Life in Tee Harbor, Alaska

Canning Projects

Since Rod is not here and fishing for us this summer, we are buying our fish.  We get it directly from the fisherman, so it is as fresh as you can get!  Last week was our first batch of 4 sockeye.  I cooked one up fresh and it was fantastic!  The other three I filleted and canned - each fish was about 4 pounds of fillets and made 4 jars.  My plan is to get a few each week and can - to spread out the work.  The goal is 100 pint jars.  12 down, 88 to go...

We also plan to do up some more of the smoked salmon that we then can.  We tried it for the first time last year and it was so yummy and convenient!  We did those in half pint jars and that is the perfect amount to open up and snack on.  Somehow, we have a few jars left...  I think there are 5 jars left out of 33.  Rod has tried hard to spread out how many we use, so we may have to try to make more than that this year!

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8:17 PM, Monday, June 30, 2008 .. Posted by mequit73

I love reading your blog. Thanks for the great update. I can't wait to see what you guys are up to next!

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3:15 PM, Tuesday, July 1, 2008 .. Posted by CandyFoote

Happy 4th of July!!

Candy

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1:47 PM, Wednesday, July 2, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

I did not know you could home can salmon, how do you do it? Do you get salmon cheaper as you are in Alaska?

Gill

http://thatbritishwoman.blogspot.com

Hi Gill~
I'm not sure how much salmon is other places, but I pay $15 per fish for freshly caught, wild salmon (make sure you don't eat that icky farmed stuff that they pump all sorts of stuff into!) In the grocery stores it is about $8 per pound, so I am saving quite a bit by buying direct.
Here is a link to entry I wrote about how to can salmon: http://www.homesteadblogger.com/alaska/23229/
Let me know if you have questions :o)
Michelle

Edited by mdonohue on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 9:04 PM