Blanching

Meet my newest canning buddy, Blanch.

She's fabulous when canning peaches.  

The peels usually slide right off. 

 Like butter from a hot knife.  

It's not always perfect.  

I had about 5 (out of 20 pounds) 

that didn't peel properly when blanching them, 

but I think they were less ripe than the others.  

That's my theory anyway.

Here's the 3rd batch I'm working on.  The bag is still half full.
You can see a tiny bit of my 1st batch of canned peaches.

Here's how to easily peel peaches.

Dunk peaches in boiling water for 30-60 seconds.

Who cares if they're washed and the stickers removed?  They're being boiled!

Transfer them to a bowl of ice water until they're cool.

Ice bath.

I have fingernails, so I pinch a tiny bit of skin near the bottom and begin sliding the peels off.  

I just finished canning 20 pounds of peaches this week, so I took advantage of this blanching trick.

Easy peel.  I only had 1 hand, or I'd show even more!