Just a Smidgen » Preserves and Pickles https://justasmidgen.com ..a lifestyle blog filled with recipes, photography, poems, and DIY Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:07:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Small Batch Carrot Cake Jam https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/05/carrot-cake-jam-recipe/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/05/carrot-cake-jam-recipe/#comments Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:18:56 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=17549 Sometimes a recipe just sounds so naturally appealing… like this Carrot Cake Jam recipe shared with me by a high school classmate of mine, Merry Rogers. Thank you, Merry! ♥ Carrot Cake + Jam = Heaven Merry’s right.. this jam is a jarful of fall and such a welcome jar of sparkling color on a […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/11/05/carrot-cake-jam-recipe/feed/ 19 The Art of Dill Pickles https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/07/art-dill-pickle/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/07/art-dill-pickle/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:22:45 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16834 My earliest memories of anything “pickled”.. were the sparkling gem jars that lined our basement shelves at Claret Street  in Charleswood Heights. Mom’s pickles were more varied than my simple dills I’ve posted here. She’d have mustards with whole small sweet onions.. jams along with the Dills. My first attempt at pickling dills last summer […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/10/07/art-dill-pickle/feed/ 21 Mabel Lake Apricot Jam https://justasmidgen.com/2013/07/25/mabel-lake-apricot-jam/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/07/25/mabel-lake-apricot-jam/#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2013 07:36:18 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=15806 Don’t you just love apricots? They’re in season at the moment and perfectly ripe, sweet and juicy. There is a huge window above the sink that goes right across the counter at my parent’s cottage. It is a food photographer’s dream having all that indirect light! But let’s get on with the recipe, shall we? […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/07/25/mabel-lake-apricot-jam/feed/ 32 The Art of Pickle https://justasmidgen.com/2012/08/18/the-art-of-pickle/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/08/18/the-art-of-pickle/#comments Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:09:09 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=9124 A trip to the market yielded these…and these one of these a bouquet of weeds and a bowl of spices plopped into jars while a brine simmered pickles wedged and jostled for space then brine bathed and simmered finally plucked out… 12 little jar in two straight lines   they left the brine at half […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/08/18/the-art-of-pickle/feed/ 70 Little Peachy Jam https://justasmidgen.com/2012/08/14/little-peachy-jam/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/08/14/little-peachy-jam/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 04:11:56 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=9090 One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite – that particular peach is but a detail. { Picasso } Sometimes it’s all about the peach.. Sometimes it’s about the peach and a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg yet… the Little Peach still manages to shine above the rest of […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/08/14/little-peachy-jam/feed/ 56 Preserving Summer https://justasmidgen.com/2012/08/12/preserving-summer/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/08/12/preserving-summer/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:04:37 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=9045 { Note to Bloggers: due to an agonizing slow internet connection I am having difficulty uploading pages and photos… I will be sure to get to everyone’s blogs as soon as this is remediated!! Sorry for the delay!! } Preserving Summer Jams, jellies, thick preserves Cauldron frothed, Boiled and bubbled ropy Messes of lush bliss. […]

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