Cranberry Chutney
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning
I can’t believe that this is the end of the Tigress Can Jam! It seems like only yesterday I was canning lemon-vanilla marmalade and beginning my year-long adventure in learning how to preserve my own fruits and vegetables. I have to say I’ve loved every minute of it, and I’ve learned a lot as well. [...]
Tags: canning, cranberry, tigresscanjam
Pear-Apple Jam
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning
This month’s Tigress Can Jam theme was apples, pears, and quinces…and since I had just seen pears at the grocery store around the time I read the announcement, I thought it was a great pick for November. I have to admit that I’ve never seen a quince at the store before, much less eaten one [...]
Tags: apple, canning, jam, pear, tigresscanjam
Spicy Apple Salsa
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning
I was a little bummed that this month’s Tigress Can Jam theme wasn’t apples, since I’ve been canning them like crazy – namely my apple maple butter, which is my dad’s personal favorite. Alas, the theme was chili peppers, although any fruit of the plant family capsicum was eligible for use in our recipes. I [...]
Tags: apple, canning, tigresscanjam
Peach Chutney, Peach Pie Filling, Plums in Syrup, & Plum Butter
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning
About a month ago, I was contacted by a really nice gal from the Washington State Fruit Commission. They have recently launched a site, SweetPreservation.com, which is chock full of great resources for home canners including recipes, label templates, and even craft ideas and tips on how to host canning parties! Anyway, she wanted to [...]
Tags: canning, peach, plum, tigresscanjam
House Salsa
Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning
This month’s Tigress’ Can Jam challenge was tomatoes, which made me a little nervous. I decided to make tomato sauce – that had to be simple, right? – but when I opened up my trusty Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving to the page on tomato sauce, what I saw was a few pages of guidelines [...]
Tags: canning, tigresscanjam, tomatoes
