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Preserving Kale
Posted by skeip
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tishtoshnm Zone 6/NMUpdated I blanch kale and then chop finely and then freeze. Most of the time I use it as an addition to soup or a pot of beans or whatever I want to give a nutritional boost to. I like this because there are some winter days where I reall...
Pickling beets now?
Posted by 2ajsmama
8 Comments
digdirt2Updated We like onions, cinnamon and cloves in ours like the NCHFP pickled beets recipe. Dave
Canning recipes using apple peels/cores?
Posted by happygardener23
6 Comments
myfamilysfarmUpdated If the stems are still in it, you wouldn't want to use it for pectin.
How would you respond to this?
Posted by dirtguy50 SW MO z6a(6a)
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Randy.CanadaUpdated Beans for sale in a grocery store, to eat, what year were they grown? I think we would be shocked if we knew. I KNOW what year mine were grown! I know that they keep for MANY years.
Apples - drops mixed in
Posted by 2ajsmama
8 Comments
2ajsmamaUpdated Thanks - sorted through what I think are Northern Spy and maybe Golden Delicious (not so much green, some yellow with red speckles on tops, I ate one and it was very sweet). Lots were cut or bruised so I'll be making sauce or butt...
Pickled beans? Not green beans, real beany-beans!
Posted by NilaJones(7b)
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Randy.CanadaUpdated Reading Lady, thank you! Sounds like a good book to have.
Shell bean harvest, canning, drying
Posted by Randy.Canada
4 Comments
Randy.CanadaUpdated Nila Jones, I was surprised that my neighbour (Hungarian, who gave me the Romano seed a few years ago) eats them green!
Concord grapes froze
Posted by berrybusy
4 Comments
seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)Updated The sugar contents of grape is dissolved in water. So, It will take a deep freeze , for a prolonged time to separate the water and freeze it. A shallow frost won't do that.
Off Topic Discussions
Posted by theforgottenone1013(MI zone 5b/6a)
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myfamilysfarmUpdated maybe I should have said, thanks rodney for reminding me that I'm one to follow off course.
Garlic turned grey in peppers?
Posted by jennieboyer(8)
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dgkritch(Z8 OR)Updated As Carol said, that pickled garlic clove is perfectly good. And wonderful minced into a pasta salad! Deanna
dehydrating tomatoes after a frost?
Posted by mikevicki
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myfamilysfarmUpdated Even covering with cotton sheets could have saved them if it didn't blacken the plant. Live and learn. Now is the time to look forward to next year and start saving recipes.
Roasted Garlic storage
Posted by beeman_gardener(5)
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readinglady(z8 OR)Updated It's just as well it did have that lovely fungal growth because otherwise you might have tried to eat it and made yourself very sick. Roasting doesn't extend the life of garlic (is food preparation, not preservation). Garlic itsel...
Do you need Bernardin Snap Gem Lids - 73mm?
Posted by kathy_in_washington(Zone 8 Sequim,WA)
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myfamilysfarmUpdated You could post on Craigslist in Canada, I'm not sure how far the posting could go, but it might find others that aren't on this forum. I forwarded your post on the market side, there are several Canadians there. This post was edit...
Crabapples This Afternoon
Posted by bcskye
3 Comments
myfamilysfarmUpdated If you get a chance at them early next year, you could try some homemade pectin. And picking some off early will make the later ripe apples bigger. Tip, make sure you use the 70% alcohol to test versus the 50% cheap stuff.
Sweet tato's
Posted by calm1(6)
2 Comments
thatcompostguyUpdated Half or quarter them long ways and they make good fries. If they're just fingerling size, you could fry them as they are after a good scrubbing. Mine didn't do good at all this year. Last year, over 50 buckets. This year, less tha...
canning apples today - dumb questions
Posted by nettie3
22 Comments
myfamilysfarmUpdated Whose orchard, since we are in the same state?
Still 1 jar in batch siphoning - ideas?
Posted by 2ajsmama
21 Comments
myfamilysfarmUpdated I don't use anything larger than my 22 qt PC, but I do use my sink (after giving a good scrub, just to be sure). You need a big stock pot, anything smaller than 12-16 qt is a waste (plus it should fit inside of your PC for storage...
What is the shelf life of canned potatoes?
Posted by hobbiest
13 Comments
hobbiestUpdated I have always understood that the skin holds the highest value of nutrients. When I have just dug up fresh spuds, I leave the skin on and cook them in that state....the same with store bought potatoes. I read in another post that ...
Green tomato pickles
Posted by lisaincolumbus
3 Comments
digdirt2Updated Agree that it would change the taste significantly. Don't know that book at all since no one here uses it that I know of. So posting the recipe would be needed when asking about questions of safety. Dave
Guesstimating Your pH
Posted by seysonn(8a WA/HZ 1)
15 Comments
2ajsmamaUpdated Enjoy your asparagus.
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