We've gotten a good crop of pears this year; I think I'm finally going to break down and attempt some pear brandy.
Sounds great!I would love some pear preserves. Our pear tree died during a drought we had several years ago, and my mom usually makes some every year. She didn't this year, so I'm out of luck getting any. Pear preserves with butter and hot biscuits...Yum.
Sounds great!
I rescued these pears from Mizz Walrus turning them into pear butter or pear sauce or whatever it was she was thinking about. *whew* just in the nick of time! LOL
I like pear preserves, but my absolute favorite is blueberry. My friend makes them and I buy them from her. I could eat it with a spoon, but I don't. I like to put them in plain whole milk yogurt and in oatmeal.
Do it! Do it!We've gotten a good crop of pears this year; I think I'm finally going to break down and attempt some pear brandy.
good for you Judy! Pastor appreciation day and Home Coming are DANGEROUS DAYS for the waste line. traditionally the Sunday before Thanksgiving is "Old Fashioned Day" at church. almost everybody dresses in old time "sunday-go-ta-meetin" garb. new overalls, blue bow tie, white long sleeve shirt and news boy hat is typical for me. most of the ladies are in long skirts and aprons. some wear bonnets. there's always a huge thanksgiving feast and great fellowship. typically we will cancel Sunday evening service.Church today was Pastor's Appreciation Dinner, good sermon and way too much food. I was good I only took about a half of a tablespoon of several things to just get a taste.
We had bumper pear crop. I am up to my ears in preserves, pear halves, and pear relish. I have several friends who I swap produce with. Whatever I have too much of I swap with whoever wants what I have. Works out well for us. We went to N. Georgia this past weekend to leaf peep and to get apples. I will be canning from now til Thanksgiving for sure! Anyone can greens? We already have more collards, mustard and turnips than we can eat. Sharing them with anyone that would like a "mess"! Thinking of canning them. May we all be peaceful and blessed this week.
SB, I'm interested in canning potatoes also. No clue what to do.
And I also want to make yogurt and not clue where to start. I have shelf stable whole milk to use.
I prefer to get plain whole milk yogurt in large containers, not the small individual sizes which are not whole milk.As much yogurt as me and Cary eat, I need to learn how to make it, too. We go through 4 cases in 2 weeks, strawberry, strawberry/banana, peach, and blueberry.
I wouldn't know how to can potatoes if it wasn't for the instructions in my canning book.
I canned lots of potatoes this past summer. First time for me. Boy do we love them! I can just dump into a bowl and make potato salad in just a minute! I didn't think they were hard to can.SB, I'm interested in canning potatoes also. No clue what to do.
And I also want to make yogurt and not clue where to start. I have shelf stable whole milk to use.
delicious as mashed potatoes.Well, I placed a "stock up" order from Azure Standard. Not one of those crazy-big orders that you see you-tubers post about, but some more of the basics to be put back. Included a box of frozen strawberries, and will be canning most of them. Included 25 lb of cane sugar - Azure cart says its out of stock, but website says they still have 900+ available. Plenty of 5lb bags still available - not sure if I should just adjust my order... Same with Blackstrap Molasses, but was able to sub it out with another brand that should be deliverable.
Very little garden this year - DH not fully on board with tilling up the front yard... but I was able to save basil and thyme from my herb garden - will have to pay more attention to it next year.
I plan on buying a large amount of potatoes to can up - question: are they any good for using to make mashed potatoes? Would assume yes, unless the canning breaks them down too much.
I canned lots of potatoes this past summer. First time for me. Boy do we love them! I can just dump into a bowl and make potato salad in just a minute! I didn't think they were hard to can.
I have some bananas ripening on the counter and want to make some banana bread this week (any good easy recipes you‘d care to share?)
Briches if you still need it (you may have made your bread already) this is my favorite recipe for banana bread.
2 medium bananas
1 c sugar
1/2 c softened butter
1/4 c milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
Combine with mixer, beat 1 min at medium speed. Separately, combine
2 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 c chopped nuts (optional)
Stir into wet ingredients until combined. Pour into greased loaf pan. Bake at 350 for 50-60 min.
The recipe says it makes 1 loaf - I usually double this and get 3 loaves. But it depends on how full you make the pans i guess.
Enjoy!
SouthernBreeze I've never tried it, but I would think so? At any rate I don't see why not... You'd be aiming for roughly a cup of reconstituted banana for this particular bread recipe.
SB I wish I was as organized as you are. I just added the cotton jersey gloves that DH prefers to my amazon shopping list. The price is normal for 12 pairs, so at least they have not gone out of sight in cost.
My area of the living room is a mess. I put up a card table over in the corner because I wanted to organize my vitamins. Of course I got over whelmed. I have a make do table on one side of my chair and a tv table on the other side. I have small fans on each. I decided I needed a better mouse trap so to speak and order something to go on each side.
This is the one on the right side
and this one on the left side
The bottom shelf on the right side one is for my trash can and my lace up shoes that I wear around the house. The middle half shelf will probably hold a few books that I keep trying to get in the mood to read. The top shelf is for a small fan and stuff one puts on their bedside table.
The card on the left side, one of the small fans, a lamp and a few things I may need in the evening. The middle for more books that I have on the floor in the living room and the bottom shelf for my needlework that I keep trying to figure out how to do.
then maybe I can get those supplements put in clear shoe boxes and stored on the shelves in the bedroom the DH built for things like that. I try to keep a years supply of what I take and that adds up to a big stash.