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For those of you following along with our series, you`ll be expecting a post on what many consider the holy grail of dinner preserves – the almighty tomato.  If you`re expecting that today, you`ll have to come back tomorrow – we`re throwing a bonus in; a quick piece on preserving roasted peppers. Roasted red peppers [...]

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I attended a canning class at a local farm last year and the teacher was an awesome woman with a tonne of canning experience.  She shared a lot of tips and I learned some great stuff from her (including how to peel peaches – for two years I have used a paring knife on 20 [...]

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Freezer Pesto

I don’t know if you are tiring of hearing of the woods and the traditions we hold dear in the north – let’s take a break and head to the kitchen for some of the easiest preserving (and most practical) known to man, woman or child. Do you have a selection of herbs that you [...]

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Local preserving season is slowing down with the quieting of the harvest.  One can still pickle onions, beets, garlic and other cellared delights but the variety is not as boundless as early autumn. Preserving roasted peppers typically mark the closing of the harvest for our family.  They are the easiest batch of preserving we do [...]

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To this day I don’t know exactly what he said although I do know what he meant.  I had been confident for years the my Grandfather told me that “cold EATS cold.“ In retrospect, I have begun to question my young ears and wondering if his Acadian accent was saying “cold HEATS cold.“ It is [...]

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How to preserve crab meat

Let us just suppose that you find yourself in Nova Scotia one day soon.  Let us pretend that you are visiting family.  Let us imagine that they are wonderful and, to boot, they have access to very affordable seafood.  By very affordable, let us imagine that you can purchase almost 100 pounds of live crab [...]

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Another wonderful weekend.  We`ve been noshing on leftovers from last week (Dana made a wonderful pasta and some asparagus soup made with our leftover asparagus ends from the pickled asparagus we made last weekend), connecting with more great food people and exploring our city.  We even had a quiet date night with a slow dinner [...]

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