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Canning and Preserving

Recipe: Sweet Pickle Relish (using cucumbers, bell peppers and onion)
SWEET PICKLE RELISH "Colorful and delicious, this remarkable relish will delight your picnic guests." 3 quarts cucumbers, scrubbed and chopped 3 cups green bell peppers, seeded and chopped 3 cups red bell pe...
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Recipe: Roasted Red Sauce (using fresh tomatoes, freeze ahead)
ROASTED RED SAUCE 10 pounds fresh ripe juicy tomatoes, such as beefsteak, Italian plum, or whatever tastes best 4 large onions 1 large garlic head 1 or 2 large celery stalks 1 carrot 1 jalapeno or other ho...
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Recipe: Freeze Ahead Fruit Pie Filling and Baking Instructions
FROZEN FRUIT PIE FILLING "To avoid the possibility of fruit juices penetrating and softening the lower crust before a frozen two-crust pie is baked, simply freeze the filling and the crust separately and combine them i...
Desserts - Pies and Tarts

Recipe: Homemade Fruit Leather
HOMEMADE FRUIT LEATHER "Making your own fruit leather is a great way to use extra fruit and gives you control over the ingredients." 2 cups fruit 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon lemon juice Use fully ripe ...
Desserts - Candy, Chocolate

Recipe: Five Pepper Jelly (hot and sweet peppers)
FIVE-PEPPER JELLY "Serve this jelly with corn bread or over cream cheese as an appetizer. Try prepared pineapple cream cheese, available at the supermarket." 1 large green bell pepper, seeded and chopped 2 large...
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Recipe: Chile Flavored Oil and Citrus Flavored Oil
CHILE FLAVORED OIL AND CITRUS FLAVORED OIL "Infused (flavored) oils are a quick way to add flavor to marinades, salad dressings and grilled foods, but commercially prepared oils can be prohibitively expensive. Fortuna...
Herbs and Spices

WECK Electric Canner for sale
I am responding to an inquiry here about if anyone knew how to find a WECK Electric Canner. I am letting go of mine so I have one in perfect condition, slightly used in original box. I realize this post was dated 2006 b...

Recipe(tried): Amish Home Canned Hamburger Patties
With inflation increasing and some food shortages, I dug out this Amish recipe for: AMISH HOME CANNED HAMBURGER PATTIES You will need a Pressure Canner and 3 to 4 WIDE-MOUTH quart canning jars. The Amish cookbook ...
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Recipe: Quick Sweet and Spicy Pickles (2 pints, refrigerator pickles) )
QUICK SWEET AND SPICY PICKLES "These pickles come together quickly and are a great thing to stash in the fridge for a week's worth of snacks or to put out at a party. For the brine, it really depends on what flavors y...
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Recipe: How to Turn Fruit Into Jam (small batch, refrigerator or freezer)
HOW TO TURN FRUIT INTO JAM "The secret that jam makers keep is that making jam is easy, and it can be done with whatever and however much fruit you have. A jar of jam can last two to three weeks in the fridge, so you ...
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Recipe: How Make a Pickle (with make-ahead brine)
HOW TO MAKE A PICKLE Makes just under 1 quart of brine "Joey is the pickle maker in our house, and when the summer hands us twenty pounds of cucumbers, they're his. Those pickles sit in the basement through the winte...
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ISO: Use of alum in pickles
Hello, All growing up my mother has put a small amount of alum in our dill pickles. This past several years I have seen failure after failure of good firm dill pickles from friends and neighbors. I mentioned the use of ...

ISO: Apple Peel Jelly - question
I made the very easy to follow Apple Peel Jelly. It gelled on the spoon. Now how long before it will be solid in the jars? It sure tasted good from the spoon drips I had. Thank...

Recipe: Freezing Apples for Applesauce and Microwave Applesauce
FREEZING APPLES FOR APPLESAUCE AND MICROWAVE APPLESAUCE "A great way to give your family that homegrown wholesomeness with the ease of grocery store 'bag dump and microwave'." Cut the apples into about quarters, p...
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Recipe: Apple and Green Pear Chutney (Lee Bailey)
APPLE AND GREEN PEAR CHUTNEY 2 cups apple cider vinegar 3 cups dark brown sugar 10 large tart apples, peeled, cored, coarsely chopped 5 green firm pears, peeled, cored, coarsely chopped 2 large red bell peppers, c...
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Recipe: Spiced Pears and Brandied Peaches (canning recipe)
SPICED PEARS AND BRANDIED PEACHES If you are using Bartlett or similar soft pears, choose rather underripe fruit, and prepare them as for brandied peaches which I will post further on at the end if this recipe.* I...
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Recipe: How to Room-Dry Herbs and Chili Peppers (The Joy of Cooking)
HOW TO ROOM-DRY HERBS AND CHILI PEPPERS "Food can be dried in any warm room with good circulation of air on the dry side. Optimum conditions are temperatures above 85 degrees F and humidity below 60 percent. A broa...
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ISO: Canning fish in tomato sauce
I have often purchased canned fish in tomato sauce and would like a recipe for making it...

Recipe: Spicy Dill Spears (quick dill pickles using garlic and crushed red pepper)
SPICY DILL SPEARS "Garlic and crushed red pepper give these quick-pickled dill spears a spicy kick." 1 pound pickling cucumbers 12 medium garlic cloves 1 cup white vinegar 1/2 cup water 2 tablespoons suga...
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Recipe: Blueberry Syrup (canning recipe)
BLUEBERRY SYRUP 2 quarts blueberries, rinsed and drained 6 cups water, divided use 1 tbsp grated lemon peel 3 cups sugar 2 tbsp lemon juice Crush berries; add 2 cups water and lemon peel. Simmer 5 minutes. ...
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Recipe: Fresh Tomato Sauce (freeze ahead)
FRESH TOMATO SAUCE 3 pounds ripe tomatoes, rinsed and quartered 3 tablespoons torn basil leaves (or 1 tablespoon chopped fresh marjoram), optional Sea salt and freshly ground pepper 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive...
Main Dishes - Pasta, Sauces

Recipe: Sweet Pepper and Corn Relish (using frozen corn and red onion)
SWEET PEPPER AND CORN RELISH "I drink the brine on this one. I kid you not. This is a super old-fashioned pickle so self-consciously retro that it's modern again-ready for its place on your Aunt Bitty's relish tr...
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Recipe: Pickled Green Beans, Cucumbers, Carrots, Cauliflower, or Garlic
PICKLED GREEN BEANS "If green beans aren't your thing, you can use this recipe to pickle cucumber spears, carrot sticks, small cauliflower florets, or - for the bold and zesty among you - whole garlic cloves." "...
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ISO: sugar free lemon marmalade
sugar free lemon marmalade...

ISO: rhubarb/pinapple jam made with frozen rhubarb
I would like a recipe for rhubarb jam which also has either canned rhubarb or jello. I will be water...

Recipe: Lemon-Kissed Strawberry Jam (makes 1 half-pint jar)
LEMON-KISSED STRAWBERRY JAM "This is a small-batch recipe: it makes just one perfect jar. Use surplus berries from the garden (or from the farmers' market) to make a jar when you can, then enjoy it with toast and bisc...
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ISO: Gooseberry Jelly
ISO: Gooseberry Jelly...

Recipe: Sure Jell Gooseberry Jelly and Alaska U Gooseberry Jelly
SURE.JELL� GOOSEBERRY JELLY 5 1/2 cups prepared juice (buy about 4 1/2 lb. fully ripe gooseberries) 1 cup water 1 box SURE-JELL Fruit Pectin 1/2 tsp. butter or margarine 7 cups sugar, measured into separate bowl ...
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Thank You: Gooseberry Jelly
Thank you very much for your recipes. I will try them today....

ISO: Canning French Style Green Beans
Is there a recipe for canning French Green beans? If you have one please post it as I am going crazy looking for one....

Recipe(tried): Home Canned Green Beans
The only thing that makes beans "french style," when canned is their cut. One of these guys: http://www.canningpantry.com/beanfrencher.html helps speed the process. You'll need a pressure canner, hot water baths will...
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Thank You: Home Canned Green Beans - question
could pimento be added to the french style green...

Recipe: English Pub-Style Pickled Onions (refrigerator pickles with canning variation)
ENGLISH PUB-STYLE PICKLED ONIONS "This pickle is made the traditional way, with a short-brining step to keep the onions crisp, and with cool rather than hot vinegar." 1/2 cup pickling salt, divided use 2 quarts wa...
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Recipe: Basic Cabbage Kimchi (using garlic, ginger and hot pepper, Korean)
BASIC CABBAGE KIMCHI "Koreans are even more enthusiastic about their kimchi than Germans are about their sauerkraut. Their favorite kimchi vegetables is Chinese (napa) cabbage, which householders ferment in enormous q...
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