Cherry Crisp
[amd-zlrecipe-recipe:1] This recipe is adapted from The Recipe Boy Blog where he adapted it from The Fruit Orchard cookbook he scored from a local orchard in Virgina. The tasty crisp…
Cherry Season
We eat cherries for about a week while they are in season but other than that the only cherries we enjoy are of the dehydrated variety. They are kind of like raisins but slightly bigger and great in kids lunches. Each year I dehydrate about 20 racks of cherries, I'm not sure what that is in lbs but I would guess 10-20lbs of cherries.
Summer Canning
I don’t normally can in July or August. It’s just too darn hot to have the stove on that much. Most of my summer preserving is done with the dehydrator on a table outside. One day I will find a man handy enough and who loves me enough to build me a solar dehydrator but until that day I use the electric variety.
However this year has been unseasonably – um – damp, which would make solar dehydration a little bit tricky. A conversation with a friend revealed the fact that I have never had canned cherries. (more…)
Apricots and Raspberries
We are still picking raspberries. My God. Still. I need a scale to weigh just how many kilos of raspberries we’ve picked. A bloody lot. Raspberries, berries in general do not travel well and by the time the bucket is full and the berries are rinsed they are pretty much mush. Which makes good fruit leather and that is what we have been making.
Note to self: Wax paper is not a good substitute for a fruit leather tray in the dehydrator.
Second note to self: purchase additional fruit leather trays.
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Preserving Summer’s Harvest
I love summer. Who doesn't. But what I love about it is the growing season and how the produce changes as it ripens and becomes ready for harvesting. The kitchen…