We recently found a good deal on peaches … $.48/lb at a Sprouts grocery store. The peaches were beautiful so we purchased 20 lbs …
This is what 10 lbs of peaches look like! We had twice this much!
This is what 20 lbs of peaches look like peeled and cut up!
I packaged them in snack bags and then placed them in quart freezer bags that I labeled with item and date. (I didn't get a picture of all the baggies, I think there were 29 total.) By preserving the peaches this way it will be easy to 'grab and use' when I want to make a smoothie, which is why I purchased and preserved these peaches.
Even though this was a great price, I only purchased enough for smoothies as I canned enough peaches last year for two years. I also didn't need any peach jam or jelly.
What would you do with 20 lbs of peaches?
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We preserved peaches as frozen, jam and will get some more to can....after I count what’s left and see if I need them—-looks like a lot of peaches still out there!
ReplyDeleteBecky, are the peaches from your own trees?
DeleteI would can them. Every peach we have had this summer has been mealy or completely tasteless. UGH!
ReplyDeleteLana, I don't care for mealy peaches either!!
DeleteI know what my sister would do, she would can them all. She has two kids that absolutely love them and they go through a quart jar a day!! She cans at least 60 quarts a year!!
ReplyDeleteJanice, home-canned peaches are delicious!
DeleteI would make jam to sell at our farmers' market, which I have already done this summer. I didn't get nearly that good of a price; I paid .79 a pound on sale. I make peach raspberry, peach honey(my honey) with no pectin, and cooked down peach with no pectin. The pints sell for $6.00 and the quarts for $11. They sell very well. I have all the skins in the freezer to make jelly soon.
ReplyDeleteEvey, your jam sounds delicious and that is a wise thing to go regarding the peels. You are a wise and prudent woman!
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