Our soft fruit bushes and vines are still fruiting well, so I decided to make a batch of three-berry jam. While I started getting everything ready inside, the Other Half and the boys picked 750g of strawberries, 350g of tayberries and 900g of raspberries (a total of 2kg of fruit). I picked over the fruit, [...]
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Still processing rhubarb
30 July, 2008
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We’re still working our way through our forest of rhubarb, but have switched from making jam to making chutney instead. This 4.5kg (10lb) batch of chutney uses our favourite rhubarb chutney recipe from Mary Norwak’s Farmhouse Kitchen. It’s a thick, slightly sweet, lightly spiced chutney that is excellent with roast pork, on bacon sandwiches, and [...]
Read moreTake one rhubarb plant…
22 July, 2008
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I was sitting in the living room after lunch when I heard the neighbour’s tractor start working on the patch of rough ground opposite our house. I rocketed from my chair, slammed my feet into my wellies, and shot out the back door calling for my knife and a couple of buckets. Why the extreme [...]
Read moreOnion and green pepper relish
17 September, 2007
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Before I detail this recipe, a warning. Do not attempt to cut up half a kilogram of small onions unless you have a lot of time on your hands, unless you are a serious masochist who enjoys crying for a very long time, and unless you have a Main Squeeze who doesn’t mind you smelling [...]
Read moreBlueberry and apple jam
14 September, 2007
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Thanks to the blackbirds, we only have a small amount of blueberries to enjoy this year so I decided to make a small batch of blueberry and apple jam that could be kept for a special occasion. The recipe is quite simple and based on proportions: one part apples, one part blueberries and 1.25 parts [...]
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