Did my green beans and got 8 pints off first picking. Finally got a pressure cann er that works on wife’s induction. Only bought a 10qt. it hold 4 pints at time. Has a nice heavy stainless steel bottom. A must for induction. Wife wanted the smaller size for other things to just cook . It’s lite enough for her to handle. I don’t pressure to many things anyway.

Winter onions coming in ready to eat. Then tomatoes are already making and blooming. Comparing to last year we got washed out and flooded garden killing over halve of it. Going to have some nice extra’s for meals this year looks like. Tx heat is starting to get here, be in the high 80’s and 90 from now on. The small okra plants will grow fast now. Hope ya’ll have good luck to.

I just turned 70 years old and let me say the learning never ends. There’s some great cooks on this site. I pick up something all the time to try.

Update. Got to full 1 gal. zip locks of green been yesterday, plus some extra’s
This last couple days were in record heat, 95ish and looks like more to come.
YUM lol

Just made signature smoked kielbasa using the recipe on package,except added 1/2 cup jalapenos chopped in a 10# batch of 70/30 deer and pork fat.
Yum, taste great had a good amount of spice even without the peppers. Thinking next time to add a whole cup of peppers,we like it spicy. Kinda like summer sausage. Smoked in the vertical smoker as instructed.
Will definitely buy again.!!

Boy season slipped upon me fast, wasn’t quite ready for it. I kept them in the frig. 4 or5 days vacuumed sealed so I ended up with a few wrinkles in them but they will be just as tasty. I’m sure they will go with something I’ve yet to smoke.
They got a little cayenne,mustard seed,dill,salt,and garlic clove in them.

Now that the temperatures have cooled here in SE TX. I decided to make some hatch brats. I had bought some Boston butts while they were on sale for 99cts a lb. Impossible to find that price today. Mixed my pork and 3 #s pork fat with some late last Decembers deer back strap 4 lbs.
Got my wife to peel and blend about 15 large fresh frozen hatch chilies to add, along with about 3 # high temp cheddar cheese. I mixed the 25 #s by hand. Stuffed in pig intestines mostly and a few lbs. bulk. They came out with a good kick but not overpowering. Fantastic on the grill.!!! 

Just love those smoked Briskets and a little dead bird to have while waiting LOL

Don’t miss that stuff at all, picked spinach and lettuce for a nice salad out of garden yesterday.
Enjoy! lol

Just needs a holster for my pistol. lol

My sausage making on hold for a little while. Garden in full swing.! Added about 1 cup chopped Jap’s and a cup of onion chopped. Came out just about right, my family liked it cause it has a good kick but not a burning heat. I wanted it hotter ( next batch) lol It made 6 pints with 6 1/2 lbs tomatoes. I wasn’t sure which I wanted more a a big juicy burger with a couple slices of the giant tomato or salsa, salsa a was on hold over night… salsa.jpg

Recently made a bunch of the Haberano/lime snack sticks. My family and I found them (to limey ) for our taste. Was about to chunk them but thought someone else should try them. My friends all loved them. What the heck,so goes. Just shows all taste buds are different. So I’ve been handing them out no need to discard. I thought the lime to was way to strong and the only redeeming quality was the nice kick of the heat at the end.

If you ever been to Co. or N.M. you know how much we love our Hatch green peppers on everything. I’m still not sure why there not as popular in TX. Green chicken chili is one favorite, along with pork chili. But they only come in August., so get um and store them.I did mine!!! First you must blister the skins so they can be peeled. They store easy like this. A bushel plus a little makes 5 gallon zip locks full. You can peel them as you make up things to eat.

I’m sitting here having a glass of wine catching up on post and LMAO. Thinking of which kind of sausage i’m going to do next. I hear Lot’s of good points. I spent many many hundreds of $ on equipment including my 10$ digital scale.
Before the charts and even now, my wife would ask why it’s taking so long to measure ingredients, because I do off poundage some times, and its whats on hand. (But measure twice cut once.) … Easy grams or tbs,etc. would be nice… I think the folks at Walton’s deserve a Blue Ribbon for there great work. I thank them very much. They are right there for all questions, no matter how many times they have heard it or how stupid of one I ask.

Big Mango’s are in in fresh right now so I cut 5 up and made some dip for Hot salsa. Looks like my dog wants a bite also. LOL

Ghost pepper cheese is like taking a bite of a med. hot jalapeno, I mean just one little bite of the cheese so be gently. I find it quite nice as your eating a couple bites of sausage then get a little kick…I seem to remember about a cup to 10# of meat but a cup and 1/2 would get a kick every bite… YUM

The peppers are coming in. They don’t last long so get’um while you can!

I used my grill to roast them but you can use your oven on broil, gas grill whatever,just burn the skins. Then bag them and seal while hot for a hour or so,peel skins, there ready.

My wife just freezes them with skin on and peels them when she ready to make green chili. mmm
Cook you half of one of those long pork loins.Cut everything up small bites add to pot with chicken stock cook slow, takes most of a day to thicken up. Makes a big pot.

Yes use 10% more of whatever season you choose. I used fresh ground jalapeno in mine several times they don’t come in as hot as you may think but sure do work, I’ve used all different cheeses in them as they all give a different and nice punch.

Did 25# venison/pork butt/and pork fat/and some brisket trimmings. It was jap. summer sausage mix. Also added 1/2 cup fresh ground jap’s and 1/2 cup whole black pepper ,and 3# high temp cheddar. Got some wrinkles in my smaller casings, I know the casings were last years{ my order for new ones is hung up waiting on vacuum bags}and had a little trouble keeping them as stuffed full like the big one, which didn’t wrinkle. Plus my hog rings were a little big for small crimp needed. They kept trying to undo. I cooled them fast as in the schedule. The taste is great!!! and my friends here in TX care less about wrapping as long as it taste good.LOL

good and tender 14 hrs. meant to wrap it sooner but got stuck at local bar eating mudbugs before season ends Ha, but still was plenty moisture. Next time I warm it (today) I[ll put in a pan with a cup of water cover and steam it up a little mmmm ! that hot spice rub gave some good burnt ends.