Life in Southeast Alaska

Canned the Rest of the Moose

I got up early and worked on canning up the rest of the moose meat.  I put a large pot on the stove with some water and brought to a boil.  I then added the meat just long enough to warm it up.  I packed the meat into pint jars and packed it down a bit then filled with the broth, leaving 1 inch headspace.  It made 11 pints of meat and I filled three more pints with just broth.  I processed them at 10 pounds pressure for 75 minutes.  All of the jars sealed!

We had a jar for dinner tonight.  I cooked some large macaroni noodles, then made a gravy with butter, flour and the broth from the canned meat, plus some of the extra broth.  When the gravy was thick, I added the meat to heat it up.  It was so tender, it just fell apart in the gravy.  Oh man!!!  It was so good!  All Rod could say is that we should have canned more.  And the best part - it is quick and easy!  I wonder if canned venison will be this good...

Here are the total amounts we got from the moose (half of moose).  We packaged the steaks about 3 or 4 per package - good size for us with enough for leftovers for the next day's lunch.

2 - Backstrap Roasts
1 - Tenderloin Roast
6 - Backstrap Steaks
3 - Tenderloin Steaks
1 - Backstrap Breakfast Steaks
2 - Tenderloin Breakfast Steaks
3 - Stew Meat (1 pound)
1 - Sirloin Tip Roast
2 - Top Round Roast
2 - Bottom Round Roast
4 - Other Roasts
3 - Top Round Steaks
1 - Top Round Breakfast Steaks
6 - Sirloin Tip Steaks
3 - Eye of Round Steaks
2 - Bottom Round Steaks
1 - Jerky Meat (2 pounds)
30 - Burger (2 pounds)
5 - Canned Stew Meat w/tomato juice
6 - Canned Stew Meat w/beef broth
11 - Canned Meat in broth
Total: 130 pounds

Good Job!

4:59 AM, Monday, October 2, 2006 .. Posted by gokings13

What a fasinating site!
Do you grind your own wheat and bake your own bread?
Thanks
laura

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7:33 PM, Monday, October 2, 2006 .. Posted by nathall

I love the pictures and the post!

Natalie from AK

Laura...

1:11 PM, Tuesday, October 3, 2006 .. Posted by mdonohue

I do bake my own bread. I just ordered a grain mill, so you will see a post soon about grinding wheat :o)

Imrpressive!

12:42 PM, Sunday, December 23, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

That is a lot of meat! It sounds wonderful too ;) So much work and so worth it, it sounds like!