At least it's not something else that will rot my teeth out. And I'm hoping for some spicy pickle with cauliflower thing. If DD doesn't do one like that I may be forced to do one myself.
I'm really looking forward to about half a dozen jars filled with hot spicy vegatables.... must be too much marmalade in my system right now.
Ok, the square foot garden is moving along nicely. DD fixed it up with some new shit and peat and vermiculite a month or two ago and started planting. We've decided to leave the tomatoes out of the old garden and build a purpose built tomato garden. 1.5 feet by 12 feet, or maybe 16 feet. The rhubarb is coming up gangbusters and we've planted a strawberry bed. Oddly enough the corner where I suggested DD dump all the extra strawberries looks as good, if not better, than the planned garden. Leftover Bed. Planned Strawberry Bed. Peas, and onions, and radishes, and stuff Anyway, she got on a plane this morning and jetted off to Virginia, for a business meeting on Monday and Tuesday..... and a nice relaxing day or two at my Nana's place near Marshall Virginia. Something I noticed while mowing today is that whenever she leaves she leaves me this wish list of chores that I haven't been able to get done in the last few weeks with her here to help, but now somehow...
I have been so excited about the can jam that it has thrown me into a whirlwind of activity. I have been canning up a storm lately! While it may seem a boring choice I decided on a marmalade, I have only tried marmalade once or twice and really didn't like it. Of course I was trying the little retangular packets you find in your local breakfast place so I reasoned, if I make my own, surely I will like it better. Wow, the difference was amazing. While I will always be a "berry" jam kind of gal, I can definitely say I like marmalade. I wanted to try something different so Woodman suggested an Orange Lime Marmalade, I had tons of citrus so I tried the Orange Lime as well as a Citrus Marmalade which included Orange, Lemon, Lime, Grapefruit and Clementines - it was great! Woodman liked the Orange Lime better so that is what we are posting. Orange Lime Marmalade 3 lbs oranges 3 Limes 6 cups water Peel the oranges and l...
Woodman indicated he would be doing his own can jam this month but I don't see that happening! Best laid plans and all that. That said, I have completed my mission for the month. I wasn't sure what to do with onions, which is the only allium I felt like canning. A few months ago I did Tigress' Onion Tickled Pink which I highly recommend. These are the greatest condiment ever. But alas, they are not really a canning item. Just a make and eat - keep in the fridge kind of thing so would not qualify for the a Can Jam entry since there is no water bath canning. Of course you might be able to can them I will have to check into that. I wanted something sweet anyway so I searched and searched for recipes. The Ball Blue Book's Red Onion Marmalade with 4 cups of sugar looked like it would do the trick. So I started the process, wanting to get it in early so Tigress could get her part done before her busy work schedule. It was the...
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