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ShortJohnSilver
27th November 2010, 07:42 AM
There is a local maker of some really tasty ham loaf, but they only make it fresh and do not have it in a canned version.

I would like to send some overseas, but obviously have to can or preserve it.

How do I can uncooked meat? Any ideas?
Desolation LineTrimmer
27th November 2010, 08:05 AM
It is going to become cooked in the canning process no matter what, although isn't the hamloaf already cooked? In any event, if you can it (i.e. cook it at high heat for 90 minutes under pressure) it will not come out the same hamloaf that you liked when it went in. It will be a transmogrified beast of a different character.
General of Darkness
30th May 2011, 08:54 PM
There is a local maker of some really tasty ham loaf, but they only make it fresh and do not have it in a canned version.

I would like to send some overseas, but obviously have to can or preserve it.

How do I can uncooked meat? Any ideas?




You might want to check this out.

http://www.simplycanning.com/canning-meat.html
General of Darkness
30th May 2011, 09:06 PM
I don't think you can can uncooked meat without cooking it first. This guy cooked it in the jar in the pressure cooker.

This is 2 years later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOurO2zAOhM&NR=1
Olmstein
30th May 2011, 11:52 PM
That guy is not a hillbilly at all.

The more of that video I watch, the more entertaining that guy is.
woodman
31st May 2011, 02:15 AM
I don't think you can can uncooked meat without cooking it first. This guy cooked it in the jar in the pressure cooker.

This is 2 years later.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOurO2zAOhM&NR=1


I can meat all the time in my pressure cooker. Put the meat in the jars raw. Cook at 10 lbs. for 90 minutes. Works great. No spoiled jars at all.
ShortJohnSilver
31st May 2011, 07:21 AM
Love the above guy's youtube video on making hardtack ... "we will give those folks headed for the FEMA camps some of this, has everything they need to keep walking to the FEMA camps ... dunno what you will be eating there, maybe each other... "

Anyways thanks for the commentary and that it can be done... I guess the fix is to make it in the jar, cook it and then it just gets re-heated once it reaches its destination ...