8/22/2021 – We have a collection of various peppers that include Anaheim G76, Peppercinies, red Serranos, and maybe a Grand Marcino with about half being picked this morning. Chopped them into about 3/4 inch lengths and packed them into a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Preserving
8/22/2021 – This ferment is a repeat of Okra Fermented No. 6, and the first okra ferment in 2021, because the one in 2019 turned out great. Stuffed a half-gallon jar with large and small okra and added about 3 … Continue reading
This preparation was inspired by the one at The Ranch Kitchen although ours has a lot more spices. Ingredients Fresh okra from our garden3 cups 5% white vinegar1 1/2 teaspoons Morton Canning and Pickling Salt2 tablespoons sugar6 average garlic cloves … Continue reading
8/3 and 8/10 and 9/9/2021 – This post is for the three water-bath picklings that were done the same and based on what was done in July 2019 that was very good. On 9/6/2021 Kelley opened a pint made on … Continue reading
8/1/2021 – Another good harvest of Jalasco Jalapenos and a few others were pickled in the same brine used with Peppercinos last week and that was very similar to the jalapenos the week before. The taste test of the peppercinos, … Continue reading
7/11/2021 – Washed and stemmed our Pepperoncini Peppers from the garden and sliced in half. Packed them into a ½-gallon jar. We included 8 large whole cloves of garlic that had been lightly crushed to remove the husks. The brine … Continue reading
6/24/2021 – Below was adapted from Ball Canning’s recipe here. Made 7 half-pint jars and one pint jar. Ingredients 9 cups chopped cored tomatoes from our garden (¾-1″ inch pieces)5 cloves garlic, finely chopped1 cup semi-dry Chardonnay wine1 cup white … Continue reading
6/22/2021 – This was our first tomato canning day of 2021 using the Better Boy and Celebrity tomatoes from the garden. All had been picked over the past 3-4 days. We culled out the few with soft spots and holes … Continue reading
6/16 & 17/2021 – We tried this canning process as it is so different maybe it will work. It makes since that 10 minutes in a boiling water bath would cook the cucumbers at least to some extent and they … Continue reading
This post will be for multiple days and different seasonings Mary used in making “sun-dried” tomatoes in the food dehydrator. She sliced the tomatoes in half, drizzled on oil and seasonings as cited below. 6/15/2021- Mixed in Kosher salt, dried … Continue reading