Peaches for canning...

CelticJourney · 06-09-2014, 02:20 PM

I want to dehydrate some peaches and make some peach jam. Does anyone know a good way to get the most of the fruit off the pit (boiling or anything)? Otherwise my neighbor's chickens are gong to LOVE me when I give them the centers to pick clean.

RiverRock · 06-09-2014, 02:39 PM

There are freestone and clingstone varieties of peaches. You will probably want to buy clingstone. They are a later variety where I live. Immersing the peaching in scalding water, then cooling them, helps to remove the skins, but not the pit.

Johns_Gal · 06-09-2014, 04:07 PM

Wait, don't you mean freestone? I buy freestone for canning and there is a generous gap around the pit.

Blanching works miracles for skinning stone fruit.

jenn3514 · 06-09-2014, 06:52 PM

Freestone peaches will pop right out. And definitely blanch, it makes it so much easier.

RiverRock · 06-10-2014, 06:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johns_Gal

Wait, don't you mean freestone? I buy freestone for canning and there is a generous gap around the pit.

Blanching works miracles for skinning stone fruit.

Yep, totally meant freestone.

Thanks.

CelticJourney · 06-10-2014, 06:22 AM

Briefly describe 'blanching'. I know it invovles boiling water, but how long do I leave the peaches in and do I need to put them in cold water afterwards?

RiverRock · 06-10-2014, 06:49 AM

My mom always filled the sink with hot, boiled water on one side, and ice water on the other. She would dip the peaches in the hot, then move them to the cold before taking them out. You will know how long to leave them in the hot water when the skins are loose. You are just trying to release the skins, not cook the peaches at this point.

My MIL uses a method that I find easier (shhh....don't tell my mom

). You find a deep dish electric pan, and fill it about half way with water and bring to a slow steady boil. Put the peaches in and fill the pan. Flip the peaches after a few minutes, then remove them to cool on a plate. This method works well for many hands because you can set up an assembly line: Blanche, cool, remove skins, slice into jars.... I set up in a row on my island using this method, even when I'm working alone.

06-09-2014, 02:20 PM	#1
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,414	Peaches for canning... I want to dehydrate some peaches and make some peach jam. Does anyone know a good way to get the most of the fruit off the pit (boiling or anything)? Otherwise my neighbor's chickens are gong to LOVE me when I give them the centers to pick clean. __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

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RiverRock Rose Garden Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In green pastures Posts: 9,727	Re: Peaches for canning... There are freestone and clingstone varieties of peaches. You will probably want to buy clingstone. They are a later variety where I live. Immersing the peaching in scalding water, then cooling them, helps to remove the skins, but not the pit. __________________ RiverRock, mom to a 24 year old diamond, 22 year old granite, 19 year old pearl, and 16 year old tiger eye. Married for 25 years to a rugged boulder and resting together on the one true Rock.

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Johns_Gal Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 8,764	Re: Peaches for canning... Wait, don't you mean freestone? I buy freestone for canning and there is a generous gap around the pit. Blanching works miracles for skinning stone fruit. __________________ He is seven and she is days from turning two. I'm not sure how this happened.

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jenn3514 Rose Garden Be assured, God is in the details. Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 4,847	Re: Peaches for canning... Freestone peaches will pop right out. And definitely blanch, it makes it so much easier. __________________ married to my best friend; Lovin' my kiddos 18yo dd; , 9yodd; , 7yo ds; ,; 4yo dd; and three angel babies

06-10-2014, 06:22 AM	#6
CelticJourney Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 34,414	Re: Peaches for canning... Briefly describe 'blanching'. I know it invovles boiling water, but how long do I leave the peaches in and do I need to put them in cold water afterwards? __________________ Elizabeth "Truth without love is divisive and hurtful & love without truth is anemic"--Pastor Estep Arise, cry out in the night...pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children..; Lamentations 2:19

06-10-2014, 06:49 AM	#7
RiverRock Rose Garden Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms. Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: In green pastures Posts: 9,727	Re: Peaches for canning... My mom always filled the sink with hot, boiled water on one side, and ice water on the other. She would dip the peaches in the hot, then move them to the cold before taking them out. You will know how long to leave them in the hot water when the skins are loose. You are just trying to release the skins, not cook the peaches at this point. My MIL uses a method that I find easier (shhh....don't tell my mom ). You find a deep dish electric pan, and fill it about half way with water and bring to a slow steady boil. Put the peaches in and fill the pan. Flip the peaches after a few minutes, then remove them to cool on a plate. This method works well for many hands because you can set up an assembly line: Blanche, cool, remove skins, slice into jars.... I set up in a row on my island using this method, even when I'm working alone. __________________ RiverRock, mom to a 24 year old diamond, 22 year old granite, 19 year old pearl, and 16 year old tiger eye. Married for 25 years to a rugged boulder and resting together on the one true Rock.

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