Fresh pickled onions from the smaller ones out of today's harvest. The rest are laid out to dry and cure.

#permaculture #maker #preserving

The very old stone wall of our barn. Joints partially filled with newer and historic mortar. The two boards in the upper right corner were once part of the wood paneling in a residential building. Before the 1900, our stable was a residential building, and two or even more families originally lived in this house on two floors.

#old #history #barn #hay #traditonal #lime #stonewall #worth #preserving
It snowed last night and drizzled icy rain most of the day do it's been a cooking afternoon... warming up for stir-up Sunday! Started two new batches of mostarda, with pears (which OH loves) and crab apples (they look so pretty). Then had another go at Danish pastries... I'll have one before going to bed in fact, as soon as they are out of the oven. #baking #cooking #realfood #preserving

Last harvest of 2025!

They say to leave parsnips in for awhile after the frosts. We've had a few frosty mornings, so I thought mid-November was a good time to go get them.

A good haul! Much better than I've done in the past. I think my soil-regeneration efforts - cover crops, rotation and compost - are helping!

Now on to blanching and freezing these lovelies.

#Gardening #Harvest #Preserving #NorthernIllinois #MidwestUS #Zone5a

17 Jams, Chutneys, and Relishes to Gift or Save Spread the love (literally) with homemade preserves perfect for gifting or enjoying yourself. #homemadegifts #jamsandchutneys #preserving #holidayrecipes

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21 Canning Recipes That Taste Like Fall in a Jar Preserve the flavors of the season with homemade jams, pickles, and spreads you’ll love year-round. #canning #homemade #fallrecipes #preserving

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First day post harvest madness underway: taco sauce starting to ferment, bruschetta in a jar ready to can, first batch of salsa verde in the hot water bath. So much left to do. 🌱 #gardening #preserving #peppers #tomatoes #oklahoma
First day post harvest madness underway: taco sauce starting to ferment, bruschetta in a jar ready to can, first batch of salsa verde in the hot water bath. So much left to do. 🌱 #gardening #preserving #peppers #tomatoes #oklahoma

This weekend's output:

19x Quince & Zucchini Chutney
12x Quince Jelly
7x Spicy Quince Jelly
5x Pickled JalapeΓ±os
1x Bushed Yvan

(Plus the usual meal cooking, and a few kilo of smoked beef ribs... and now... the cleaning 😬)

#allotment #preserving

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We have 2637g of the plain #quince extract. This year it has started to go deep red already, and has so much pectin that it's gelling up around the edges before I've even added sugar and boiled it down. So different to last year's small crop off the same tree!

The chilli & spice quince extract is still extracting.

I am running short of jars right now, have been rounding up all sorts, mainly a mix of what I have left of hexagonal jars, and a bunch of saved Promite jars (thanks to Kat's foresight!) Got them all in the dishwasher on a 70Β°C cycle.

Will add sugar and start cooking down the jellies in an hour or so.

For now... a second coffee and a sit-down. Feeling kinda bushed. Not sure what, if any, #allotment activity will occur today. (TBF on myself the #preserving ought to count as an allotment activity.)

Both extracts have been boiled and skimmed, leaving us with final measurements of 2425g plain and 1842g of spicy.

Most recipes for quince jelly say to use 450g sugar to 600ml quince extract. This sort of measurement generally annoys me as it doesn't account for the richness of the extract really, which must surely be important. I was curious what the weights of the two extracts are and the plain one is 536g per 500ml and the spiced one is 526g per 500ml. The difference is no surprise as the chilli one had a second extraction.

Despite this I have added 450g of sugar per 600g of extract to both and they're on the stove to boil until they reach a set point now. It's the sort of thing where super accuracy doesn't matter so much anyway or course, given you test for set point.

Reminds me, I need to pop a couple of saucers into the freezer for that set point testing.

This weekend's output:

19x Quince & Zucchini Chutney
12x Quince Jelly
7x Spicy Quince Jelly
5x Pickled JalapeΓ±os
1x Bushed Yvan

(Plus the usual meal cooking, and a few kilo of smoked beef ribs... and now... the cleaning 😬)

#allotment #preserving

For an encore I have popped every red chilli in the house into the dehydrator. (Well, except for the nagas.)

We're thinking of turning this into some sorta mutant gochugaru with thougts about trying to make our own gochujung.

@yvan Highly productive!
❀️ the sound of Spicy Quince.
I made up the last of last year's Quince jelly on Friday and some Zucchini ribbon pickle and strawberry rhubarb jam

@JillyG did you send me the zucchini ribbon pickle recipe some time? Or is that the one that's the same as the bread and butter cucumber recipe? We still have some zucchini and wanted to do that with them.

I've done quince jelly and also "cheese" with a hit of chilli before, it works for me. Adding the extra spices seems to have worked out, a combo of fresh ginger, coriander seed, clove, star anise, black pepper, and mace... but "used" from the chutney so its just a back note not "in your face". (Though I'll judge the outcome properly after the jelly had has a bit of time to relax into itself.)

@yvan Yes. Very simple just cut differently with a spoon of hot chilli oil to finish before closure
@yvan looks like a providores window display 😍