Preserving

Preserving

Creamy Orange Cardamom Curd Recipe

by Marisa
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Written by Marisa of Food in Jars. I was born in Southern California and spent my first nine years living in a little town called Eagle Rock. We had guava trees in the front yard and towering palm trees in the grassy strip between the sidewalk and the curb. Nearby, my grandmother grew Meyer lemons [...]

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Small Batch Pear Cranberry Compote

by Marisa
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Written by Marisa of Food in Jars. By the time November rolls around, the abundance of summer is well behind us. No more mountains of peaches and plums at the farmers’ markets, just pumpkins, potatoes and hearty greens. It’s enough to make a preserver hang up her canning pot until spring. However, I’ve found that [...]

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How to Keep Your Freezer Cold

by Danny
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Written by Danny Bourque. Rotten food stinks. Bad. You know how you feel when someone gets you a surprise present?  Pretty good, I bet.  Now imagine if you got a present, and when you went to use it a few days later, it was broken, spoiled, just turned into garbage.  Just awful, I’m sure. A [...]

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Honey-Sweetened Apricot Lavender Butter

by Marisa
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Written by Marisa of Food in Jars. As a canner, I feel obligated not to play favorites when it comes to fruit. How can you possibly prefer strawberries to cherries, or like peaches more than cantaloupe? Every variety of fruit has its individual charms and each deserves its moment in the seasonal spotlight. However, there [...]

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Preserving Summer: A Round-Up of Inspiration

by Aimee
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In case you wanted to approach Labor Day weekend in a very literal sense, I’m sharing a round-up of preserving tutorials for seasonal fruits and vegetables today. I’ve set aside some time tomorrow to pack my freezer with certain vegetables and berries that I know will be disappearing from the market soon. For a practical application [...]

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