baked beans made fancy, sort of
I’ve been meaning to post this recipe for a while now, and now that it’s finally breaking 80 degrees for …
Tag Archives: summer
mine! all mine!
We’ve read the glut of preservation blog posts about all the wonderful things an enterprising individual can put up to …
taste of summer
The tomato sauce I froze tastes so much better than the stuff I canned last summer. Why? Lemon juice, which …
corncob broth
If you went out and snapped up the last bit of corn in this long, weird season, as I did, …
…but first, the news.
I think I’m done with my summer canning, finally. It being October 17 and all, that’s a good thing. There’s …
ajvar’s late summer song
This weird summer in the Willamette Valley didn’t seem to affect the peppers as much as the tomatoes. I’m not …
canning techniques: dropping acid
I often cringe when I see pickling recipes on the internet, but canned tomato recipes are usually downright unsafe. I’m …
dinner for oscar the grouch
If the contents of your compost bowl look this good, you know late summer has truly arrived. We’re still struggling …
senfgurken: vengeance will be mine!
Senfgurken, mustardy pickled cucumbers popular in Germany, are warriors in the battle of the summer squash. Vengeance will be mine! …
roasted blackberry jam for étienne brûlé
Chester blackberries, a late variety usually associated with the East Coast, also grow well in Oregon. No surprise there. But …
