Rich and boozy cherry jam made with wine.
Cherries in Wine Jam
Pickled Cherries
As I typed this I kept typing out cheeries instead of cherries. That might be a subconscious reaction to how these make me feel. Juicy red orbs that are delicately sweet but distinctively briny. These beautiful cherries came to me from Washington state. Now I have cherry trees growing in my yard in Vermont, but …
Low Sugar Peach Jam
Late summer means steamy days, swimming holes, and the juice of fresh, ripe fruit dripping down your chin. The sweetest fruits of summer must be peaches, with their halo of fuzz and tender flesh that melts into pulpy syrup in your mouth. Last week I received a glorious box of Washington peaches at my door, …
Get Hooked On Canning
Careful! canning can become one fierce addiction! After all, my canning addiction launched this little business. Maybe you have an over flowing garden, maybe you like the idea of stocking up your own pantry, maybe you want to make a few gifts… Get yourself hooked on canning! Throw yourself a preservation party! Sweet Preservation has some …
Vermont Beer Jelly
In our tiny kitchen we (Tall Dark & Handsome & myself) make over 2 dozen varieties of preserves on a regular basis but the thing we are most well known for and get the most questions about is our Vermont Beer Jelly. Beer Jelly? How did you come up with that?? Long story short, it was …
4 Plants for Spring Foraging
Hello Spring! Spring is actually happening! For a while we were not sure it would ever get here. Spring means the beginning of wild food season for us. While you may already be picking dandelions and wishing for mushrooms, these 4 foraged foods are what get us hooked on wild every single year. Stinging Nettles: …
Old Fashioned Sunshine
It seems that winter is grudgingly releasing its’ grip. Finally the snow is giving way to rain and the sun graces our evenings once again. While the great white north of New England is not quite warm enough for tank tops and Jam-mojitos, we can certainly take comfort in some good old-fashioned sunshine. A little …
Lemon Pickled Mouse Melons
The garden will still grow even if life gets in the way. We always begin very ambitiously. We plan large and plant larger. If I had known that we would be so dedicated to small farming then I would have bought a farm. Instead we have an adorable schoolhouse and the old school yard is …
Wild Knotweed Jelly
This pretty pink jelly is the result of a local weed problem. Knotweed is an invasive plant that quickly takes over wastelands and riverbeds. My attitude towards this invasive species is that it is good for nothing . . . except for eating of course! Lucky for knotweed, people like me will come along and …
The Story of Beer Jelly
Today I would like to put aside my planned post about sprouting lentils to say a word about my beer jelly. I know, I know! Please quell the outcry! The lentils will come soon. Farmer’s market season has begun and a whole new crowd is being exposed to beer jelly and I get a number …
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