Category: Jams and Jellies
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Summer Squash Refrigerator Pickles
Summer’s bounty is upon us, and like many folks that grow squash, we have plenty to eat, preserve, and share with family and friends. We plant and harvest heirloom varieties of squash–from Sugar Pumpkin to Pattypan and Candy Roaster. One of my favorite varieties this year is a little lemon squash that looks exactly like a lemon.…
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Satsuma and Bourbon Marmalade
It’s chilly, windy and gray at Cowlick Cottage Farm, so I am making Satsuma and Bourbon Marmalade this morning. Satsumas are a sweet, juicy citrus–a cross between Mandarin orange and tangerine. They don’t have many seeds, which makes them really easy to work with and lucky for me, they grow well in our climate. Marmalade and other…
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We’re Jamming at Cowlick Cottage Farm
The Mango Man delivered my annual order of organic fresh mangoes this weekend! Hurray! They are enormous, sweet, and juicy. Mangoes are quite nutritious, having antioxidant and anticancer properties. Mangoes also have lots of vitamins A and E, which help to protect your heart and balance hormones. Isn’t it nice when something so delicious is…
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I Dig Figs
I was really happy this morning to find a generous handful of fresh figs ripe and ready for us to enjoy. Have you ever feasted upon a fresh fig? I must confess that I never had, until I picked the first one one from our own tree. A fresh ripe fig tastes nothing like a…