storing homemade soup in jars how long ?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

i have made some rhuburb chutney out of my surplus, plus i will be doing some pickling of beetroot etc... mainly to give as christmas pressies..i have bought nice glass jars and i will be doing shabby chic country style labels etc.... but i was also thinking of doing some soups as well ..so i will be giving a little wicker basket of homemade goodies....i have also picked up from a church bazaar.. a lovely tea towel which someone has crouchet some lovely cotton lace on one end.. which will be added to one of them.....but anyway back to the question...i was thinking of doing some home made soups.. leek and potato is one.... and i was hoping to put that in glass jars the type that has a wire clasp on the out side ... do you know if the soup would keep in these jars ? or will i need to use screw top ones ? and if so how long for.....

as also any surplus that i have nearer to christmas i was going to sell in a local market.......


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gwinnie

Hi cooltrikerchick, what a great idea. Unfortunately soup doesn't keep, whatever container you use, unless you freeze it, it won't last for more than 3 days in the fridge.

Swan_2

COOLTRIKERCHICK, you can 'preserve' soups, but I think the only way to do it it involves pressure-cooking the sterilised & filled jars

lots of info if you Google 'canning soups' ... or I'm sure someone on these forums will be able to steer you in the right direction

brokenwings

hi COOLTRIKERCHICK

the ladies above have answered your question - i just wanted to point out that you need to be careful regarding selling any food products at a local market - i looked into selling baked items at our local farmers market last year and our council ( as do most ) requires you to have a certificate in basic hygeine etc - not to mention lots of other little requirements. its not as easy as it sounds. sorry to post such a downer first thing in the morning though! lol

Thistle-down

You would need a pressure canner - and you would need to use those special canning jars that have a two-piece lid, not the clip kind.

This has some useful info:

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5338.html

COOLTRIKERCHICK

thanks for the info...hi brokenwings......i had the idea from the famers market programme that was on a month or two ago... and they did not mention any
basic hygine cert.. when people were cooking in their kitchens....so thanks for that....as for the soup, i seen river cottage last night on channel 4 and he was selling his tripe casarole in glass jars so that gave me the idea....so maybe it was just for convieniance that it was in jars then....
do you know if the coucil do a basic food hygine coarse and how much that would cost.? .. might be worth looking into that ....as once you got it.... you've got it.....:rolleyes:

brokenwings

hi again

i didnt loook into it any more CTC as i was also told i had to have public liability insurance

perhaps all markets are different?

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi.. i thought it was the organiser that had to have the public liability....like car boot sales..... they dont ask if each person selling has public liability......but you are right i think i better look into the legal side/requirements.......properly as know in my luck the way things are going at the mo.....i will be slammed for everything on the first visit to the market as a seller.......but it was just a thought as i have pickled surplus eggs and was going to pickle or chutney any other surplus from the garden.... and especially next year when the allotment is up and running properly....
its christmas hamper is the main.... thing, but i know i will have lots of surplus....and i wanted to maximise the return if poss........

thanks for the advice and tips.......its food for thought (excuse the pun )

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annie-c

Hi CTC - if your local FE college or community education dept will probably run basic food hygiene courses - they are usually 1-2 days.

brokenwings

cooltrikerchick
ive been looking up a lot online since we started discussing this
it might even be diffferent depending on WHAT you intend to sell
i wanted to sell baked goods
first i was told i would have to have my kitchen inspected at the very least
then it went on from there

yet from what i can see the WI dont have to meet any of these requirements when they set up stalls.

im going to try and find out for sure as it really is something id like to do.

will you try and keep me posted if you find anything out and ill do likewise?
tia

COOLTRIKERCHICK

hi.. broken wings no probs..... as yes i can see the health a safety side of that when it comes to selling food stuff to the general public... who's to say that my kitchen is a total health hazard with bugs etc....( its not.. but can see where the inspection side comes from ) but i have been to car boots sales and general markets not farmers markets and people have been selling home made welsh cakes..... pasty pies.....james biscuits etc......not on a huge scale but they are selling them......so it might be worth you checking out diff...markets in your area....as each one might have diff rules and regs..... is there a wi in your area you could join, and if so if you sold your items on their stall would you keep most of the money your items sold for ?
just a thought......