried breakfast sausage gravy casserole? I am not usually a big fan of breakfast casserole...I find them dry and not very tasty. However, tried this one and it is a HIT! Make up a batch of sausage gravy. Cut 1 package of Grands biscuits in quarters and randomly arrange pieces on bottom of greased 9x13 pan. In a separate container, whisk 4 large eggs. Pour over the top of whole pan. Add some cooked chopped bacon if you wish. Add some good cheddar cheese. Then spoon your sausage gravy over the whole top of the casserole. Bake at 350 for like 45 minutes until the bottom (I use glass so I can see) of pan is golden brown. It is AMAZING. Then you can keep in fridge, if not eaten immediately, and just reheat when you want a piece.
Great 😊can’t wait to see how the bacon turns out 😊
That's exactly the way I can my bacon. We love it!
I have to try canning bacon. We eat a lot of bacon and this would be such a great idea for us. I haven't attempted canning any meat yet, so this is a timely video for me. Thank you so much Rachel for the tutorial.🥰
Great video!! Try one of your bacon jars soon. I cooked mine only half done and once pc'd it was perfect, otherwise burnt. I made a very expensive mistake by cooking to crisp.
Hi Rachel great video. Mike and I don't can meat as much as we should. We have a really nice solar generator thing lol. If we lose power we should be fine however this is a good idea for food insurance. We both work from home and I'm sure he's going to watch this as well. I think we will take some meat out of one or some of our three freezers and do a canning video soon. Many blessings, Rochelle
the pups are waiting to see if you drop something, so cute.
Hi Rachel. This is wonderful. I need to do this canning myself, to save money 🤑💰. Everything these days are so expensive that it is getting hard take ends meat. I am going to go through all the videos to learn more about canning and will do it myself. The meat looked good. God Bless you for all you do for your viewers. Love your videos. How are the grandkids doing?? Take care. Mari'a. 🙏🙏👍👍👍👍🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑💰💰💰💰
love your videos!
Yes, to food insurance. I know i have to use my canned items, so they get rotated. I tell the jar I'm so sorry I have to open it but I will put else in it. My daughter laughed she does the same thing. LOL. She can't stand having empty jars. ❤️🇺🇲
Hay Rachel when I was younger my mom and grandmother would can meat and they would turn the jars on their lids and allow the grease settle there as an extra security for the
Safety of the seal
I wonder if the weight of the contents would make it harder for the jar to vacuum and seal?
Loved this! I had no idea that bacon could be canned! I have only done water bath canning thus far, so no meat. Knowing your elevation is a great tip! I am going to look mine up and add it to my Off Grid How to binder that I keep (it's my "in case google isn't there" binder).
Very wise!🌻
I believe its rebel canning. They haven't tested it yet I think that's why its not "approved".
@@annieanderson6112 Approval is from the USDA, you know the same ones that changed the food pyramid? When they changed it diabetes went off the chart as did cancers and a gazillion other diseases! They changed yogurt which was a dairy to protein! There is not ENOUGH protein in yogurt to keep you satiated and full! They changed the first foods to carbs, which we know, INCREASES BLOOD SUGARS, this isn't new, we've known for years! I'm a nurse, I know! Diabetes 101! So I am to trust them? Knowing what I know? Ummmm, that would be a negative! Whom do I trust you ask? I trust my mother's and my grandmother's right from Greece! I trust bloggers out there who care about their families, their own health and try and share with us. Take us along, like Rachel and Todd! I take their knowledge and wisdom and what worked for them, and as of right now? What worked for them was all natural, including preserving your own food in every way possible! WTG Rachel, thank you so much, I will try the sausage for sure! I don't have that much bacon, but am willing to give it a try! Can't wait for your review of it!
I'm always grateful for the "insurance" of having shelf stable food in jars as it's really saved us with my cancer and not being able to work, but I'm also grateful that our house insurance policy has some coverage if our freezer were to go down and we were to lose the freezer contents ❤️
Dogs interested in the canning - meat!
I'm glad you shared this today. I've been feeling lately that I need to preserve the meats that are in my freezer. Just feeling it in my Spirit, ya know?
Having my gauge checked this coming week actually just to be sure I'm doing things safely. I'm curious to know how the bacon turns out. Also is that parchment paper you used?
Everything looks yummy. I thought canning bacon was a USDA no-no but your method is interesting. Thanks so much for sharing.
Awesome video
Save the paper for fire starter when you use the bacon. I put my paper towels and other greasy paper in a ziplock bag. Works great.
I started canning sausage last year and it’s great. I did a batch of ground beef and a batch of sausage last week. The ground beef works great for tacos, sloppy joes, goulash and such. The sausage I use for sausage gravy, egg omelettes and such. I also canned ground pork that I use in my spaghetti sauce along with canned burger.
I canned some breakfast sausage in 1/2 pints and I use it to make sausage gravy. It's so good and doesn't take long to make! I don't like a lot of sausage in my gravy.
Oh Rachel!!! I've never seen the bacon thing before! I hate having a ton in my freezers too because of that, I can most everything! I'm stealing the bacon idea 😉 I mean borrowing, lol. Thanks!! ❤️ Kacy
Can’t wait to see what the bacon is like after being canned! I had no idea you could can bacon!
I just did a bunch of pork and beef roast other day. I'm more likely to use ut if it's canned.. its good to canned it tgen to lose it
You are a rebel Rachael! Lol
I'm an insurance agent for a big company and you really need to think about increasing your policy. This stuff adds up so quickly and you really need insurance on it. Most companies just increase personal property and its not very expensive.
I just canned a butt ton of different flavored chicken. Then I did sausage and chicken jars and bacon and chicken jars. It feels great to have all this added to my pantry.
I found a video on how to can the bacon raw. You do have more bacon fat in the jar. When we opened it, we poured that in another jar for cooking. It did crisp up nicely.
Ive done that with thick cut gammon and bacon, but part cooked it then hot canned with ham stock (90 minutes, 10psi at sea level).
It came out fine, and can he drained, patted dry and fried. The amazing stock I used in pea soup / pease pudding.
Rebel canning, for sure.
Can you guys link those videos? I'm all about the rebel!
We’re not big meat eaters, but my husband loves burger. Canned burger is my second favorite thing to have on hand. (1st is soup, bc that’s my fav)I use a slotted spoon to scoop my meat into the jars bc the grease can ruin the seal if it bubbles up. I don’t strain it though.
Excellent inspiring vidéo !!!
Blessings +++!!!
One of my favorite ways to use ground sausage is on a pizza. Naan bread, NY sharp cheddar cheese, ground sausage, and banana peppers. Season as you like!!! So yummy
I can't wait for my canner to get delivered
You also can cold pack bacon alone . Watch Grumpy Acres Homestead . Mine came out great . Cooked, stayed long didn't shrivel . First time I will buy and save and can bacon like that from now on. We have the same power outages but unless ice , usually more in the summer than winter. ❤🙏
I’ve done some meat canning (chicken, ground beef, venison, pork loin, bbq pork). So far we are struggling with the smell when you first open the jar. But once it’s cooked in whatever recipe that smell seems to go away. I do love the “insurance” part, which is why I have started cannning meat, I just wish we really loved the taste and texture as much as fresh or frozen. My husband especially not a fan 😢.
Canned chicken makes great chicken salad. I don’t care so much for ground beef canned, but it’s ok in tacos. I think I will try canning it in patties to see if the texture will be better. Also, thinking of canning sausage that way.
It's the texture bothers you try getting it back up before you use it. It helps some.
I live in TN, and we just had a terrible wind storm come through our area, that knocked out power for a lot of people. I work in retail so I get to talk to almost everyone in the area. I learned that if you loose food due to a power outage most of the time your homeowner's insurance will cover the cost of the food that was lost. The coverage depends on certain factors, but for anyone else who didn't know, maybe it could help someone out.
I'm curious how you like the sausage when canned. I've seen other canners on YT who don't like the texture and say they wouldn't can sausage again. Good luck!
I think that we do in the UK is something that is covered by the contents cover. But i would be gutted to lose power. We have 3 freezers full of meat veggies and more. I am hoping we never lost power for long. We have had a few powercuts this year, there was talk of rolling cuts there so no power for a few hours EVERY day but it never happened! thank goodness. I dont know what I would do if that happened!
Oh my gosh - canning bacon! I had no idea this was possible! Was that parchment paper you used to wrap it? I've never canned anything but plan to start this summer (we're moving - right now isn't the time!). Knowing I can learn to can bacon changes everything! Thanks!
Will be interesting to see how the bacon tastes 🥓
I do bacon like this, I know it’s not an approved method but I love it. I also do sausage mostly for sausage gravy. Have you watched Pataras video on making biscuits with self rising flour and shelf ready cream? What a nice shelf stabile food that would be.
I wonder if we could can the cream ourselves? I feel like I've seen ppl do dairy. I saw that video and it looked good.
I would love an update on the bacon. We love bacon and that would be a game changer for us to have on the shelf.
I canned bacon and use it for casseroles. What a time saver!
My favorite class in college was experimental foods. It was an upper level class but it was so fun. I guess that's why I love cooking. Trying new things.
I also recently canned sausage mainly for sausage gravy anytime we want it with less time.
Thanks Rachel!! Canned bacon???? 🤯 I’m going to have to give that a try!! Did you add any water to the bacon jars??? I love having canned rabbit (bone in for extra broth and deboned) for quick ‘chicken’ salad or to put into casseroles where ever I would use chicken and venison for stews or quick ‘beef’ over rice or noodles. I will have to try the sausage for camping season too. Bless you for all the wonderful content. Signed: your southern Indiana ‘neighbors’.
No water to bacon