Been a busy canning week in the Dood household. I’m waiting on 6qt of Honey Select corn to finish depressurizing, and that’s after doing another 7qt earlier today.
We picked about 70 ears about noon, as the silks were getting almost black and dry. We left probably another 50 or so smaller ears on the stalks as they aren’t quite ready yet. I did a lot of “quality assurance” while we were loading up the jars. It’s like eating candy, but still has a good corn flavor.
Very impressive ears, the largest I think was over 9in, about 3in thick, with fat, juicy kernels. Average size was about 8in. This variety will prob get a place in next year’s garden.
The Silver Queen will probably be ready next week, and the popcorn will stay on until it’s dry and hard enough for its purpose. We’re growing Strawberry and Japanese Hulless for that.
Yesterday I picked a bunch of yellow banana peppers, and we ended up canning about 9 pints cut into rings.
We also have quite a few pole beans that need to be picked and canned, and lots of other peppers as well.