Juices

[Ganado]

Ok more questions. . What do you mean by 'beat into a slurry'

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[Durgan]

Originally Posted by Ganado

Ok more questions. . What do you mean by 'beat into a slurry'

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Cooked material hand blended into a mush or slurry to drinkable texture after straining. I use a hand held blender for ease of operation

[Gerardo]

Originally Posted by Durgan

http://www.durgan.org/2015/July%2020...%20Juice/HTML/]

That next to last image Juice obtained made me wish for a virtual straw so I could yell "Drainage" like Daniel Day Lewis.

I imagine come wintertime it's a bug fighting elixir that tastes great.

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/2015/July%2020...%20Juice/HTML/ 19 July 2015 Vegetable Juice
Twenty three liters of juice was made from current garden vegetables, kale, carrot, celery, beets, cucumbers, basil, dill. The carrots tops were incorporated. Process was to cut into small pieces, cook until soft, blend into a slurry, strain through a Victorio Food Mill, strain food mill residue through a Champion Juicer to obtain maximum nutrients. Water was added to just cover the vegetables in the cooking pot. The juice was placed in liter jars and pressure canned in batches of seven at 15 PSI for 15 minutes for long term storage.

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/2015/July%2020...%20Juice/HTML/ 20 July 2015 Gooseberry Juice
Nine pounds of European gooseberries were picked from my one bush and processed into six liters of juice. A few American berries were picked and added.The berries were cooked until soft, then beat into a slurry, strained through a 2 mm mesh food mill, then placed in liter jars and pressure cooked at 15 PSI for 15 Minutes for storage. They were picked because some started to fall off the bushes. Color change is minimal with this fruit,but they get sweet and a bit soft when ripe.

[Mojave]

Nice! I don't think we could grow them here because of the high summer temperatures.

[Worth1]

We had wild ones we picked from in Mo.
Worth

[Karrr_Luda]

Wow, nine lb from one bush! I have a gooseberry bush and trying to propagate it. Mine barely produced anything, and i love gooseberries. Do you feed it anything special? or is it just a productive variety? Gooseberry juice - yum

[Durgan]

Originally Posted by Karrr_Luda

Wow, nine lb from one bush! I have a gooseberry bush and trying to propagate it. Mine barely produced anything, and i love gooseberries. Do you feed it anything special? or is it just a productive variety? Gooseberry juice - yum

A frienhd who was moving gave me the bush about nine years ago and it keeps producing. The berries are large. I have another that didn't produce many fruit this year. The berries are much smaller.

The large berry type is called European but the true name I don't know. The smaller type is called American which I have encountered in other gardens. The large berry type is excellent since the berries are easy to pick.

A shoot will propagate well by keeping it wet in a pot until roots form. It takes about three years before the bush gets large and productive.

This was 2014 harvest.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?ANQXT 28 July 2014 European Gooseberry Juicing.
Twenty pounds of European gooseberries were harvested from one bush and made into 12 liters of juice, and pressure canned at 15 PSI for 15 minutes for long term storage.The only residue from the process was a few seeds, which were discarded. Annotated pictures depict the process. The berries were picked by raising the thorny fruiting stalk with a gloved hand and plucking the berries with the free hand.The thick output of the Champion Juicer will be used as a separate dessert.

[Karrr_Luda]

Thanks so much for the detailed gooseberry juicing info, my grandmother used to make it when I was a kid, ages ago. I realize now my gooseberry bush is still too young to produce, third year from an accidental seedling, most likely brought by a bird. I am sure it is not a European variety, it becomes pinkish when overripe. I stuck some cuttings into a self watering container to overwinter outdoors and a few of them rooted. Will do again this year. Your 2014 harvest was unbelievable! Good luck again next year

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/2015/July%2020...0Juicing/HTML/ 24 July 2015 Blueberry Juicing
Thirty four pounds of blueberries were picked from a grower and processed into twenty five liters of juice. The cost of berries was $2.25 per pound. Each liter of juice used 1.36 pounds of berries for a cost of about $3.00 per liter.Blueberries have almost no gross fiber so elaborate straining is not required. In fact, they could probably be beat into a slurry then canned. My berries were cooked, beat into a slurry, strained using a Victorio Juicer, pressured canned in liter jars at 15 PSI for 15 minutes for storage.Annotated pictures depict the process.

[Worth1]

Why the pressure canning for blueberry juice, they are highly acidic?

Worth

[Durgan]

All my produce is pressure canned at 15 PSI for 15 minutes. Never had any issues. Don't6 even contemplate water bath canning.

[Durgan]

http://www.durgan.org/2015/July%2020...0Juicing/HTML/ 26 July 2015 Carrot Cucumber Juicing
Twenty six liters of juice was made from primarily carrots and cucumbers approximately 15 pounds of each. Additionally added was some basil, dill, and a few tomatoes. The carrot tops were also utilized. The cooked strained product was pressure canned at 15 PSI for 15 minutes for long term storage. Annotated pictures depict the process.

[pauldavid]

Thanks for sharing Ted!