This week, I came across this wonderful recipe for preserved roasted tomatoes. As I already have 15 quarts of tomatoes put up, and had a mountain more on the counter (perhaps 25 pounds, or more), and the plants are still loaded with ripening Romas, I thought that I’d give it a try. Yesterday, we had [...]
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This recipe was a process! I had some cukes left over from the dills and B&B’s I made. Went to the Bell Book of Canning and found a recipe for Cucumber Relish. I had all the ingredients but it was spread out over two days! EEK! Next time, I’ll make the recipe my own.
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This is a followup to the diary the other day. I finished putting up the cherries yesterday, and had excellent results. Here is a picture of my bounty: In the back are six pints of whole cherries for pie. I used just a thin syrup for them mainly for color preservation. It does not make [...]
For you early diners, here is what will be crossposted at Dailykos.com at 18:30 EDT. Enjoy! Poke, also known as Pokeweed, Poke Salad (or Sallet), Pigeonberry, Inkberry, Garget, American Poke, Indian Poke, as well as several others is know by the Latin name of Phytolacca americana. It is very widespread in the United States, except [...]
Food spoils, its a fact of life, due mostly to bacteria and mold. There have been many ways of slowing spoilage, although no true way from totally stopping it. From the ancient processes of smoking or salting meat, to the modern day use of radiation to sterilize foods for spacemen. Sterilization is a key word [...]