We finally had our first hard freeze over the weekend. I knew it was coming and went out in search of anything that wouldn’t survive in the garden. I picked a big bowl of peppers. Since I’d already put some in the freezer and dried some I decided to make pepper jelly. I had a mixture of peppers—green, yellow, and red. All sweet peppers. You can make pepper jelly out of a mixture of peppers, even hot and sweet, or…
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Preserving/Canning
One of my favorite things about winter is getting to enjoy the bounty of our garden. All the goodness is…
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A few weeks back The Deer Hunter put in a request for squash pickles. I had plenty of squash and…
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Several weeks back a reader asked if I could share my apple butter recipe. The recipe I use came from…
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