It’s Seville orange time, which probably means there’s a whole heap of marmalade making going on around the country. And if you think yours is marmalade is one to be reckoned with, then you still have time to enter The World’s Original Marmalade Awards. No, I had no idea either, but these awards are being [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Preserving'
Just how good is your marmalade?
January 25th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Bread, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Foodie Travel, Honey & Jam, Local food, Make your own, Preserving
Jam it, jar it, bottle it
October 23rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · British favourites, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Grow your own, Honey & Jam, Make your own, Preserving
I love this time of year, getting ready to hibernate. Or at least retreat to the indoors for a bit. Which means that we’ve been busy converting our harvest, not to mention foraged treasures into all sorts of preserved wonders. I’ve always been a huge fan of Lakeland and John Lewis for my preserving supplies, [...]
Tags:jam making·Preserving·the WI
The Friday Five – Smoking salt and other activities
July 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Cheese, Cookbooks, Food Writing, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own
I’m not doing very well with my holiday reading, which is no fault of the book and more to do with fine weather and lots of things to do. After last year’s Cod, this year I am following up with Mark Kurlansky’s Salt: A World History, which is particularly appropriate given the proximity to several [...]
Tags:curing·Preserving·Salt
The Friday Five – Working towards the good life
March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Fruit & Veg, Grow your own, Healthy eating, Preserving
I wrote at the weekend about getting ready to plant your veg, or plug plants, ready for having crops of your own later in the year. It’s amazing what a little bit of sunshine can inspire you to do! So for this week’s Friday Five, here are 5 books to help you towards self sufficiency, [...]
Tags:allotments·Grow your own·jam making·Preserves·Preserving·self sufficiency·vegetable growing
The Friday Five – Preserving the best
July 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment · British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Preserving
One of the things that struck me in France was that there were still lots of preserved things on the shelves (and I’m not talking about Bardot), not just in the jam aisle. Although the jam aisle was definitely crammed with interesting flavours that you don’t necessarily get here. Preserving certainly fits in with the [...]
Tags:allotments·bottling·canning·Good Housekeeping·Grow your own·Jams·jellies·Preserving·smoking·WI
