Why? Because you can! And pickle, and jam, or otherwise celebrate the resurgence of the domestic arts our forebears held so dear. Put on your best apron and step into our kitchen, won't you?
These clementines might be my favorite thing I’ve canned. They’re easy, quick, seasonal, sweet with enough bitterness to be fun, and so pretty in a jar. Use them with hot chocolate, ice cream, cocktails, or to garnish your favorite winter homebrew.
An easy to make mustard, perfect for holiday gifts. We started with a recipe posted on the always wonderful Food in Jars, which turned out be a guest post from Kaela Porter of Local Kitchen.
With winter squash in abundance in Upstate New York, Becky shares two recipes, sweet & savory pickled butternut squash. Water-bath canned & refrigerator methods are discussed & explained. A perfect unique edible gift.
It turns out that five ingredients really are all that are needed to make a flavorful, almost shockingly red sauce that stands up to the stuff in the bottle. Best of all, you can tweak the heat up or down with the selection of peppers.
Ramps were highly prized by the American Indians in part because of their high vitamin content and blood-cleansing properties. They boiled them, fried them, and dried them for winter to use. Me, I'm going to pickle them!
