So many grapes in today's produce rescue. I have juiced a bunch. Some of the leftover pulp went into a fruit salad. Other pulp I'll use in a fruit leather experiment. Also have a couple trays in the oven in a raisin experiment. It's a chance to try some ideas from Put 'Em Up by Sherri Brooks Vinton.
I was going to use a bottle of red wine to dye eggs tomorrow, but now I'm thinking of just trying grape juice with vinegar.
This afternoon I made a couple of jars of basic brined pickles. I'll let the cucumbers soak up the brine for a few days and then test how they turned out.
I made the poor life choice of planting some seedlings in the spring and now I have more cucumbers than I know what to do with. I've been putting them in a lot of meals and giving them away but they just keep coming.
So, mom-in-law gifted us with canning supplies and a food dehydrator. Looking forward to getting back into preserving food again (we had taken a canning course a few years ago, but never bought the supplies. We mostly stick with pickled beets and sauerkraut and pickles, which can be done without the supplies, though they have to be kept in the refrigerator and don't keep as long). And, in the spirit of being neighborly, I will be offering use of the food dehydrator with my neighbors, especially the one growing edible mushrooms!
#FoodSecurity #PreservingFood #BuildingCommunity
Garden season in Saskatchewan is almost over. With most of the production in the house it has to be preserved. Some of our favourite ways to store our vegetables: sauerkraut, freezing, fermenting.
The large jar is the fermentation stage of what I hope is another great batch of hot sauce.
#gardening #fermenting #PreservingFood
Ow! The mud is angry!
(I'm making pear butter. It's more dangerous than I expected.)
Canstravaganza! A view of part of the shelving in my garage dedicated to my canning output.
Last night I got strange spasms in my left hand that went clear up my forearm. I attribute it to an entire weekend of food prep, holding heavy pans with my left hand so I could do things with my right, general overuse. My husband had to uncurl my contracted thumb slowly and hold it out to end the worst spasms.
#canning #CanningSeason #food #cooking #preserves #PreservingFood #harvest
Food: too many tomatoes. Time to dry instead of can. #Gardening #GrowYourOwn #Vegetables #PreservingFood
I'm making more #Teochew #Chinese #preserved #SaltedLimes today. We use same method as our families overseas have used, for generations. The link below is similar to what I do. We have several jars of assorted fruit based salted preserves sitting in our backyard on our natural fermentation table.
We use salted limes & salted lemons & salted plums year round, to make traditional fermented hot/cold drinks & for cooking purposes.
Make your own:
https://www.thehongkongcookery.com/2018/08/chinese-preserved-limes.html?m=1
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Overwhelmed by plums #018
First batch of Dilly Beans of the season!
@DrTCombs @jonberger Thanks! I'll let you know how it turns out. I went looking for information on what my mom used to do with paraffin wax and found this post from a master food preserver complete with a fun participatory way to demonstrate pathogens and sugar interacting with your jam and a link to a recipe for corn cob jelly. Way to use everything! https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=43505#:~:text=The%20traditional%20method%20of%20preserving,down%20to%20force%20a%20seal. #canning #recipes #food #PreservingFood #jam
Expert home canning folk, I want to make this recipe https://larderlove.com/cranberry-gin-jam/ to use boozy cranberries from making their cranberry gin last year for gifts. Asked about hot water canning and they said it isn't done in UK/Europe and the preserves keep without it. Your thoughts and recommendations? (And why don't they use this process? Oven canning instead?) I'm inclined to treat it like jam, process for 10 minutes. #cooking #food #recipes #canning #HomeCanning #preserves #PreservingFood
Picked some golden beetroot this evening. Need to learn me how to extend the life of my veg. #pickling #PreservingFood
It is definitely JAM season
Strawberry tomorrow . . .
Have updated Blue Book (which disappointingly has red spine so hard for my brain to find on shelf)
But love this hand-me-down - at $0.50 - 1972 edition from Mom
It’s time to make some sauce, y’all!
#canning #tomatoes #GardenHarvest #VegetableGardening
#PreservingFood
Preserving #ginger & #SourPlums using simple #solar power with #repurposed takeout container & old serving platter. The ginger is #fermenting in the sun, after being soaked in #fermented salty mung bean juices. Sour plums are on day 3 of dehydrating in sun & coming along nicely (coarse salt & cane sugar used).
#AsianMastodon #Teochew #Chinese #DIY #AsianFermenting #PreservingFood #FoodPreservation #AsianFoods #ChineseStyle #AncientFoodPreservation #CulturalFood #TraditionalMethods
Latest allotment haul is elderflower, so naturally made some elderflower cordial. The delicate flowery taste of elderflower with sparkling water is the perfect thing for this hot weather 🌞🥂 #allotment #preserving #preservingfood #goodlife
A gift of tomatoes to bottle and dry over the next few days #preserving #preservingfood #frugalhedonist #BegaValley #tomatoes
summer in Brisbane means the #basil will bolt. before that happens harvest and preserve the leaves while they are abundant. to keep them green and fresh, strip the stems off, blanch briefly in boiling water, cool in icy water, and pat dry. then pack the wilted leaves in a freezer bag without too much air. now freeze it. your (almost) fresh basil will keep for months. #preservingfood #kitchengarden
