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The Joy of Pickling
The Joy of Jams, Jellies, and Other Sweet Preserves
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Archives
- Bamboo for Dinner
- A Mixed Pickle of Mixed Parentage
- One Fine Mixer: Fermented Lemon Brine
- Experiments with Tibicos (Water Kefir)
- Homegrown Belgian Endive
- Eating and Drinking in New Orleans
- A Quick Wintertime Refrigerator Relish
- Citron Melon Again, for Dessert
- A Bean Worth Drying: The Scarlet Runner
- A Tart Little Tuber from the Andes
Category Archives: Fruits
One Fine Mixer: Fermented Lemon Brine
While making space in my overstuffed refrigerator last week, I chopped a last slice of brined lemon, tossed it into the bean soup bubbling on the stove, and began to tip the jar of brine into the sink. But … Continue reading
Posted in Fermented foods, Fruits
Tagged brined, cocktail, fermented, lemons, mixed drink, pickled, pickletini, preserved, vokda
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Experiments with Tibicos (Water Kefir)
When my friend Rose Marie first asked me what I knew about water kefir, I was baffled. Water kefir, she explained, was a culture for a bubbly beverage made from water, not milk, in the form of “grains” that resemble … Continue reading
Posted in Books and blogs, Fermented foods, Fruits, Preserving science
Tagged carbonated drinks, carbonated water, carbonation, fruit syrups, honey, pop, quince, soda, syrup, tibi, tibicos, water kefir
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A Quick Wintertime Refrigerator Relish
What can you do with a few beets, some slowly shriveling apples from last fall’s harvest, and an ever-expanding patch of horseradish? Inspired by a traditional beet-horseradish relish from Russia and a canned beet-apple pickle that I read about somewhere … Continue reading
Citron Melon Again, for Dessert
Every day this winter I’ve eyed my citron melons in the entry hall, admiring their summery beauty and wondering how long they would keep. Some people say they store well for a whole year, but I’m guessing that’s true only … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Wild foods
Tagged citron melon, compote, fruit, jam melon, melon pie, pie melon
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Black Currant–Sausage Pinchos
When I offer samples of fruit pastes at fairs and other public events, people always ask me how to serve them. I tell them about the Spanish custom of eating quince paste with cheese. I say that Middle Easterners often … Continue reading
For the Last Preserves of the Year: The Humble Citron Melon
I first learned about watermelon’s pale-fleshed, seedy ancestor while studying traditional ways of preserving modern watermelon. Why, I wondered, do people bother to make the watermelon’s narrow inner white rind into pickles and sweet preserves when the red flesh and … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Sweet preserves
Tagged citron melon, Green Deane, melon d"Espagne, Mimi Thorrisson, pie melon, preserves, preserving, Seed Savers Exchange, watermelon
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Easy, Tasty Roasted Sliced Quince
I’ve been failing in my efforts to get people excited about quinces. I took baskets of handsome quinces to sell along with my jams at two events this fall, but everyone wanted my Asian pears instead. I’d say, “Smell this!” … Continue reading
Pommé: Breton Apple Butter
I first learned of this traditional preserve of Brittany from a travel guide. In our subsequent trip to Brittany, last spring, my family and I searched the grocery stores and gift shops for pommé. Some people we talked with mentioned … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Sweet preserves
Tagged apple butter, apples, Brittany, cider, preserves, preserving, ramaougerie
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Gauging the Gages
While picking apples yesterday I noticed that most of the leaves had blown off one of my greengage trees, the one that grew up from the rootstock of a dead nectarine tree. Among all my Prunus trees, this one’s fruits … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Wild foods
Tagged cerasifera, gage, greengage, Home Orchard Society, italica, mirabelle, One Green World, plum, prune, Prunus domestica, syriaca
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Return of the Rains
This is a post from five days ago that somehow ended up in my drafts folder. Today there’s not a cloud in the sky, though leaves are flying past my office window. I’ve had to don fingerless woolen gloves … Continue reading
Posted in Fruits, Vegetables
Tagged gardening in Oregon, Oregon weather, peppers, rain, salsa, tomatoes
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