So this weekend clan Daniel picked up our fully processed steer. With the knowledge of the fact that we would soon have 500 lbs of beef the Mrs. set out to clean out the freezers.
After a thorough clean-out she discovered some hamburger and some deer meat that needed to be used so we decided to make a big pot of chili and can it.
Now we have never canned chili before but we have bought a lot of canned chili so we felt sure we could do it. The Mrs. started the process by grinding some deer meat.
I cooked it down and spiced it up. Chili is an all day process around the homestead.
Nannie came over to help the Mrs. with the pressure cooking.
Each batch had to cook at 10lbs pressure for one and a half hours.
We ended up with the equivalent of 23 cans of store-bought chili at 1/3 the cost...not bad.
After a thorough clean-out she discovered some hamburger and some deer meat that needed to be used so we decided to make a big pot of chili and can it.
Now we have never canned chili before but we have bought a lot of canned chili so we felt sure we could do it. The Mrs. started the process by grinding some deer meat.
I cooked it down and spiced it up. Chili is an all day process around the homestead.
Nannie came over to help the Mrs. with the pressure cooking.
Each batch had to cook at 10lbs pressure for one and a half hours.
We ended up with the equivalent of 23 cans of store-bought chili at 1/3 the cost...not bad.
500 pounds of deer meat sounds great! I could eat that in a day. When can I visit for dinner? (BIL)
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