Ah, the joy of spreading homemade jam or jelly on hot buttered toast or biscuits. Making jams and jellies has become a fairly easy thing in our modern times, with the use of high amounts of sugar as a main ...
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Preserving Fruits A Healthier Way
In homesteading, you are forced to relearn many vanishing arts and sciences. From heritage pigs to heirloom vegetables, and from home remedies to natural pesticides, things that were common knowledge to our grandparents have become arcane and vanishing skill sets ...
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Grandmother’s jellies and jams made use of the various fruits available to her and were the perfect addition to add flavor to a cold-weather meal. I don’t know if all grandmas serve homemade jams and jellies and bread with their ...
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Warm weather often means jam-making time at my house. Raspberry jam is my particular favorite, but I make a big stock of strawberry for my husband too. Jams and conserves are among the simplest canning projects to undertake. All you ...
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