Tweezer Weeding - Part 4
Posted by Pam Molloy on 8/4/2011
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Tip on Tuesday
Now is the time to make a list and a plan for acquiring all the things necessary for a successful harvest!
Dehydrated Rose Hips
There
are many culinary uses for rose hips. They can be used fresh, dried, or
preserved. Rose hips can be used in apple sauce, soups and stews,
syrups, puddings, marmalade, tarts, breads, and pie, or made into a jam
or jelly.
Making Jerky: Part 3
Look folks, we've a clear choice here before us. It's either hand over the big bucks to that heartless fake Billy Bob guy at "Food Inc." for your jerky or make the stuff on your own. My vote? See instructions above, or at least consult some recipes from someone competent and then make it on your own. Regardless, "Just do it!" "Surprise yourself!" "Amaze your friends!"
Now go jerk some meat!
Making Jerky: Part 2
After you have accomplished all the steps outlined so far, grab your dehydrator and place it on the counter. Remember to plug it in and then turn the switch to "On." Remove the bowl of marinated meat from the fridge and then deftly lay out each strip of meat on the trays, leaving enough room between them for proper air circulation.
Dehydrate until they are dehydrated, but not to the point of being dessicated. None of that "The Mummy Returns" stuff here. Avoiding that means you will have to check them every now and again, rotating the trays as necessary. Sample as needed when they look about done.
Making Jerky: Part 1
Jerky is actually the end result of the most primitive methods of meat preservation ever used by human beings, so why not give it a try? And why pay thirty bucks a pound for something you can make at home for maybe a tenth of the cost?
An average roast will do just fine, and believe it or not, making it from regular old hamburger is a doable thing as well.
Book Review
It's been a while since I (and many other stores) was able to keep up selling books, since Amazon pretty much has the entire book market in the bag. But I wanted to share with you one of my very most favorite books.
Dehydrating
Dehydrating is a wonderful way to preserve bumper crops for winter time and beyond. Besides hanging herbs to dry for use in the winter months, I often dehydrate large quantities of onions for soups and breads throughout the winter, and into the summer as we await our next harvest of onions. The smell in the house, is wonderful. It makes the house so warm and cozy, a true signal that fall is in full swing and winter is on it's way.
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