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Tag: preserving

Charlotte Mason, on Making ‘Vinegar Balls’

This C18th recipe for portable, dried vinegar poses a lot more questions than it answers, the main one being: why?

Published August 27, 2023
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged blackberry, bramble, C18th, Charlotte Mason, preserving, recipe, vinegar

Sir Hugh Plat, on Preserving the Dry Pulp of Cherries

This C17th method for making cherry, prune or damson leather offers a useful means of preserving your glut of orchard fruits.

Published August 5, 2023
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, cherry, fruit leather, preserved fruit, preserving, recipe, Sir Hugh Plat

Thomas Jenner, on the ‘Best Way to Preserve Goose-Berries’

This probably plagiarised mid-C17th recipe seems to be for gooseberry jam, in all but name.

Published May 10, 2023
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, gooseberry, jam, preserved fruit, preserving, recipe, thomas jenner

W. M. on Preserving Quinces

If you’ve got a glut of quinces and have run out of recipes, this C17th method for keeping them “all the yeare” might just be useful.

Published October 8, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, preserved fruit, preserving, quince, quince recipe, W.M.

Cassel’s Household Guide, on Making ‘Orange Apple Jelly (Excellent)’

Here’s a nice little twist on a standard apple jelly recipe that should add a bit of a tang to your toast.

Published September 28, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple, apple recipe, C19th, orange, preserving

Sir Hugh Plat, on Making ‘Marmelade of Quinces or Damsons’

This C17th recipe is for two types of marmelade – white or ordinary – depending on when you add the sugar to the fruit.

Published September 17, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C17th, damson, marmalade, preserving, quince, Sir Hugh Plat

Frederick Nutt, on Preserving ‘Damsons, Wet’ and ‘Damsons, Dried’

Here are two methods for preserving the bounty of your damson harvest, from Frederick Nutt’s C18th volume of confectionary cookery.

Published September 3, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged C18th, damson, Frederick Nutt, preserved fruit, preserving

Ann Peckham, on Making ‘Pickled Mellons’

If you’ve tried growing melons but they’ve not quite ripened, here’s a recipe for preserving the green fruit with a fiery, spicy stuffing.

Published August 20, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged Ann Peckham, C18th, melon, pickling, preserving

Robert May, on Preserving Green Fruits

Here’s a quick seventeenth century guide to preserving green or under-ripe fruit: gooseberries, plums, pippins, peaches and grapes.

Published June 11, 2022
Categorised as Orchard Cookery Tagged apple, gooseberry, grape, peach, pippin, plum, preserving

How To: Make Medlar Cheese and Medlar Jelly

Making medlar cheese and medlar jelly are great ways to get the best out of this unusual and tasty Autumn fruit. Here’s how.

Published December 11, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Cookery Tagged medlar, medlar cheese, medlar jelly, preserved fruit, preserving

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    It is a rather superb cultivar, isn't it? Sadly our tree has only produced a few apples this year, but…

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