Category Archives: Things in Jars

Pickled White Turnips

Posted on 06/23/2021 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Keep turnips whole up to the size of a ping pong ball, halve any larger. Make sure to wash and remove bad spots before parboiling. This is the ratio per 32 oz jar of pickles. Pickled White Turnips 1 1/2 … Continue reading →

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Grape Currant Jelly

Posted on 09/12/2019 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Recently got a whole bunch of fresh grapes and currants. This is a jellied jam. The currant is pressed into a juice that jellies the grape jam and it’s tartness is a perfect match to the ripe table grapes. It … Continue reading →

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Slivovitz

Posted on 11/20/2017 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

This recipe is originally from here. The trick to this is using ripe, firm, perfect plums. Inspect everyone for bruises and bad spots before using. This recipe will roughly fill one large 1/2 gallon mason jar double or triple. Slivovitz … Continue reading →

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Plum Jam

Posted on 07/31/2017 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

What better way to use up a giant bucket of overripe plums. For how to can and basic jam making go here. Plum Jam 8 cups plums skin removed from 3/4 cut into small pieces 4 cups sugar 4 cloves … Continue reading →

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Pickled Radishes

Posted on 05/04/2017 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

So aside from kale the only thing at the farmers market worth buying is radishes. Luckily this helps them taste a lot better. This fills one normal sized wide mouth ball jar. Pickled Radishes 1 bunch radishes tops removed and … Continue reading →

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Pickled Carrots

Posted on 05/16/2016 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

The carrot harvest this year was exceptional. Time to try a new type of pickle. Go here for how to can. Remember to use only the freshest best quality ingredients. The brine amount will fill 6 pint sized canning jars. … Continue reading →

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Candied Pears

Posted on 10/26/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

This is pretty much the same as fruit pie filling that comes in a can. Except it tastes so much better. Use these in pies, cobblers, pancakes, syrups, sauces or over ice cream. Candied Pears 8 cups pears peeled and … Continue reading →

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Pear Jam with Ginger

Posted on 09/29/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

A coworker unloaded a bunch of deformed overripe pears a few days ago. Time to make jam. If you do not know how to can then go here. Pear Jam with Ginger 8 cups pears peeled. cored and finely diced … Continue reading →

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In Our Kitchen: Pickling, Garlic and Eggs

Posted on 07/01/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

The title may seem confusing if you do not understand the use of a comma. I spent an entire afternoon canning 36 large jars of pickles. Go here for the recipe.This happened because when I bought the 20 lbs of … Continue reading →

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Apple Butter Muffins

Posted on 10/10/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

A coworker of Katherine’s unloaded some of her extra jam on us. It was all really tasty, but a few years old so we wanted to make sure it didn’t sit long at our house. We know from watching a … Continue reading →

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