You see this bread? The bread with the gorgeous crust and perfect interior? Piled with fresh mozzarella, baby arugula from my garden, roasted red peppers, and my homemade red onion marmalade? I made that bread (courtesy of Jim Lahey’s My Bread), and not only is it the best bread I’ve ever made, it’s some of […]
I managed to get back on the canning horse this weekend. These are Spiced Cranberries from Canning for a New Generation. They smelled absolutely divine cooking. But, the best part of this project was being able to use my new canner all the way through. I made eight jars, and actually prepped an additional one
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Well, I had my first full on canning disaster. I was really excited to use my new canner that my mother bought me for Christmas (in action above – it’s so nice and big!). I got it filled up with jars, and those sterilized, and I also got to use the new jar lifter I
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My contribution to Thanksgiving this year was this Maple-Buttermilk Pie. It’s far from the prettiest pie I’ve ever made (this was pie crust #4 – I don’t know what I did to piss off the pie crust gods – and after this photo was taken, the custard split), but it was delicious – it had
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This weekend’s contribution to the pantry was Vanilla-Maple Applesauce, which used up nearly all the rest of the apples I had from the CSA. What little I was able to sample was pretty darn good, though I think I’d add cinnamon and nutmeg if I made this again.
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The final apple CSA delivery had six types: Golden Russet, Yellow Bellflower, Black Oxford, Winter Banana, Rome Beauty and Black Gilliflower. I think the Black Oxfords are definitely the prettiest this week. This CSA has been really interesting. I got to try a whole bunch of apples types I’d never seen before, and it was
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This year’s final haul was: kale, salad mix, a pumpkin, sweet potatoes, peppers, and the most adorable baby chiogga beets. It’s been a good year for the CSA. I really liked the extra level of choice we were given – I’ve stocked up where I was able (winter squash and garlic), and the canning was
This week’s haul was: dinosaur kale, sweet potatoes, potato, butternut squash, delicata squash, and celery. This was meant to be the last week, but the Portland pick up got messed up last week, so we get another pick up next week (which is technically the Winter CSA) as a make up. I harvested the last
My mother did the pick up this week, so the above is my selection only. I got: Grimes Golden, Pomme Grise, Gray Pearmain, Nod Head, Tolman Sweet, Benton Read, and Blue Permain. My mother was most excited about the Blue Permain – she has a Blue Permain tree, but it’s too young to bear. It’s
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This weekend’s canning adventure was Apple Rhubarb Chutney from the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving. I used Twenty Oz and Wagener apples from the CSA. It smelled absolutely divine while cooking. I think chutney is a bit of a misnomer – there’s no truly savory component. I’m thinking it’ll go well with oatmeal, so
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