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High Bush Cranberry- Shrub Drink for the Win

I loved this months Shrub challenge, At the Food in Jars Blog, we even had a Shrub Party.. I made four different kinds, Elderberry, High Bush Cranberry, Elderflower and Homemade Grape. What we learned at the party the younger crowd … Continue reading

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Elderberry Shrub Recipe

The first of a number of Shrubs for the Food in Jar Challenge.. Elderberry Shrub 8 0z of Elderberry Syrup (made with cooked elderberry juice and sugar at 1 to 1 ratio) 2 oz of Apple Cider Vinager 2 oz … Continue reading

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Food in Jars Challange 2017- Salt perserving- Salmon with Nettle

In week two of my months long Food in Jars Challenge 2017 – Salt preserving Two lovely cuts of salmon were bought, thawed out and a bowl of salt-sugar at 50-50 in percent and a full cup of dried nettle greens … Continue reading

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Canadian Northern Spruce Tip Salt

I adore my spruce tips, I use them in many ways.. I always make spruce tip salt and spruce tip sugar, I make a full pint of each every year for cooking though out the year to come. While the … Continue reading

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Food in Jar’s Challange -February -Salt Preserving

It’s the first of February and that means it’s time to take on the second project in the Food in Jars Mastery Challenge. This month is all about salt preserving. For the purposes of this challenge, we’re going to focus … Continue reading

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Kumquat Marmalade

This is the official marmalade post for the Food in Jars Challenge for Jan These little fruits were Persnickety lol.. having never worked  with them before but having heard good thing I decided that they would go on the list … Continue reading

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Food in Jars Mastery Challenge 2017

http://foodinjars.com/2017/01/food-jars-mastery-challenge/ Back in 2010, the blogger we all knew as Tigress hosted a year-long canning challenge known as the Can Jam. Each month, she’d announce a new category of ingredients and we’d all head out and make a preserve featuring … Continue reading

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