Preserving Food
Quince in Rose Syrup
I wanted to preserve the wonderfully alluring nature of quince to enjoy throughout the year without a whole heck-of-a-lot of embellishment. I looked to...
Preserving Food
Plum Noir Jam
Plum Noir Jam
Yield: approximately 4 pints
4 lbs. dark plums
3 bay leaves
10 black peppercorns
4 green cardamom pods
1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
1/2 cup water
juice of one lemon
5...
Preserving Food
Lemon Squash Jam
I have a confession to make. Even though I grow a lotta cucurbits, I don't grow these:
I used to grow them. But to be...
Preserving Food
Sweet Preserved Kumquats
Sun pods
Shaped like an oversized grape, tastes like a very sweet lemon that can be eaten whole, peel and all, even when plucked directly...
Preserving Food
White Radish Pickle
If you really are committed to eating locally, and/or growing your own food then I think you've caught on by now that in most...
Preserving Food
Can Jam December Round-Up: Dried Fruit
I'm touched by all the thanks and kind words about the can jam on many of your blogs this last month. Thank you. I...
Preserving Food
An Interview with Linda Ziedrich
Interview with Linda Ziedrich
Tigress:
Hi Linda!
As you know, tigress' can jam is a year long canning challenge in which a very large group of...
Preserving Food
Pickling Carrots Safely
What can I do to insure that the carrots' hot water bath process does not kill me or my loved ones?
There's exactly two things...
Preserving Food
Spring Turnip Pickle
Even though we're basically farmers ourselves, I can't help but go to area farmers markets whenever I can. That is the one consolation prize...
Preserving Food
Spring Things
It's springing around here! The coyotes are howling at night.
The garlic is popping; the rhubarb...forgettaboutit! The blueberry frame's shoulder is broken. The wicked winter...