Recipes
​Carambola Sweet Relish
Wash and thinly slice fruit, taking care to remove seeds. Cover w vinegar and allow to stand overnight. Drain off vinegar. Combine fruit w sugar and salt. Add cloves, Cook gently to the consistency of preserves. Allow to stand overnight. and reheat mix to boiling. Pack into hot pint jars. Makes 5 pts Carambola (Star…
Read More​Bread and Butter Pickles
Combine cucumbers, onions, salt and ice in a large bowl. Mix well. Put a weight on and allow to stand 3 hours. (For a weight, I use a plate with a gallon bottle of vinegar or water on top of it). Rinse and drain thoroughly. Combine remaining ingredients in a large pot. Bring to a…
Read MoreBeet Relish
Roast beets at 350 till done (1.5 hrs). Rub peel off and slice thin. Mix vinegar w sugar and toss w lots of fresh mint. Pour over beets. BeetsMint freshVinegar 3 partsBrown Sugar 1 part
Read MoreApple Sections, Spiced
Core apples and slice each into 6 slices. Bring sugar, vinegar, cinnamon and cloves to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 min. Add apples slices and cook 3 min or until tender but not mushy. Remove from heat. Add food coloring and stir. Pour into 4 half pint jars and seal. Apples 4 large tart…
Read MoreApple Butter
Blend all ingredients till smooth in blender. Simmer, uncovered, 45 min. Apples 1 lb, skinned and coredCider 0.5 cCinnamon 1 tspSugar 1 cAllspice 0.25 tspNutmeg 0.5 tspCloves 0.25 tspLemon 1 slice
Read MoreZucchini Blossoms
The whole blossom is edible, but male blossoms (those w/o fruit) are more crisp and flavorable. Trim stem of blossom to 1″. Wash gently and quickly under cold water and pat dry. Fry in light batter (2/3 c all-purpose flour whisked into 3/4 c beer or soda), or just dredge in seasoned flour and saute…
Read MoreWindow-cleaning
In a gallon of water mix .5 c ammonia, 1 c white vinegar, and 2 T cornstarch
Read MoreWhipped Cream–Real
Refrigerate mixing bowl and beater at least 15 min. In small saucepan, melt together 1/4 c cream and butter (use 1/4 cup for cream w 20% butterfat and 3T for cream w 36% butterfat), stirring constantly until butter is melted. Pour into small measuring cup and cool to room temp. Add vanilla. In chilled bowl…
Read MoreUnshrinking
To unshrink wool–make a solution of one part white vinegar and two parts water. Boil the sweater gently in this for a half hour. Remove and reshape to its original size and dry flat gth and scrub w brush Vinegar:    Make glasses sparkle by soaking in warm vinegar for 5 min. Rinse; buff dry.  …
Read MoreTomatoes, Oven-Dried
Preheat oven to 200. Using pastry brush, lightly coat skin side of each tomato w olive oil. (Sprinkle w thyme or garlic if desired) Place skin side down on large baking sheet. Season to taste. Bake until they shrink to 1/4 original size, 4-8 hours. They should remain soft and juicy. Let cool on sheet.…
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