Homesteading (5): How to bottle courgettes (zucchini)

Magda shows you how to use your excess of courgettes for preserving so that they can be eaten through the long winter months!

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Howto & Style

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• courgettes
• zucchini
• homesteading
• preserving
• bottling
• pasteurising
• canning
• vegetables
• self-sufficiency

[vernellecheeseman]

Thanks for sharing this. Great info. BTW, love your accent!!:)I could listen to you speak all day!! Love from NC

[ivankinsman]

@vernellecheeseman Thanks for your feedback. We'll try and put up a few more food preserving videos!

[ivankinsman]

Yes, this is the same technique my grandmother did it, but at that time it was used more for cucumbers. Pumpkin was not grown in Poland at the time as her generation thought it was just suitable for animals. In addition, she would make a big barrel of sauerkraut. She also preserved fruits. such as blueberries/raspberries - drying was the most common technique used.

[pieces51]

Very interesting, do you put all the vegtables including cucumbers to soak in salt before pickling ? thanks for the very informative video

[ivankinsman]

@pieces51 Yes, you need to salt all members of the pumpkin family e.g. pumpkins, marrows, zucchini, squash. With two cucumbers there are two ways - if you slice them, and you want to make a winter salad, then salt them, rinse them and then pour over cold liquid (after it has been boiled). If you want to bottle them whole, you don't salt them and pour over the cold liquid (after boiling it). Close the jars tightly and pasteurise them in the oven - preheated between 100-120 - for ten minutes.

[thanxiang22]

Hi..i like your videos.I wanna try this tomorrow since i have lots of zucchini from my garden.I also have tomatoes,broccoli,cucumber,squ­ash.It's my first time to have a garden so this video helps.I am wondering if you need to do same procedure with the broccoli or with other vegetables like broccoli and cucumber and squash.Do u need to add salt too like the zucchini?or u will just pour in the sauce to the jar with vegetables? hope u can reply as soon as possible.thanks

[ivankinsman]

@thanxiang22 Hi. You can do it with all the pumkin family - zucchini, pumpkins, marrows, sqaush etc. and you have to salt them first and then rinse them . Once I did it with cauliflower and brocolli but you don't have to salt these. Also, it's important to boil the marinade liquid but then cool it down (to avoid the veg. getting soft).

[sesanner]

Magda, is this pickling technique similar to methods used by your grandparents? Or is this a more recent development in preparation of pumpkin family vegetables?

I'm curious about the origins of your techniques simply because I enjoy studying various cultures' approaches to their garden and farm crops.

Magda, your presentation was quite useful, just the information I needed.

Thank you and Ivan for your good, hard work. I'm learning with every video.

[pieces51]

Many thanks for responing.

[ivankinsman]

Yes, I use old jars. The only thing you need to change are the lids sometimes when they don't seal very well. Thx. for watching!