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Babies on Board By Heidi Lewis Oh de bitty babies, so cherubic in their little baskets. Heavenly creatures, berries were flowers before they incarnated into sweet gems that dance on our tongues. Berries are the babies of summer, triggering synapses and opening pathways to good memories. They’re the delicate fruit that are most often anthropomorphized [...]
Recipe courtesy of Delilah’s Farm INGREDIENTS 2 cups rhubarb cut into 1-inch chunks 2 cups apple cut into 1-inch chunks 1 to 1-1/2 cups sugar (see Cook’s note) 1/4 cup water 2 teaspoons dry pectin (optional—the jam will be thicker if you use pectin, but it’s fine without it) PREPARATION Place all ingredients in a [...]
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Using Pectin is Key to Jams and Jellies By Erin Mittelstaedt Canning helps us make new family traditions and memories. This year it was a kitchen covered in splashes of red pomegranate juice; mashing batches of persimmons to music; and making massive amounts of spaghetti sauce with my brother’s family, kids and all. I often [...]
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Recipe adapted by Erin Mittelstaedt, courtesy of Pomona’s Universal Pectin Makes 12-13 cups INGREDIENTS 4 red peppers finely chopped (3 1/2 – 4 cups) 3 jalapeno peppers; remove seeds and finely chopped (1/3 – 1/2 cup) 4 cups apple cider vinegar 6 teaspoons calcium water (calcium powder and instructions included in Pomona’s Pectin box) 6 [...]
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By Heidi Lewis Quince is indeed an old-world fruit. It’s not shiny or sleek or ready to eat. It’s oddly shaped (sometimes bumpy) and when eaten raw, Fruit Detective David Carp likens its taste to “slightly sweetened furniture.” So what’s to love? Perfume. You should catch a whiff. It’s the same intoxicating aroma that the mystical poets of Persia [...]
When you remove the peel or skin from fruits and vegetables, you lose a lot of nutrition, since it’s a concentrated source of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and potentially beneficial phytochemicals. The pigments in produce are healthful, and the skins or peels are often the most colorful part. Vegetable peels or skins are particularly good sources [...]
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