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On my way to Old Appalachia (well, technically west of the mountains, but just as rural) for the yearly apple butter event. Looking at about 7 bushels of apples, aiming for 1.5 gallons per bushel. Maybe this year we can convince my great uncle not to ruin it with his absurd policy on cinnamon. He takes whole cinnamon sticks, smashes them with a hammer into chunks, and tosses them into the vat. He also refuses to put enough sugar in, insisting that "the apples' natural sugar is plenty", which results in way less caramelization, so the apple butter is basically somewhat darker applesauce lmao. But it's more about visiting the last bit of family I have left out there anyway.
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# ? Oct 26, 2023 15:40 |
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# ? May 6, 2024 03:59 |
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Jammin' - My great uncle's absurd cinnamon policy
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# ? Oct 26, 2023 16:40 |
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Speaking of apples and spices, I used black pepper in my spice mix for my applesauce this year and just that little bit of spicy heat is loving insanely good. Do recommend.
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# ? Oct 26, 2023 16:47 |
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Soul Dentist posted:Jammin' - My great uncle's absurd cinnamon policy
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# ? Oct 26, 2023 19:05 |
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Just a copy past since someone recommended I come here General recipe advice question fine? Two years ago my mom made a fermented honey cranberry sauce that turned out great for thanksgiving. Recipe off the internet that wasn't saved, and while it was simple, it's definitely long lost. We tried the same (similar, different recipe) thing plus a ginger+orange one the next thanksgiving and both were kinda blah. I could live without the ginger one but man that first year's sauce was really good. Does anyone have anything that could fit the bill or any advice? I think the second one didn't have a whole lot of cranberry flavor at all and the berries were tough as hell if I remember right. The first year was dead simple and other than poking them I don't think they needed much if any prep other than flipping the jar every few days. Any help would be appreciated It's honestly too late I think since she already made it as of a few hours ago. Are cranberries supposed to taste like crap or are they just naturally sour and saved with the sugar.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 16:22 |
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They are naturally sour, which is actually a good thing
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 16:51 |
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Cranberries have hardly any sugar, yeah. The honey fermented recipes I see are basically just piercing cranberries, adding some spices, and covering it with honey. What other flavors might it have had? Ginger, orange, cinnamon? I'll expect it to be down to what spices were added and the fermentation conditions, ultimately. I do need to get some cranberries started for Thanksgiving (I just lactic acid pickle them using a less-clovey version of this recipe), so that's a good reminder.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 18:52 |
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Some of those spices will interfere with a ferment if you use too much, cloves especially.
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# ? Oct 28, 2023 19:22 |
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Bar Ran Dun posted:Some of those spices will interfere with a ferment if you use too much, cloves especially. Very true, though the MakeSauerKraut recipe works as written, even with the cinnamon & clove amounts. I can't stand that many cloves, though, so now just add one or two buds.
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# ? Oct 29, 2023 02:27 |
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Hello! I've been happily doing my own kefir at home for about a month now without much of an issue. Generally have been leaving them doing their business on whole milk for exactly 48h. Today I saw something new and potentially problematic: there were some yellow/orange lines throughout the top of the container. I immediately took that whole portion of and it doesn't seem that the rest underneath is affected by the same coloration, but I'm pretty concerned this whole batch gotta go and maybe even my whole (and only) culture. I honestly don't know how this happened in the first place since I don't think I did anything different this time. Please advice if you have any experience with kefir on what to do here and how to avoid it in the future.
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# ? Nov 27, 2023 17:51 |
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Saoshyant posted:Hello! I've been happily doing my own kefir at home for about a month now without much of an issue. Generally have been leaving them doing their business on whole milk for exactly 48h. As long as it's not pink on top it's fine. Scrape the top off and discard if it bothers you. I've been making kefir for about 8 years.
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# ? Nov 29, 2023 11:43 |
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# ? May 6, 2024 03:59 |
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I have four to six pounds of blue, black, and raspberries that I want to make into jam for Christmas gifts in half pint jars. I have some basic Ball Book of Canning recipes that would make perfectly adequate jam, but does anyone have an especially delicious recipe they'd recommend?
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# ? Dec 22, 2023 14:41 |