21 September 2014

Salsa Verde, type A


4# tomatillos (12c chopped)  ($4)
8 cloves garlic ($1.00)
13oz Candy onions
5.6oz assorted chilies (1 1/2c chopped) ($1.58)
10g cilantro ($0.96)
1tsp salt ($0.02)
2tsp cumin
2c vinegar
1/2c lime juice
1tsp red pepper flakes


Yielded 5 3/4 pints




Salsa Verde Type B


2# tomatillos ($2)
2.4oz assorted green chilies ($0.68)
10g cilantro--Oops!--($0.96)
4 cloves garlic ($0.50)
6 1/2oz Candy onions
1/2tsp salt ($.01)
1tsp cumin
1/2tsp red pepper flakes
1c vinegar
1/4c lime juice


Yielded 3 1/4 pints.


One jar is labeled AB--it contains about 3/4 type A and 1/4 type B.




Salsa Verde Type O (gave four of these to Mom & Dad)


6# tomatillos ($6)
10g cilantro ($0.96)
1# Candy onion
6 large cloves garlic ($2)
8oz assorted green chilies ($2.25)
1 1/2tsp salt ($0.03)
1 1/2tsp red pepper flakes
3tsp cumin
3c vinegar
3/4c lime juice


Yielded 9 pints.

14 September 2014

Whole Tomatoes


6# Fourth of July tomatoes
5.7oz unknown small tomatoes (bonus from farmer's market)
6T lemon juice (one per pint)
3tsp pickling salt (1/2tsp per pint) (18g, $0.07/oz)


We did not core these, just skinned them.


Yielded 6 pints.

13 September 2014

Shirley Sauce


5 1/2# chocolate tomatoes ($11)
1.7oz Serrano peppers ($0.50)
1# candy onions
2T pickling salt ($0.09)
2c sugar ($0.59)
2c red wine vinegar ($3.52)


These tomatoes were extra meaty--only simmered 20 minutes.
Yielded 5 pints @ $3.14/pint

10 September 2014

Peach Jelly


4c peach juice ($5.33)
1/4c lemon juice ($2.79/32oz/189tsp)
4tsp calcium water
1/2c sugar ($0.76/#)
1/4c sugar ($0.70/#)
4tsp Pomona's pectin


Yielded 6 half cups

9 September 2014

Another egg!

7 September 2014

Shirley sauce for Mom


3 1/4# tomatoes (from her)
1# 11oz Fourth of July tomatoes
6oz Patio tomatoes
3.9 oz Big Bomb peppers
15 oz onion ($1.19)
2c sugar ($0.64)
1 1/2c red wine vingar ($2.04)
1/2c red wine vinegar ($0.90)
2T pickling salt ($0.09)


Yielded 4 1/2 pints @ $1.08/pint.

6 September 2014

First egg today!

3 September 2014

Plum Pulp


6# plums
1 1/2c water


Yielded 7 cups.




Pomona Plum Jam


7c plum pulp
7tsp calcium water
3 1/2c sugar  ($0.96)
3 1/2tsp Pomona's pectin (same 1oz box; there's still more left)


Yielded (8) 4-oz jars and (5)-8oz jars.

2 September 2014

Frozen grated zucchini
1# 1.6oz yielded 3 cups.
1# 8.7oz yielded 4 1/2 cups.

1 September 2014

Shirley Sauce


4# Fourth of July tomatoes
1# 3oz tomatoes from my mother
1# onion (farmer's market, $1.50)
5oz Big Bomb peppers (from my mother)
2T pickling salt ($0.09)
2c sugar ($0.64)
2c red wine vinegar ($2.72)


Yielded 5 pints @ $0.99/pint.