We had an annual apple butter festival in Pennsylvania, where I grew up. They cook it in GIANT copper kettles, stirring it constantly for days with wooden paddles.
It's a truly wonderful thing. Like spreading everything good about fall on toast.
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It's a truly wonderful thing. Like spreading everything good about fall on toast.
@Jay Mason jars are the jars of choice, I have the bail top jars you speak of but I only use them for blends I'm actively smoking. I do find they dry out as well.
The easiest way to get a solid seal on them is to heat up the jar, add the tobacco, screw the lid on and when it cools the jar will be sealed. I usually just screw the lid on and don't worry about it but I have had jars that didn't seal and the tobacco dried out.
The easiest way to get a solid seal on them is to heat up the jar, add the tobacco, screw the lid on and when it cools the jar will be sealed. I usually just screw the lid on and don't worry about it but I have had jars that didn't seal and the tobacco dried out.
Holy Cao!! I live in the middle of the north central PA mountains and we couldn't live without either the jars OR the apple butter!! Every store I frequent from the big boxes to the various grocers all have the squatty widemouthed jars I use for tobacco... and cheap... and then replacement lids and rings. I bought the jars once... hit the equilibrium point with how much I smoked and how much I cellared, buy about two boxes of lids every 6 months and all is well. My Majesty's family has been making apple butter the same way from virutally the same recipes and equipment since her family settled their homestead area in the 2nd half of the 1700s. George III sorta forced the issue at one point, Jay! 
Apple butter on home-baked bread fresh out of the oven: heavenly!! The one thing I can't do tho... Majesty likes apple butter dumped on cottage cheese as a main lunch course. I can't go there so much!
Apple butter on home-baked bread fresh out of the oven: heavenly!! The one thing I can't do tho... Majesty likes apple butter dumped on cottage cheese as a main lunch course. I can't go there so much!
Oh... forgot! These are the half-pint, wide-mouthed mason jars that to me are just perfect glass pipe tobacco tins:
I use these almost exclusively for single tin jarring... and then the pint-sized widemouths for larger quantities. These accommodate the 1.75 oz. 50 gm, and 2 oz tins perfectly. Depending on the cut of the tobacco, I can sometimes get 100gm tins in these as well.
I use these almost exclusively for single tin jarring... and then the pint-sized widemouths for larger quantities. These accommodate the 1.75 oz. 50 gm, and 2 oz tins perfectly. Depending on the cut of the tobacco, I can sometimes get 100gm tins in these as well.
Well thanks folks for the info on apple butter...you make it sound mouthwatering. But, if it's anything like lemon curd then it would never go into my mouth...that stuff is truly vile!
Regards 'proper' screwtop mason jars, we have no supplier local to me. I did however hunt them down on Amazon but was a tad disappointed by so many negative reviews.
I reckon I shall have to stick with what I have (15 bail top jars) and just pop in a well wetted piece of terracotta to maintain a certain degree of moisture.
None have actually dried to a crisp but I fear it only a matter of time now my heating is switched on (a steady 23.5 degrees).
Regards,
Jay.
Regards 'proper' screwtop mason jars, we have no supplier local to me. I did however hunt them down on Amazon but was a tad disappointed by so many negative reviews.
I reckon I shall have to stick with what I have (15 bail top jars) and just pop in a well wetted piece of terracotta to maintain a certain degree of moisture.
None have actually dried to a crisp but I fear it only a matter of time now my heating is switched on (a steady 23.5 degrees).
Regards,
Jay.
Pipesmokingtom... Jersey Shore??? No kidding??!!!???? Awesome!!! I grew up in Lock Haven, lived in Rauchtown in the Nippenose Valley whilst raising our family(who went to Jersey Shore schools!), then after they all 'done growed up', we sold the 5-bedroom farmhouse and moved to way smaller digs South Williamsport. For those unfamiliar, Jersey Shore PA is nowhere near Jersey and nowhere near the shore! South Williamsport is home to the annual Little League World Series!
So PST, where are you now? (And, WOW, small world eh wot?!)
Jerry
So PST, where are you now? (And, WOW, small world eh wot?!)
Jerry
Negative reviews of jars?! I have to go check that out. I cannot imagine how the only jars available for canning nationwide for over 100 years could get negative reviews. I have to go check that out. Must be a fluke.
Apple butter is highly caramelized applesauce with cinnamon, thick as peanut butter, and tastes like spreading apple pie on a piece of toast, being more tangy than sweet. I prefer pear butter and peach butter myself.
Apple butter is highly caramelized applesauce with cinnamon, thick as peanut butter, and tastes like spreading apple pie on a piece of toast, being more tangy than sweet. I prefer pear butter and peach butter myself.
Bah ha ha, these are fantastic!! "One was broken..." "They never arrived..." "The lids rusted after I washed them." "You can save $0.20 at your local grocery store."
They are listed here for $8.99 and someone posted...
The people complaining about the prices are just traditional American mindless twits. Sure, you may save $0.20 at Walmart or the grocers, but these were delivered to their door. And, by the good reviews you see that the company easily replaces broke one, and the people who write negative reviews about broke ones, probably never even tried to get them replaced.
Sure, I would just drive to the grocers and buy some to ensure than not a single one gets broken, but if my country had no options for canning jars, I wouldn't hesitate to order any.
Jay, do you guys not have gardens and put up canned goods for extending your harvest through the winter? Or, how do you guys make jams and sauces without jars? We would not be able to survive without being able to put up our food for winter. 90% of everything we eat is grown or raised right here. Are you guys forced to buy food from the grocer?
They are listed here for $8.99 and someone posted...
Jay, here in the US, people have a bit of sport in writing reviews, at least I hope this is what this is. When we make a purchase, we are sometimes asked to write a review before we even receive the product, so people write idiotic things. And, then there's the boredom factor. People at work writing idiotic reviews for things just to have stuff to do.
The people complaining about the prices are just traditional American mindless twits. Sure, you may save $0.20 at Walmart or the grocers, but these were delivered to their door. And, by the good reviews you see that the company easily replaces broke one, and the people who write negative reviews about broke ones, probably never even tried to get them replaced.
Sure, I would just drive to the grocers and buy some to ensure than not a single one gets broken, but if my country had no options for canning jars, I wouldn't hesitate to order any.
Jay, do you guys not have gardens and put up canned goods for extending your harvest through the winter? Or, how do you guys make jams and sauces without jars? We would not be able to survive without being able to put up our food for winter. 90% of everything we eat is grown or raised right here. Are you guys forced to buy food from the grocer?
The power of suggestion and cheap apples leads to a crock pot full of granny smith apples sugar and spices cooking down to apple butter. The house does smell amazing though!
Yes, Mother used to make strawberry/blackberry jam when we were kids but more often than not reused jars from purchased products. Same with the missus, always reused old jars for pickles, chutnies etc.
When I lived on the missus's farm we grew 90% of our own veg and brought on our own pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, ducks etc. Home produced food is by far better than anything offered in the shops.
Regards,
Jay.
When I lived on the missus's farm we grew 90% of our own veg and brought on our own pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, ducks etc. Home produced food is by far better than anything offered in the shops.
Regards,
Jay.
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