Preserving Food

Blueberry curd & canning kit winner!

Ok, first off - miss isabelle was the winner of the canning kit & book! enjoy miss isabelle... and thanks to everyone for entering...

Preserved lemons spiced 2 ways

By now most of you that have spent anytime around here at all know I have a thing for indian lemon pickle – those fine...

Whole pickled blueberries

Did you ever wish a blueberry was a tomato? probably not. perhaps if you’ve had to become as familiar with late season blight as we’ve had...

Roast the toast: jam pudding

One of the things i love about having these two little blogs o' mine is that i get to share my secrets. i mean...

An 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 canners - from beginners to...

Sour cherries: Two Classic Preserves

You need to run, run I tell you! get to your closest farm, stand, market or u-pick and get yourself some sour cherries. Now!...

Honeyed cayenne chiles

I grew these! I don't know if i'll ever loose the wonder & excitement of growing my own food. I hope not! If i had...

Give-away: put ’em up!

...so it's been a busy week for me and i haven't had time to put much of anything up for later. But, i have...

Off my larder shelf: Put ‘em up! fruit

Here in the northeast, i like to think of this time of year as almost summer. because even if i’m wearing a scarf when going...

Berries!

The berries are coming, the berries are coming! There are so many types of berries, and so many preserving opportunities! For those of you in the...