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Posts Tagged ‘jarring’
Jelly, Jam and Gelatin (Flickr group)
Posted in !!!Uncategorized, tagged canning, jarring, preserving on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Come and Jam with Us… Challenge Reminder and offer for Torontonians
Posted in !!!Uncategorized, tagged can jam, how to make jam, jam, jam swap, jarring, make your own jam, making jam, Pickles, Pickling, preserving, slow food toronto, toronto preserving on December 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »
We rarely post on the same subject twice – there’s always room for exceptions and this is well worth some extra attention. For those of you familiar with the preserving challenge she is hosting there are a few offers that are new and may help motivate you to join in the fun. There are more [...]
It’s not too late…
Posted in !!!Uncategorized, tagged canning, jam, jarring, make your own jam, make your own preserves, preserves, preserving on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s mid July and the cool of summer has been extending growing seasons. Today’s post is a short reminder – our version of a public service announcement. 90 Minutes of work today can bring you fresh flavour beyond compare come winter. 90 minutes can make the difference between a chemical-filled, poor tasting, imported, gellatenous composite [...]
Preserving season is around the corner
Posted in !!!Uncategorized, tagged 100 mile diet, canning, fruit seasons in ontario, gardening, growing seasons in ontario, jarring, liquer, local food, making your own jam, making your own pickles, pick your own season in ontario, preserving, vegetable seasons in ontario on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
This post is brief but may be one of the most useful ones we’ve shared in some time – we’ve spent some time compiling the expected harvesting seasons of fruit and veg that are commonly pickled and preserved in Ontario. This chart is based on estimates for Ontario and can vary from year-to-year and your [...]
How to Make Your Own Applesauce
Posted in Canning (Waterbath), tagged Apple sauce, applesauce, Bernadin, canning, gardening, jarring, make your own, make your own apple sauce, Mason Jars, preserves, preserving, Prince Edward County, Well Preserved on April 8, 2009 | 11 Comments »
This is about as easy as it gets – set aside a few hours and you`ll be off to the races. This applesauce will be as good as it gets – it took me 5 or 6 hours to turn 75 pounds of apples into 9 liters of sauce (36-1 cup bottles) but you could [...]
70 Pounds of Apples, one Zenga Star Peeler and a whole lot of sauce
Posted in !!!Uncategorized, tagged 100 mile diet, apple peelers, Apple sauce, applesauce, canning, eat local, electronic peelers, jarring, make your own apple sauce, Ontario Food, peelers, potato peelers, preserving, zenga star peeler on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I bought a fancy electronic peeler today – I thought it would be a good test with almost 75 pounds of apples that I planned to turn into sauce. The apples were fresh out of a cellar and from our tour of Eastern Ontario. It’s almost 11pm as I write this and I am awaiting [...]
Peter Picked a Pickled Pepper
Posted in Canning (Waterbath), tagged canning, jarring, make your own pickles, pickled peppers, Pickles, Pickling, preserving on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mt Dad had a big birthday, we had a big party and we served crudites (yes, that is pronounced krew-dytes). What to do with a bunch of leftover peppers – I mean a stir fry will only go so far. TaDa – the pickled pepper:
Butterscotch Peach Jam… s(peachless)
Posted in Canning (Waterbath), tagged butterscotch, damn thats good, desert, jam, jarring, make your own jam, peach butterscotch, peach jam, peaches, preserves, preserving on February 21, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I’m just not that into you – well not that into sweets anyhow. But some things are like heroin of the preserving world – this is one of them:
Pickles worth waiting for
Posted in Canning (Waterbath), tagged canning, Dill Pickles, jarring, make your own pickles, Pickles, Pickling, preserving on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s post revealed pickles that can be eaten in weeks of inception and will peak within months. I make a batch to hold me over to my true love – the long setting dill. Spicy Dill Pickles



