Chitter skimming syurp “When I was young, I always looked forward to the late summer because it meant syrup-making time. We usually had a patch of cane, and Grandpa and I regularly walked through the tall cane so he could check the seed heads to see if the cane was ripe enough to harvest. I enjoyed walking through the cane because I imagined that I was in a deep jungle. I would have liked to play in the cane “jungle,”…
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Preserving/Canning
Pickling with vinegar and fermenting are methods used to preserve the bounty of the garden. We’re all familiar with cucumber…
Fox Grape Bonanza on the Blue Ridge Divide In 1947, we moved into the Steer Creek area near the Blue…
Chow chow is a vegetable mixture that is either pickled or fermented. I don’t recall Granny ever making chow chow…
Fermented foods are all the rage right now. Most of us are familiar with fermenting cabbage to make kraut or…
Can you believe this lush green tomato bed? Our tomatoes always look like this in July, but in October-NEVER!…
Our recent spell of freezing temperatures forced me to pick all the tomatoes and peppers before they froze. While the…
Molasses making in Haywood County NC molasses boiling, molasses making, molasses stir off noun A social work activity, sometimes lasting…
This is the season for apples in Appalachia. I’ve made applesauce, apple jelly, and apple preserves. Most years I dry…
Our grape vines did very well this summer and its a good thing since there was no blackberries to make…