Gratuitous puppy pictures

Cocoa is beginning to get impatient with the puppies---they would be happy to nurse more than she allows. We don't have any soft dog food to start them on, so I opened a can of meat that we canned last year and mashed a little up with some of the juice. My goodness, you should have seen them, they acted like they hadn't eaten for a week! Now they're sleeping---too much excitement for one morning...

chili

We got 14 pints from that recipe.....plus two meals for three of us, not too bad.
Canned it up this afternoon, then opened a jar for dinner. I was afraid the pressure cooking would turn the beans to mush, but they were fine. It was a little bland, but there is virtually no salt cooked in, so I don't mind adding salt in the bowl.

chili recipe

ten cups of beans, washed---about 5 quarts of water to cook in


bring to boil, simmer til tender, I used a canner to cook in, then drained off most of the liquid---left just enough to cover the beans


two onions, cut up fine, and browned in a little olive oil


ten tomatoes---I got these five for a dollar, they were cracked---peeled and cut up


five pounds of hamburger, browned and drained--this is a lot of meat, but it was on the edge of freezerburning, so I just used it up



1 tablespoon cumin

2 tablespoons mild chili (we buy ours in Hatch on the way to Tucson every year)


2 tablespoons garlic powder


3 tablespoons Penzey's adobo--this doesn't have salt in it


3 tablespoons Penzey's southwest seasoning



Since there isn't any salt in the cooking, I add some commercial adobo at the end, just to taste



simmer all together, being careful not to let it burn


It was good, a bit bland, but the youngest member of the household does not like spicy food, so we can add to it in the bowl.

Since it was was fishing night, I had to put it in the fridge--we'll can it today and I'll post how many jars we got.