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Made some roselle jam today. About a 2 hour process from preping to cleaning. Its delicious! I used “Self Sufficent Me” recipe which cooks the seed pods seperately to get the pectin from them, and includes a lemon. Very, very good, I used a little too much sugar (he said 1 to 1, but that was just a tad too much). Next year I hope to be able to use my own lemons and maybe even my own sugar juice instead of white sugar. Probably would taste a little different, but I can work on the ratios. Theres enough new calyxs that as long as we don’t get a hard frost, I can probably make 5-7 more jars.
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Looks tasty!
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Hommade tumeric powder. When dried out, the green/blue tumeric became like a tan color while the orange tumeric stayed orange. I wonder if it was because it wasn’t mature enough, they were only inground since August.
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Made ground cherry salsa with my sunberries (physalis minima), golden currant tomatoes, jalepenos, and fresh cilantro all from the garden. Also added red onions, vinegar and salt. Very sweet despite how it looks, and has none of the very nasty after taste the sunberries have fresh.
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I haven’t eaten them yet, but I picked about a dozen tomatoes from container plants which I brought indoors a few months ago. A basement window gives enough light to keep them ripening a few at a time.
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I picked a gallon zip loc bag full of nice lettuce greens yesterday from my hot bed.
I am back on carnivore diet now… but my wife and kids and granddaughter will eat it.
It is much better than store bought and last stored in the fridge 2-3X longer.
TNHunter
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Greens stored in glass canning jars with yhe lid on in the refrigerator, last even longer. My wife taught me this.
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@JesusisLordandChrist … and if you vacuum seal the lid on that mason jar… it last even longer.
I have a steady supply of greens all fall winter and spring… so I dont have make them last extra long… it is nice that they last 3-4 weeks simply stored in a glass bowl with a lid.
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Thats what I meant, but I wasnt specific about the vacuuming part. Is there another way? I suspect one could just screw the lid down without vacuuming, but what fun is there in that?
I picked a volunteer radish today but have not ate it… yet.
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Hooples Antique Gold Apple picked in mid October. Casually stored in a loose ziplock with a paper towel. It’s reaching the end of its storage life, starting to get a little mealy and has a soft spot. But otherwise very flavorful. Man, I love this apple.
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I have been eating almonds as I work in the garden. They not typical dried almonds but soft green almost like a early peach. They are not exactly very tasty but edible by all means. At first it was so so but now I do like them. Texture is nice and crunchy. Eat a few every day.
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I’m eating blueberries by the quart and a few mulberries. No pics, but good eating.
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Strawberries, kumquats, loquats, orange/lime/lemon juice <3
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For breakfast, I had a Florida King peach, Kiowa Blackberry, and a Desert King breba fig.
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been eating the fresh greens from some of my walking onions. better than store bought. im going to convert some of them into onion powder before they top set.
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Sweet scarlet goumi and raspberries.
TNHunter
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