What: spiced pear butter Main ingredients and where I got them: Henry’s mom gave me a box of comice pears harvested off a tree in the yard of an abandoned house across the street from her place. How much: 7-8 cups Recipe: ripe pears whole or ground spices (star anise, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon stick, vanilla bean, […]
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What: quince jelly Main ingredients and where I got them: The quince was from my visit to the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository, and the honey was from our bees. How much: lots, about 22 cups total I think Recipe: from the Pomona’s Universal Pectin directions 4 cups quince juice 1/4 cup lemon juice 4 […]
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What: spiced quince leather Main ingredients and where I got them: The quince came from my recent visit to the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository. The honey came from our bees. How much: four twelve-inch squares of parchment Recipe: (almost exactly the same as my recipe for spiced pear leather) quince, rinsed and cut into medium-small chunks […]
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What: kiwi jam Main ingredients and where I got them: I picked the hardy kiwis during my recent visit to the local USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository. The honey came from our bees. How much: approximately 13 cups Recipe: from the Pomona’s Universal Pectin package yeild: 4-5 cups 4 cups chopped, mashed hardy kiwis, stems removed (or chopped/strained fruit, see […]
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Fennel seed is not something that falls within my regular repertoire. I like but don’t exactly love fresh fennel, but though I’m not a huge licorice/anise person, I find the taste of fennel seed to be surprisingly sweet and refreshing. We’ve had this one bronze fennel plant growing on the hill above the house for […]
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What: grape jelly Main ingredients and where I got them: I picked a big crate of concord grapes at my grandma’s house. The honey came from our bees. How much: about 8 half pints Recipe: To make the juice, I used a steam juicer just like I discussed in this post. After I had the juice, I […]
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What: sweet pepper romesco Main ingredients and where I got them: I got another box of reject sweet peppers (red bells, ‘lipstick’, and orange Italians) from Gathering Together Farm, and the tomatoes and garlic came from my parents’ farm. How much: A lot. I think it ended up with around 12 cups. Recipe: I looked at this one and this one and then went […]
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What: kiwi-strawberry jam Main ingredients and where I got them: Henry brought a half bucket of hardy kiwis home from a horseshoeing client the other day. The strawberries were two-year-old ones (possible these very same) that came out of the freezer. The honey came from our bees. How much: just four jars (but really, I have WAY […]
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What: tomato jam Main ingredients and where I got them: The tomatoes came from my parents’ farm, the honey came from our bees, and everything else came from the store. How much: 7 or 8 half pints (I multiplied Marisa’s recipe by 1 1/2.) Recipe: This one from Food in Jars Other Comments: Tomato jam was a […]
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