Dewberries 2012 or Answering the When and Where of Fruit Picking

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If you are looking for dewberry recipes look in one of my earlier posts. There are two googled questions that bring many people to this site.  The first one is when are the dewberries (or any other fruit) ripe? The … Continue reading

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Loquat Jelly, Loquat Sauce, and Loquat Empanadas

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Loquats are called Chinese plums, Japanese plums, Nisperos, and Misperos. Appropriately enough Chinese plums are from China but  naturalized in Japan over 1,000 years ago. Loquats are in India, Hawaii, Pakistan, the Mediterranean area, and many other places. The trees … Continue reading

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Poteet Strawberry Jam

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I can remember fondly  the first time I rolled down a country lane on my bicycle and discovered the sweetest, tastiest, and largest wild strawberries of my life. I made strawberry jam from that patch for years. I have never … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays from Texas Jelly Maker

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Texas Pyracantha Jelly

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Pyracantha Jelly from Pyracantha coccinea (firethorn, scarlet firethorn Rosaceae -rose Family-) Once you have seen a pyracantha bush you will not mistake it for anything else. The colorful orange-red berries stab at the sky and leave you breathless. They advertise … Continue reading

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Satsuma Orange Jelly

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Satsuma Orange Jelly- I absolutely love oranges. They rank right up there with strawberries. However, when you talk jellies you don’t hear about orange jelly, rather you must eat orange marmalade. I am not a fan of marmalade so I … Continue reading

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Pumpkin Pie Jam

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Pumpkin Pie Jam Pumpkins, a type of squash, were grown in Mexico and Central America over 7,000 years ago. However, I doubt any of the native inhabitants there thought about making pumpkin jam out of them. Since I had already … Continue reading

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Zucchini Jam

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Zucchini  squash is a vegetable that  often produces quite a crop of ripe squash. As I was picking off the squash from a plant someone teased me if I was going to make it into jelly or jam, knowing that … Continue reading

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Basil Jelly

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Basil Jelly? When I told people that I had made Basil Jelly I took everyone for surprise. I was challenged to make this jelly when I was at my community garden while picking basil for pesto. The other gardeners wanted … Continue reading

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Sea Grape (Coccoloba uvifera) Jelly

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Sea Grape Jelly brings to mind grapes growing by the seaside but that is not the true picture. Instead  imagine a small tree (up to 30 ft. tall) loaded with bunches of green/purple fruit at the seaside.  The fruit is … Continue reading

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