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Enhance the flavors of summer with roasting
Since the invention of fire, humans have noticed that in addition to providing light and warmth, fire and heat makes our food tasty. Roasting isn’t just for meat, though. Next time you find a delicious bunch of plum tomatoes in … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, berries, cherries, garlic, jam, jelly, mixed berries, peppers, pomodori al forno, roasting, strawberries, tomatoes
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Apple Cider Jelly — the easiest recipe in the world. With a catch.
My favorite jams and jellies book by Linda Ziedrich has a recipe for apple cider jelly — one that, on the surface, seems like the best/ easiest recipe for jelly in the world. Instructions: Take a gallon of cider. Boil … Continue reading
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Tagged apple butter, apple cider, apple cider jelly, apples, cider, cider jelly, homemade jelly, honey apple butter, jams, jellies, jelly, Julian, Julian apples, San Diego, spiced apple butter
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Plum Crazy, Part I — I still have all these oranges
I am lucky enough to live in San Diego, and to have a lot of friends with fruit trees. Really, most things grow well around here if you try hard enough, but even a tree that is neglected most of the … Continue reading
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Tagged brandied plums, christmas chutney, chutney, chutneys, jam, jams, jellies, jelly, jelly bag, orange-plum jam', pectin, plum chutney, plum jam, plums, smoked chicken, smoked garlic, smoked meat, smpked pork
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Belinda’s Big Bag of Oranges
Nothing says summer like a giant bag of fresh oranges from a friend’s tree. I got four bags from my friend at this month’s San Diego Food Swap – as well as finishing salts, marinara sauce, meat sauce, BBQ sauce … Continue reading
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Tagged food swap, fresh oranges, homemade jelly, homemade pectin, jam-making supplies, jelly, jelly bag, linda zeidrich, orange tree, oranges, pectin, san diego food swap
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Citrus jelly experiements
I am huge fan of Linda Zeidrich and her book “The Joy of Jams, Jellies and Other Sweet Preserves – 200 Classic and Contemporary Recipes Showcasing the Fabulous Flavors of Fresh Fruits.” It has excellent recommendations for using fresh fruits … Continue reading
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Tagged citrus, citrus jelly, jalapeno, jelly, lemon, lemon jelly, lime, lime jelly, mint, payne, rosemary, zeidrich
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Maybe it’s because it’s Canadian? Eh?
I’ve always been a huge fan of carrot cake. It’s by far my favorite non-chocolate dessert. So when I stumbled upon a recipe for Carrot Cake Jam, I knew it must be love. And it was. It was all the … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon jam, berry jam, carrot cake, carrot cake jam, cooking, food, foodies, gifts, homemade food, homemade gifts, jam, jelly, lamb, marinade, marmalade, minted lamb, recipes, steak
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Adventures in marmalade
My family is Scottish and as such I feel it is somehow in my blood to enjoy and be good at making and cooking with marmalade. But after sampling a few different marmalades and making my own (courtesy of the … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon jam, berry jam, carrot cake, carrot cake jam, cooking, food, foodies, gifts, homemade food, homemade gifts, jam, jelly, lamb, marinade, marmalade, minted lamb, recipes, steak
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Call me mint jelly, cause I’m on the lamb!
The lamb was tender and perfect … but I can’t take the credit. It was all Paula Deen’s recipe. However, it went fabulously with a jar of homemade mint jelly. This is a super-easy jelly recipe, basically boiling mint … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon jam, berry jam, carrot cake, carrot cake jam, cooking, food, foodies, gifts, homemade food, homemade gifts, jam, jelly, lamb, marinade, marmalade, minted lamb, recipes, steak
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Pepper Jelly, aka the first time EVER that something was not spicy enough.
One of the perils of a good jam, jelly or preserve is that you really can’t taste it without burning your face. By the time you can sample and possibly make any change to the taste, it’s already cooled and … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon jam, berry jam, carrot cake, carrot cake jam, cooking, food, foodies, gifts, homemade food, homemade gifts, jam, jelly, lamb, marinade, marmalade, minted lamb, recipes, steak
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And then there was … bacon. Bacon jam.
I felt triumphant. I had gone from being a jam virgin to making three relatively successful jams that people seemed to enjoy eating and hadn’t lost their eyesight or anything. I had some empty jars left over and was wondering … Continue reading
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