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Garden gave me a lot of ripe veggies and I wasn't sure what to do with kohlrabi, so we're making a big pot of broth today and canning it. I've never done this before so I'm super nervous!  Here's everything I got:

Thats onions, carrots, kohlrabi, frozen bag of parsley and celery, cabbage, pepper, zucchini, green beans and tomatoes! That's a lot of produce at once. So first the carrots and onions are cleaned and cut and fried just a little bit, so they get all sweet.

Now we're cutting up and adding all other veggies, and adding water, until the pot is completely full and boiling, it smells so good! Now broth is supposed to simmer for hours like this, but I didn't wanna use up so much gas, so I took it off of the stove, wrapped it in a cloth and many towels, and left it on the couch. I did reheat it few times to make sure it was almost-boiling temperature for hours.

So now the canning part. I don't wanna can the veggies, only the nice tasting broth, so I got a strainer and clean jars, I don't have that thing that helps you pour into a jar so my situation is just gonna be holding the strainer and praying for the best.

It worked well! All the liquid just convoluted to the lowest point of strainer and it gave me no trouble at all.

I made sure both jars and broth were boiling hot, and then I'm just going to turn them upside down, and wrap them in those same towels. Since they're still at boiling heat, the lids will stick to the jars and close up to create a vacuum. I first learned this trick on youtube, from an old italian grandma who canned like 60 jars of tomato sauce this way (link), was impressed and suspicious, then I asked the plant lady if it works, and she says she's using that trick as well! But only for stuff that's been cooking for hours and when added to boiling hot jars. I'll find out tomorrow if it really worked - if I can't push the lids down, or open the jars with just my hands, they're sealed tight.

Meanwhile, I picked out all of the overcooked carrots, green beans and kohlrabi, I ate most of the greens as soon as soup was done because I was very hungry at that point, but I also wanted a really delicious lunch, so I threw them in a pan with some oil and extra salt, and they turned out wonderful!

Jumping to the next day, the canned broth is finished! I tried to wrench open each jar with my hands and I absolutely can't, the lids are tense and cannot be pushed down, so I think they're all good! 

They look so magical and witchy on my shelf, honestly there's always so many herbs drying and stuff floating in jars I'm starting to get really great vibes from my place. Also this means, soup any time I want. I'll be able to do more batches like this!

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