The finally tally is 24 inches of snow at my house, and more expected on Friday (hopefully, not that much). My husband spent the morning getting the driveway and the sidewalks cleared. I used this day to haul out the pressure canner and get various things canned, getting more things out of my freezer in the process. First I made a batch of vegetable stock using the frozen vegetable scraps in my freezer. This made 8 pints of vegetable stock, which were processed for 30 minutes in the canner. Then I moved on to the beef and barley soup I made yesterday. After taking some out for lunches, I canned 5 pints (75 minutes at 10 pounds).
Lastly, I made a batch of chicken noodle soup from the chicken I roasted yesterday. First I made the chicken stock with the chicken bones and some frozen onion/celery/carrot scraps and a bay leaf. Then I strained it, sauteed carrots, celery and leeks (from the farm, which had been chopped and frozen) and added the stock back in. I chopped up about 3 cups of chicken meat and put that in the soup. Just before I serve it for dinner tonight, I'll add a package of egg noodles.
The bread I made yesterday is gone, and there are very few cookies left!
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