When I started cooking cranberries yesterday, I had 3 recipes on my mind. I wondered if I could teach them all done inwards i day. I'm happy to report: Yes, I can. First, I tried this Cranberry Pepper Jam. I'm going to scope you lot the link to the recipe, but I must get-go warn you lot that the yield is seriously underestimated. The recipe promised me 3 half-pint jars. Since I was thinking of giving it every bit piffling gifts this vacation season, I decided to purpose 6 quarter-pint jars instead. They'll agree inwards a pocket, too and thence I tin but accept them amongst me easily too mitt them out similar candy. And await how pretty this is:
And if you're maxim to yourself, "Hey, that looks similar a half-pint jar! WTF?" Or mayhap you lot aren't every bit potty-mouthed every bit I am too and thence you lot left off the "F" business office of that. Well...here's what happened.
I made the recipe just every bit written, too I had 8 (not six) quarter-pint jars ready to become thinking that fifty-fifty if at that topographic point was extra, I should own got enough of jars. Well, I filled those jars, too yet had lots of jam inwards the pot. And I abhor that because I didn't own got whatever to a greater extent than build clean jars or build clean lids prepared. So I speedily washed some to a greater extent than half-pint jars too some to a greater extent than lids too finished off amongst 3 to a greater extent than half-pint jars. All-in-all, I ended upward amongst 8 quarter-pints too 3 one-half pints. If I'd done it inwards half-pint jars from the get-go, I'd own got had vii half-pint jars...not the 3 suggested inwards the recipe. So, I inquire again, WTF?
So anyway...I tin highly recommend it because it's real tasty. Someone e'er asks me what i does amongst pepper jams, too here's what I tell them: It's wonderful spread on crackers amongst a piffling cream cheese. It's likewise wonderful served amongst meat...just similar ketchup or steak sauce. And it's practiced on sandwiches, peculiarly roast beef. And if you're but inwards a mood, it's neat spooned straight from the jounce straight into your opened upward mouth. That's oftentimes how I'm eating it. So, anyway...it's easy, too it's pretty. You tin find the recipe correct here. I should banknote that I removed the seeds too ribs from both serrano peppers too i of the jalapenos. It has enough of kick.
So at that topographic point was that.
H5N1 twenty-four hr current or too thence earlier, I'd boiled too skinned some CSA beets for pickling. I used my quondam standby recipe for Easy Spiced Pickled Beets. They're a identify unit of measurement favorite. I ended upward amongst 3 pints from 2 pounds of beets. The recipe I purpose is from Small Batch Preserving. Here's the recipe for those:
Easy Spiced Pickled Beets
Yield: About 3 pint jars
2 Pounds Fresh Beets
2 Cups Granulated Sugar
2 Cups White Vinegar
1/3 Cup Water
xvi Whole Cloves
8 Whole Allspice Berries
2 Cinnamon Sticks (about 4 Inches Long)
2 Teaspoons Pickling Salt
Trim beets, leaving 1 inch of stalk too tap root attached. Place beets inwards a large saucepan too comprehend amongst water. Bring to a boil over high heat, trim back heat, comprehend too simmer for 25-45 minutes or until tender. Drain too rinse nether mutual frigidity water. Remove skins too cutting beets into large pieces
Combine sugar, vinegar, too H2O inwards a large saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally.
Remove hot jars from canner too identify 4 whole cloves, 2 allspice berries, 1/2 cinnamon stick too 1/2 teaspoon tabular array salt inwards each jar. Pack beets into jars.
Pour hot liquid over beets to inside 1/2 inch of rim. Process thirty minutes for pints too 35 minutes for quart jars.
Note: For an interesting variation, add together 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper flakes to each jar.
While those were processing, I got to operate on the Brussels sprouts. And hither again, the writer of the recipe seriously underestimated how many jars I would need. Fortunately, I had enough of jars too lids ready, but it yet annoys me when I terminate upward amongst to a greater extent than veggies than I own got prepared jars. So anyway...the Brussels sprouts own got to sit down for a calendar week or to a greater extent than before they're ready...which is pure torture for this Brussels-sprouts-loving-person. Nevertheless, I opened i of the jars too tried one. I'm happy to tell that later on waiting but a few hours, this but mightiness locomote a winner. I'll tell you lot to a greater extent than near it when I've given it a calendar week to pickle too a truthful gustatory modality test.
So I ended upward amongst a lot of jars too a lot of yummy materials past times day's end.
There was fourth dimension to sew, but later on all that, I sat on my behind for the residual of the day.
Ever experience similar you're beingness watched?
So today I'm putting a recipe for Old-Fashioned Chicken too Dumplings inwards the crockpot. My housework is done. My canning is done. I'm going to pass the twenty-four hr current quilting Wind inwards the Whiskers.