Canned Specimen...or Chicken

My new obsession is canning...seriously, canning? But it's so rewarding. I first canned pinto beans with my Granny and I HAD to do more; my Gran and I even went to a canning lesson at Shar's Kitchen. My good friend Crystal raves over her canned chicken, it's convenience and flavor. And of course I NEEDED some. So last Friday we spent 7, yes 7, hours trimming, canning, and waiting for 32 delicious jars of canned chicken to get pressure cooked.

We HAD to use gloves of course while trimming the yuckys off, who actually touches raw meat? Not Crystal or I! Then we stuffed the slimy chicken into jars which does't really look like chicken, more like a specimen from a lab, and then loaded Big Bertha, the pressure cooker, and impatiently awaited our chicken.


Here's the finished product, still looking like a specimen but it is so tasty! Look at all our jars! We're set for a few months and then we'll buy another 40 lbs. of chicken and get to work.