First canning batch of the season is cooling on the countertop this morning. I made Apple Cranberry Preserves and used the recipe in the Ball book on page 65. Mavis’s recipe is the same other than she peels her orange and the Ball book does not so I left the peel on. I used the food processor to chop the orange pulp and peel very fine.
First time using the gas cooktop and it was really nice to use my big pot and process all nine jars at the same time without having to worry about breaking the glass stove top which is what we have at the old house. I also used my thermometer spatula for the first time and for some reason could never get past 210°, however the preserves had thickened up and they look like they gelled okay without getting to 220. I think all nine jars sealed too - yay!
Big storms supposedly coming through tonight with heavy winds. We need the rain badly - river level is dropping & some localities are starting water restriction measures.
You will LOVE cooking with gas. You’ll never go back. I hate electric.
This new stove that I have (just a GE, nothing fancy, but a TOTAL upgrade to what Beau had me using for the past eight years) has all cast iron grates, so it has been a learning curve - those grates REALLY hold the heat!