Sweet Garlic Dills (The Complete Book of Small-Batch Preserving)
1c sugar
4c vinegar
2c water
1/4tsp tumeric
4T pickling salt
Combine and bring to a boil.
4.6# pickling cucumbers ($5, farmer's market)
Per pint jar:
1/2-1 clove garlic (55g total (1 head, $1, farmer's market) medium Germen hardneck garlic)
1 head dill
1/8tsp celery seed
Yielded 8 pints. Seven were canned (JSP/RWB10(16oz)15(32oz), one was left as refrigerator pickles.
Hmmm. Not quite sweet enough.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
23 August 2015
Blackberry Preserves
1# 6oz blackberries (1qt at $0.99/half-pint, yielded 3c juice & berries)
1 1/2tsp calcium water
1c sugar
1 1/2tsp Pomona's Pectin
Yielded (7) 4oz jars. A little on the sweet side; we'll probably cut the sugar a bit next time.
1# 6oz blackberries (1qt at $0.99/half-pint, yielded 3c juice & berries)
1 1/2tsp calcium water
1c sugar
1 1/2tsp Pomona's Pectin
Yielded (7) 4oz jars. A little on the sweet side; we'll probably cut the sugar a bit next time.
22 August 2015
Chokecherry Syrup
4c juice
3c sugar
Cooked this a little too long, it's more jelly than syrup. It also has very little chokecherry flavour.
4c juice
3c sugar
Cooked this a little too long, it's more jelly than syrup. It also has very little chokecherry flavour.
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