here's a tip for pealing....wait until they are super ripe . Cut the stem and flower end off, slice and put through a food mill. I just "pealed" a whole crate full of pears this way. I add a little lemon juice to the sauce and froze in premeaured amounts. I defrosted some the other day and...
Farmer's market or mom and pop stores. Just check with your state regulations on what you can make and sell as a home processor. Here in NY I can make fruit jams, jellies and hard candy but not vegetable jams, relishes, pickles or chocolate candy. I would need a $400 licence and a commercial...
We stored about 50+lbs of potatoes in our basement which is cool and moist. After we dug them up we laid them out in a shady area to dry. We left all the dirt on them, put them in 5 gal buckets and some cardboard boxes and put them in the darkest part of our basement. They lasted until spring.
We have an over abundance of pin/black cherries that grow wild on the property. Some of the trees are 100+ years old. I haven't made anything out of them yet (I plan to this year) but I found (online) recipes to make all the usual...jams, jellies, syrup, wine, etc....they are very closely...
My garden next year...less snap beans. I have waaaayyyy to many.
Peas
beans to dry
more carrots....kids really liked pulling them out and eating them.
Overall more heirloom veggies.
Holy Cow....I had a cuc explosion overnight in the garden! Boy they are fast buggers.
Couple questions at fermenting pickles.
1. Can I use a food grade bucket?
2. Can I slice them or do they have to remain whole?
ohh and what's with the grape leaf...to keep them crisp right? During...
Ok let me start off by saying I am not someone who reads many books....In the past 5 years I have only read one book cover to cover, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. So I need something that is really going to hold my interest.
Well I am getting the reading craving again and I want to read another...
Okk my basement is a plethora of sprouting spuds (last years harvest). I know you aren't supposed to eat green potato's but what about ones that have "legs" about a foot long? And some of the "legs" are green....still edible? The potato's themselves are not green.
First attempt came out great. We just wanted to try it out, weren't expecting it to come out perfect but it was goooood. Just brined and smoked a few chicken halves, nothing else on them. My husband also steam/smoked some carrots then sliced them and put them in some butter and brown...
OMG those pictures are making me drool! And as far as the snow...I do the same with my grill and as an added bonus it snowed this morning! very freakish weather lately. We live in a cool temperate area of NY, with not much wind...usually.
It is a charcoal/wood smoker. As for the...