In Which I Say Never Again to Making Ketchup

Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.

What I did all day yesterday. And by all day I mean I started at 9:30am and finally sat down at 8:15pm, with one short break to make and eat a sandwich somewhere around 2-ish.

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When Life Hands You a Defrosted Freezer, Make Jam

Personal blog with heavy doses of bicycling, public policy, social justice, and family life.

#canning #foodpreservation #distilling #alcoholicbeverages el licor de ciruela está bastante bien.

Spicy cranberry salsa

From the NCHFP website https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/can/canning-salsa/spicy-cranberry-salsa/ All said and done it was 1.5, almost 2 hours of labor from prep to jars on the counter. I have a 15.5qt canner so only 6 pints at a time. Im planning to stock my pantry as well as give to family as xmas gifts. by julianradish
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2362034/spicy-cranberry-salsa/

Great Grandma’s Jars

My parents bought my great grandparent’s house in 1966 and it came grandma’s canning\fruit cellar, complete with “apple juice” (whiskey) from the prohibition era. Mom moved into dementia care and before the estate sale I raided the canning closet and took everything,including a dozen of these old jars. There are bubbles in th…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2357042/great-grandmas-jars/

It’s not much but it is expensive 😂

This is my first year canning AND my first year gardening. I have learned a ton. I know this skill set and materials will serve me for decades to come but when I tell you the meat sauce is the most delicious, and expensive jarred sauce I've ever used I am not kidding. I would [...]
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2350152/its-not-much-but-it-is-expensive-%f0%9f%98%82/

Made these scones with my orange marmalade!

Made these scones with my orange marmalade! by Bookluvur76
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2348581/made-these-scones-with-my-orange-marmalade/

Purple hue vs clear

https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/pickle/vegetable-pickles/kosher-style-dill-green-tomato-pickles/ Using the above recipe, I pickled two different varieties of green tomatoes. I halved the recipe because of the quantity I had and it resulted in 3 quarts. After processing, two of my jars had this beautiful purple hue like the one on th…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2343973/purple-hue-vs-clear/

Peter has a Pickled peppers problem

Ran into an error on the UGA website and sent this to them and to my local extension office where I did master preserver training because idk whether I can eat these or need to toss them. https://nchfp.uga.edu/how/pickle/vegetable-pickles/pickled-bell-peppers/ Error on this recipe, says at one p…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2343625/peter-has-a-pickled-peppers-problem/

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Want To Build Food Resilience? Start By Making Jam

Making jam is the accessible starting point for food resilience, connecting a simple kitchen practice to a deep history of economic stability and personal emp…
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Making jam is the accessible starting point for food resilience, connecting a simple kitchen practice to a deep history of economic stability and personal

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