2010 Marin County Fair First Place Winner! So I was looking in the liquor cabinet, because that’s where I keep my canning supplies. (Honest.) Right up front was a bottle of Myers’s…
marmalade
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In recent months, I’ve logged an astonishing number of hours making marmalade. Many kinds of marmalade. I’ve learned that lots of recipes tell you to cut the peel into thin slices, but…
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A strawberry rhubarb jam that’s full of spring flavor with just a few ingredients and no need to can anything. Just make it and eat it up.
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I made a sunny limequat syrup during a wild storm. A branches breaking, fences falling down, water blowing sideways kind of storm. I took the limequats off the tree when I heard the weather was…
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At this time of year, citrus is rolling all over the Internet. Lately, I’ve seen lemons, blood oranges, and lots of kumquats. I thought I’d better get my act together and write up this recipe…
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My neighbor Joanne got three new hens: Cairo, Dubai, and Pauline. Joanne is getting ready to move and had sworn off new chickens, but when she saw these three babies getting trampled…
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National Center for Home Food Preservation: Jam and Jelly FAQ Ball Canning Resources Lehman’s Non-Electric Catalog: Great Source for Canning Supplies Is It Safe to Make Jam in a Copper Pan? How…
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Apricot Apple Honey Butter Banana Jam Bergamot Honey Syrup Cherry Blueberry Jam Cherry Rhubarb Jam with Ginger and Honey Citrus Aigre-Doux Grapefruit Honey Jam Honeyed Apricots Honey Sweetened Apricot Jam Honey Sweetened…
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A mystic is someone who wants to understand the universe, but is too lazy to study physics. ~ Anonymous I recently stumbled across that quote and thought, well, that’s true for me.…
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Do you find it difficult to ask for help when you need it? Do you say, “Oh, it doesn’t matter that I have a 101° fever and have to drive to the…
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In the three years since I started writing about jam and preserves, this is the longest I’ve gone without posting anything here — three months. I’m mostly taking a winter’s rest from…
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On Sunday, I picked nineteen pounds of Rangpur limes. (I have the scratches to prove it. Rangpur trees are thorny!) I sent eleven pounds out to the folks who won them in…