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Another pear evening. Pear crisp and pears in an extra light honey syrup. #canning

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Pressure canning homemade red beans & rice today for future truck eats.

#truckfood #homemade #homegrown #organic #canning

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Don’t can in the fall?

Some of the best canning I know of happens in the fall.

I love canning quick breads to use for…

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There was a piece on BBC Radio 4’s Food Programme the other day about pressure cookers and how these somewhat retro items are becoming more popular again. The piece reflected how their usefulness and versatility is overcoming their association with bland, boring food. My Latvian grandmother swore by hers but managed to destroy everything by overcooking it and my mother used hers for bulk batches of soup and pulses which me and my brother dreaded.

I bought a monster specimen second hand a few years ago that I use for bottling my produce after I ran out of freezer space. My Namco Country Canner has a 10 litre capacity and comes with a mighty pressure gauge on top like a steam engine. I can fit three one litre preserving jars in it and the contents keep for months if not years using less energy than a freezer. It’s an Australian make and its handy instruction booklet talks about Primus stoves so I have images of housewives in the outback bottling like mad on their isolated homesteads.

Its ominous seething and hissing can be slightly unnerving at first but it’s very safe if you follow the instructions. You do need to be careful as it comes up to pressure; there was a mark on my parents’ kitchen ceiling from an unfortunate lentil eruption. I don’t cook meals in mine as it’s so huge that the amounts I need for myself and Mr Greedy Gardener would be swamped in its cavernous interior. Perhaps I’ll buy a smaller one more suitable for cooking for two.

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Preserving the Harvest - by Cheryl Morgan

This is the time of year for those of us who preserve our vegetables to start digging out our canning pots, jars, dehydrators, spices and other gadgets and gizmos. Growing up in a family of canners and preservers, I am lucky enough to have learned about these things along the way, and my friends can tell you, that while it might seem a bit on the crazy side, after a long hard day, I often find myself starting up a batch of jam or jelly on the stove: I find canning to be very relaxing and soothing to the soul.

» Read “Preserving the Harvest” at sbsmags.com

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I want a cellar:(

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Gooseberry jam will be EXTERMINATED.

In my belly!

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Check out our website at www.whimsicalmomentsboutique.com under the “Recipe” section for a great recipe for canning tomatoes.

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Toads in the Hole I

Pork sausage browned and baked with a batter of eggs, flour, water and milk.

That moment

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Easy stuff for parties that don't need a design degree, or experience working for Heston.

You should be bale to put together a cheap, fun kids party without feeling guilty, or feeling like you have "failed" to keep up to the standard of Pinterest. So I present you with a Pinterest board of easy ideas, that actually ARE easy.

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where will your vote go?

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Red cargo rice :-)

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Roast pork belly

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Steamed Apple pudding

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Thermomix fruity dream made with home canned peaches ( just dice and freeze the night before)