Before we left for Ashley’s wedding I (impulsively and probably foolishly) decided to buy a bunch of nectarines and peaches at the farm stand. They were all pretty ripe, and about to turn, so I had to jam it up before we left town. So many peaches. I love little peachy butts. White nectarines are [...]
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white nectarine and blackberry jam
Posted in canning, jam on September 22, 2010 | 4 Comments »
jamming
Posted in canning, jam on August 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I have been busy making jam this past week! Whenever I go to the market, I seem to find a crazy fruit deal and I just have to get it. This week it was nectarines – big bags of nectarines for only $1.00! Some of them were beyond jam-ripeness, so I fed them to the [...]
blueberry honey jam
Posted in canning, farming, jam, organic, portland on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of my most favorite people in the entire world came to visit last weekend. When they arrived (Megan+John) it was like they were already here in Portland and we were just hanging out like normal. I hope they consider the pacific northwest for a place of future residence. We drank We ate dutch tacos [...]
spicy pepper jelly
Posted in canning, jam, recipe on September 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I also made 6 half pint jars of spicy pepper jelly this evening. 4 heaping cups of peppers. 5 jalepenos, 2 large red peppers, 2 large green peppers. Seeded and chopped finely. I sauteed these with one cup of apple cider vinegar. I added the pectin, half a pat of butter (to reduce the foam) [...]
Just some pictures from today. Ryan’s worked on a bunch of charts and numbers that I don’t understand. Custer was wandering around and being a punk as usual. The garden looked nice today because I watered last night. All of the grass is super brown here in Portland. I imagine this lawn will look much [...]
