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?
A quick and easy recipe with results that are crunchy and delicious. Once you've tried pickled onions you will always want to keep one or two jars on the pantry shelf.
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!
It takes a bit of work to make the fruit juice required for a colorfully translucent jelly. A proper ratio of fruit, pectin, acid, and sugar is required; do not fret, it is not nearly as complicated as it seems.
Even if you haven’t done much jam, jelly or sauce making this recipe is easy; sweet summer fruit simmered in sugar and booze until they melt into a sauce.
Pickled Plums: slightly spicy, deliciously different, traditionally served as an accomaniment to grilled pork, ham, or a cold roast beef platter, the leftover syrup can be used as a basting sauce for spareribs or home-made barbeque sauce.
I wanted to find the perfect balance between fruit and vegetable, something simple so the colors and flavors enhanced each other like Ying and Yang, Popeye and Olive Oyl, Yogi and Boo-Boo, and I wanted children to enjoy the taste too.
Because we do partake of some version of 'Americanized' tacos so regularly and I was constantly running out of the store bought seasoning, I decided to blend my own at home.
