Preserving Ham: Part 2

In yesterday's post I shared that I had canned ham chunks from shanks we had purchased on sale before Christmas.  There's more ...

As I was cutting up the chunks there were small random pieces that I trimmed off (more fat than lean) and set aside for another use.

I added them to washed and cleaned jars ...

Then added 1 cup dry pinto beans to each jar along with a teaspoon of salt and enough water to fill the jars to their shoulders ...

... and processed them for 90 minutes at 10 lbs pressure.  

(Check a reputable canning book for correct pressure for your area.)

One jar didn't seal, no problem, we had it with our main meal today!

The ham trimmings seasoned the beans rather nicely!

I put the rest of the ham shanks into the oven and cooked them according to instructions.

I was able to add these 3 packages of sliced ham to the freezer part of my pantry from them.  We'll use these for sliders, meat for a main course and for chopping to use in omelets or in casseroles.

That left the bones, so into the oven they went to roast for a bit. Once they were roasted I put them into a pot of water along with carrots, onions, garlic and a bit of vinegar.  I let it simmer all evening.  This morning I strained out the broth and filled these 5 jars.

  I still had room in the canner so I reached into the refrigerator and pulled out a package of carrots.  I did up enough to add these 3 pints to the canner, which filled it up.  (I had about another pint of carrots left so I prepared them for roasting and we had them with our main meal today along with the jar of pinto beans that didn't seal mentioned above.)  

Both the broth and pint size jars of carrots processed for 25 minutes at 10 lbs pressure so I processed them together in the same canner at the same time.

I still had the carrot peelings to deal with and I had three options (1) dry and grind them into a powder for use in soups, stews, etc (2) feed them to my compost bin or (3) feed them to our chickens.  I chose to feed them to my compost.

Those ham shanks started a cycle that ended up with 7 quarts of canned ham, 6 quarts of seasoned pinto beans, 3 packages of ham slices, 5 quarts of rich broth and 3 pints of carrots being added to my pantry.  I'll take it!

patsi

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