Well Preserved

Since sharing posts about preserving 8 bushels of tomatoes into sauce, we’ve had the same question on Twitter, Facebook and the blog – “What are you going to do with all of this?” or “How long will it last?” The short answer that no one wants to hear is, we will eat it.  In 10 [...]

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Hey all! I am so excited to see what’s been happening with the growth of the canning community this year.  I thought the real buzz around canning and other forms of preserving had peaked last year – and I have wholly been proven wrong.  I am absolutely blown away by the amount of preserving that [...]

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It was a heck of a weekend – we got a whole lot done and are thrilled with the results. It was particularly fun to be updating our progress on Facebook (there’s quite a few pictures from the weekend still there) and interact with others as well as see you all interact with each other as well!  [...]

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Welcome to August! You may have noticed that we haven’t had a lot of preserving articles up while some are mostly done their canning.  There’s a few reasons for this: The preserving I have done so far has a lot of repeats from previous years and I want to save you from reading the same thing twice. [...]

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This question plagued me for a long time when I was learning to preserve.  There are a lot of recipes that call for the use of a non-reactive pot, bowl or other mysterious vessel.  I didn’t know what to think and, in most cases, I just hoped that the one I used was non-reactive because [...]

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I really don’t know what took me so long to figure this out – it’s just so obvious that I missed it for a very, very long time.  There’s two parts to this little trick and I simply love it. Part 1 – Measuring I use mason jars as measuring cups.  I was getting tired [...]

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Because there’s such a bounty of options available this time of year, we’re sharing some ideas on preserving options for July’s wonderful fruit.  There’s a list of vegetable preserving ideas here! Apricots – we use them in Rumtopf, although there may be some whole preserved fruit this year. Blueberries – jam and dried berries are [...]

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Here`s a list of preserving, preserving-related and other articles that I thought may be of interest that we`ve written about getting the most out of the season.  We’ve included some links to non-recipes (and the odd non-preserve) that we think you may be interested in specific to this time of year as well. Rumtopf -I [...]

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It’s amazing how quickly things turn from feeling like winter will never end to suddenly realize that we’re in the heart of Spring and summer is around the corner. There’s still some limited preserving this month (though lots of options including winter hold-overs) as Spring starts with delicate leafy things – awesome for the table, [...]

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I know it’s April 8th but I thought better late than never.  Here’s some ideas on what you can preserve in the meagre month of April that’s available locally: Pickled beets (this article contains a link to a recipe and a bit of background in addition to a humiliating story about me) Beet powder and [...]

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