Stoning plums
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Some varieties of plums are easy to stone when ripe. Here are simple tips I applied this weekend to make jam.
We spent a lot of time making strawberry jam last week, as we wanted to keep the morsels intact.
We are running out of stock. An opportunity to assess our storage choices and provide a few tips.
Not a single part of the 30 September harvest will be wasted. Windfalls have been used from ground to crown* and turned into gold and rubies.
Soft fruit: using a muslin or a food mill to remove seeds makes different jams. To me, the food mill is a clear winner in terms of processing efficiency and convenience.
A weighing instrument is very useful in jam-making. Yet another solution can be applied when the jam is made with fruit puree.
How to make a contemporary version of an old generic recipe of homemade blackcurrant cordial. Photos 23 June 2015.
There are ways of buying local strawberries at an affordable price when you don’t have enough home-grown produce.
It is the peak season for strawberries here in the South West of France. Best time to talk about the most consumed jam in Europe and the US and to show that this jam is not that difficult to make at home.