All the peppers (including banana peppers) are super plentiful right now, so I bought some at our local Mennonite market last week and I made some more of this yesterday, so I decided to repost this from 2021. This is something that our former neighbor gave us, and we just loved it. It is especiallyContinue reading “Hot Pepper Butter”
Category Archives: Preserving food
Plenty of Poblanos
I planted 7 poblano pepper plants and they have produced plenty of poblano peppers–say that three times fast! We really like the flavor of poblanos and the fact that they are not hot. There were 52 to be exact. I held a few back to use fresh, and I processed the rest for storage inContinue reading “Plenty of Poblanos”
Canned Apples
I love Mutsu (also know as Crispin) apples, and I bought a bushel of them. In retrospect, buying that many was silly because it’s way more than 2 people can eat. I have already made applesauce and apple butter, so I thought I would can them. This is my first time canning apples. I planContinue reading “Canned Apples”
Preserving the Kale harvest
The super cold forecast prompted me to pick the kale that I planted back in August. The Lacinato type has grown well, but I was afraid that the super cold weather would damage it, so I harvested all the viable leaves and left the rest. We’ll see if any of it survives. So I startedContinue reading “Preserving the Kale harvest”
Cathy At Home on the River 