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Military pickle sounds interesting.
Thank you Honey Bear
I'm currently waiting patiently for the rosehips to ripen on the old-fashioned rose in our front garden. (I think what we have is an example of the root stock taking over.) It's quite heavily laden and the rosehips are nearly all deep red now. Just a few more days and I'll make rosehip jelly for the first time in 3 or 4 years. (I don't make it every year - we don't go through jams or jellies that fast.)
- Pip
2021 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 66 coupons plus 6 brought forward unspent from 2020 equals 72 coupons to spend in 2021. 5 coupons spent. 67 remain.
Military Pickle (makes 5 jars)
1lb marrow/courgette
1lb cauliflower
1lb sliced runner beans
1lb onions
7 chillies
1lb demerara sugar
1oz turmeric powder
1oz ground ginger
4oz plain flour
4 pints malt vinegar
Cut all the veg into small pieces and cover with salt, leave to stand overnight. Drain rinse well and put into a large pan, add the vinegar and boil 5minutes. Add the sugar and chillies, mix the flour and spices to a smooth paste with a little vinegar and add while boiling. Boil for 30 minutes stirring often to prevent burning. Bottle when cold.
I used granulated sugar because demerara is hard to get hold of and mine tastes fine.
So, I now have 11 jars of jam, and 2 boxes of stewed plums in the freezer. I may have to make bramble jelly as well, we've been picking since the beginning of July and we must have over 2 lbs in the freezer, the same in raspberries and about 1 lb of blueberries (just started to ripen last week or so). And it looks like the damson tree has got over the dreaded plum pocket disease and we should (touch wood) have a good crop this year - Covid 19 also means we'll be at home when they ripen this year, we're usually away but it got cancelled. I have a week off at the end of August, looks like I'll be making jam for a lot of it.
MIL has also offered us the rosehips from her large climbing rose bush - so rose hip syrup may well have to be added to the list!
Whatever winter brings, we will have plenty of jam.
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Do you have a reliable Rosehip Syrup recipe that you could share, @Wraithlady? My roses are heaving with hips. While my plan is to make rosehip jelly, the last batch I made lasted us for years. (We don't eat a lot of jam.) An alternative would be useful.
- Pip
2021 Fashion on the Ration Challenge 66 coupons plus 6 brought forward unspent from 2020 equals 72 coupons to spend in 2021. 5 coupons spent. 67 remain.
The one I use is the River Cottage one:
1 kg rosehips
1.25 - 1.5 litres water
500g sugar (approximately)
(If you have more or less rosehips, just adjust accordingly)
Rinse and chop the rosehips, either by hand or in a food processor
Put in a pan with the water and bring to boil, then simmer for 15-20 minutes.
Mash the pulp with a potato masher or a wooden spoon (just mildly, you don't need it pureeing!) then strain through a jelly bag or muslin cloth, leaving for a good few hours or overnight.
(Hugh then strains it again, I don't bother)
For each 500ml of juice, add 350g sugar and heat slowly in a pan until the sugar has dissolved, then bring to boil and boil for 3-4 minutes (if it's too thin, let it boil for longer, it should be fairly, well, syrupy)
Pour into sterilised bottles and refrigerate once opened.
there are recipes which require you to re-boil the pulp and then combine the two strainings but unless you're trying to maximise output, I've never bothered with.
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Work on selling items and decluttering; sell at least $100 per month - use for c. card December $181, January $140
Low spend/no spend January groceries etc $60/$250
Work on selling items and decluttering; sell at least $100 per month - use for c. card December $181, January $140
Low spend/no spend January groceries etc $60/$250
Starter Emergency Fund (#187): £1000/£1000