Continuing my mission to make my ingredients I found I had no Golden Syrup in my pantry which almost never happens as we use it alot for all kinds of things. It is a hugely loved ingredient both here in the UK and in Australia so I grew up using it and it is a…
Category: preserving
Specialty Brown Sugars
A couple of years ago it came to my attention that specialty brown sugars we buy for baking can be easily and cheaply made at home and save you a bunch of money. Considering the cost of ingredients these days I am determined to learn how to make as many of the ingredients I tend…
Easy Peasy Pickled Eggs
Every year I make pickled eggs because if I don’t there is a mutiny!!! Up until this year I was making them in 6Lb jars like you find on the counter in chip shops. This year however Tanny and I decided that 2Lb jars would be better for us as it really is only he…
Preserving Fresh Beans
Here in the UK national supermarkets have been dropping prices on what they consider to be Christmas or Easter veg. Things like Potatoes, Carrots, Fresh Beans, Shallots, Broccoli, Parsnips, Swede (also known as Rutabaga), White Cabbage, Brown Onions, Curly Kale, Red Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage. Obviously each store has a choice of around 5 of these…
British Strawberry Jam
It is Jam It Up June time again YAY!!! Like last year I seem to have aquired some strawberries on the cheap YAY!!! I mean seriously it would be rude not to. To be honest though I was kinda thinking that maybe it wasn’t such a great idea due to loads of people do Strawberry…
Pickled White Fish
Dale from 9 Acres Family Farms again asked me this year to be a part of the Angler April collaboration #AnglerApril2024. I decided after last year sharing my seafood packed in oil recipe that this year I would share another traditional and quick way to preserve fish if the freezer goes down. So here we…
Apricot Ketchup
Farmers markets and local greengrocers are some of the best resources for purchasing “past their best” fresh produce which is perfect for making jams, jellies, chutneys and sauces and doing so for pennies. Sure it’s great if you have access to wild fruit trees or an orchard etc but not everyone does and shopping at…
Plum Sauce
I think we all know by now that Tanny is the fussiest when it comes to food, flavours, textures etc. This sauce I was terrified of sharing with him but he has found his new favourite thing and honestly would happily drink this out of the jar if he got half a chance. In fact…
Top 10 Ways to Store and Preserve Brussel Sprouts
Here we are at number 4 of our series on storing and preserving Christmas Veg. It brings us smartly to Brussel Sprouts. The supermarkets have a price cap on them from the 18th of December for 19p for a 500g bag so it’s a good time to stock up if you want to. Brussel Sprouts…
Top 10 Ways to Store and Preserve Parsnips
Ah the humble parsnip. A vegetable maligned possibly as much, but in more whispered voices, as brussel sprouts. A love it or hate it vegetable they are a very handy root vegetable which has been known to be badly cooked to the point of mush or over cooked to charcoal causing enough food trauma to…
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