Canning Turkey Stew

Apple/Onion Stuffed Turkey

After Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, I promptly filled my roaster to the top with filtered water.  I let it simmer for 12 hours+.  Getting up this morning and making my stew.  I had planned to can up several quarts of stock, but realized I'd never use it BUT already made soup!? That would be a better idea.  I put in two of my cans of green beans, two of corn, sage, parsley, onion, garlic, salt, pepper and all the miscellaneous turkey bits that came off of the carcass, plus the larger chunks of white meat turkey I had taken off of the turkey yesterday.

I've been processing the quarts all day.  Nine quarts, 1 pint.  I had my first blow out though.  After processing the first batch I could clearly smell turkey.  I KNEW a jar had broken.  Thankfully, it was just the lid.  I must not have had it on correctly.  I add some water to the rest of the broth in the jar, wiped it really good, and am re-processing it last.

PH put up 14 rafters today.  The price of wood is higher, so he wasn't able to get the 28 like he needed. It will have to wait until next weekend.

I've been washing all day, and cleaning up (as much cleaning as you can get in such a small space with no storage).  My 2 1/2 year old loves Scooby Doo, and so I have been listening to him watch his few DVDs all day.  I keep running him outside to play in the sunshine, but pretty soon I hear the "click click" of the mouse as he puts the DVD in and hits play..  Pretty smart boy!

Here are a few pictures of our holiday and canning:

Processing the Turkey Stew

Turkey Stew

Cornbread cooling to make the dressing, and peanut butter cookies with a Hershey Kiss