Canning 2011

[flower]

This year I decided to start Hen cooking parties.

A bunch of us got together... each put in 25$...went to the farmers market and bought

-20lbs of onions

-20lbs of tomatoes

-9 Super large heads of brocolie

- A bushell of apples

-2 organic Chickens


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And the jars.. Mason jars are a big part of many peoples history. I can remember being a child and helping to fill them with apple sauce. (grew up in apple country.. ate so many apples practicaly turned into one! lol)


We made tomatoe sauce, carmelized onions, steamed the brocoli and made organic chicken broth. We all went home with a bag of apples because it got to late.


We had a great time... and coincidentally it was my birth day too!! What a great way to celebrate life.


Everyone went home with some great stuff! Hehehe grown up loot bags

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And that was Septembers party...




October theme?


Bread and candy!!

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[BowMan]

How many apples in a bushell?

Looks yum!

That's what lifes about!!

[flower]

It says a bushell is 42 lbs...

So this was probably about half a bushel

In my understanding a bushel was one of those round basquets


lol i had fun looking that up..thx bowman

[noxon]

- decided to plant herbs in the garden this year ...
( and did ..)
will maybe try to find in english (or latin) language .

! In norwegian they are called :
Rosmarin , Salvie , Timian , Mynte (sitron) og Gressl?k .
( Koriander er visst veldig bra for ? rense tungmetall mm fra kroppen )

After all , this (it) is a norwegian garden

? Any advice on preserving herbs for the winter
(&) - and beyond .....).

- is very welcome .
( Er Veldig Velkomment )

[flower]

Rosemary, Sage?, Thyme, Mint (lemon)

Coriander


i think? lol


i love herbs, do you dry them?

[noxon]

Am (still)
trying to figure out how
- to dry them
Still some weeks the plants
can grow outside in the weather ,
in the garden .

Thank you ,
and All


nm

[flower]

Cut the branches from your herb plants and make sure to remove any dry or diseased leaves

Shake to get rid of any insects.

If the herbs are "dirty", rinse with cool water and pat dry with paper towels (Wet herbs will mold and rot)

Take off the lower leaves along the bottom 3 centimeters or so of the branch

Bundle 4 - 5 branches together and tie as a bunch. You can use string or a rubber band

The bundles will shrink as they dry and the rubber band will loosen, so check periodically that the bundle is not slipping(Make smaller bundles if you are trying to dry herbs with high water content) Hang in a dry dark place.


If in an apartement.. or you dont have much room (and if the herbs are very fragile) punch or cut several holes in a paper bag. Label the bag with the name of the herb you are drying.
Place the herb bundle upside down into the bag...Gather the ends of the bag around the bundle and tie closed.
Hang the bag upside down in a warm, airy room.

Check in about two weeks to see if they are dry or if there is a problem with mold etc

Keep checking weekly until they are dry.

[BowMan]

It's a great feeling making preserves...I had some black currant bushes 2 years ago and I made more jam than anyone could eat!!!

So I've reigned myself in to sticking to food my family will actually eat and save money from the food budget.
So wth that in mind this weekend I have been digging up my potatoes from last year... got a lovely big size and will plant my potato seeders in next weekend for christmas dinner...
Lunch today (to take to work) is food my son and I foraged off the beach in front of our house...we walked down to fish (nothing biting) so he
picked sea lettuce asnd I found some green lipped mussels.
I did add a tin of diced tomatoes, basil and some garlic powder when I cooked them.

Noxon....a good recipe for preserving mint is to make mint sauce....mint, malt vinegar and sugar is the recipe. The exact measurements are up to you, it's such an old recipe that no 2 are the same!
Goes well with lamb.