3/31/2021 – Our Multiplying Onions and Bunching Onions in Mary’s Garden are bolting so we pickled some to for use when those are gone and the ones planted in the big garden with Piper and Olivia are still maturing. What … Continue reading
Category Archives: Preserving
3/2/2021 – Kelley and the girls are arriving in 12 days and will be here for Spring Break week. She talks often about the Rueben Sandwiches we made with my homemade Pastrami in Houston. So, this prep will follow the … Continue reading
2/??/2021 – This first-time kraut with cumin was inspired by the recipe here. INGREDIENTS: 2 heads of green cabbage from our garden2 bunches of green onions from our garden1 large bunch of cilantro from our garden4 garlic cloves1 jalapeno, seeded … Continue reading
1/21/2021 – This is our first fermentation of Daikon Radishes this year. They were pulled, cleaned, and prepared today in the form of a long spear as opposed to last year when we did them as coins. This ferment also … Continue reading
12/16/2020 – This is our first time to preserve our first Meyer Lemon harvest in a lemon-juice/salt brine. What we did was inspired by the recipe here. … Continue reading
12/6/2020 – We have too many red onions from the grocery store and some large daikons from the garden. A recipe here seemed good to use the onions. Made more onion pickling liquid than needed for the quart of onion … Continue reading
12/2/2020 – With the hard freezes coming we harvested on Nov. 30 all the pepperoncini peppers from Mary’s garden. We were surprised there were about 3 gallons in a 5-gallon bucket from the four bushes. Made the bent ones as … Continue reading
11/27/2020 – We have harvested our first heads of K-Y (Taiwanese) cabbage whose leaves were tender and not as stiff as standard store bought cabbage. Used two of them in our German kraut using the Excell spreadsheet ingredient calculator that … Continue reading
9/20 & 23/2020 – Washed some of the ripest of the sand pears; i.e. those that are a bit springy when squeezed with a strong yellow undertone. Sliced them with the mandoline at its max setting; 1/4″. Used our new … Continue reading
Reviewed various recipes for pickling spices and using advice and ingredients arrived at the recipe below we think we will like. Used it in our first-ever pickled pepperoncini. The peppers are the larger Italian ones and not the smaller Greek … Continue reading