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?
Herbal vinegar is a delicious start to many wonderful dishes and it is important to remember that, delicious as it is on salads, it can be used on many other foods as well. You can choose any number of herbs or spices to make your infused vinegar....
This recipe makes a few small bottles of molasses. It also makes enough squash puree to make two to four “pumpkin” pies. Squash to use: any sweet-meat winter squash such as hubbard, delicata, acorn, butternut, or banana.
Homemade raisins from my own grape tree! They are smaller than the raisins you buy in a store, which is nicer in some ways because their sweetness comes in little bursts. These would be really great in muffins or cookies, etc.
Chickweed is one of the rare winter wild edible greens. It's a great raw salad herb and can be preserved as a vinegar, too. Read on to learn how to ID it and what to do with it.
