Check List of Foodie Things to Do

Its that time of year again when all the produce is coming in and you end up trying to get it all processed and saved as fast as you can.  The farmers are bringing in the grain large hay stacks are starting to rise in the fields and there are plenty of wild fruits in the hedgerow.  An abundance of things of which to take advantage of and get the pantry stock-piled a way of getting through until the next time of abundance and making sure you and yours are fed.  I have a lot to do as usual and hope to get the following done eventually some of which will be processed within hours some within days whereas others can wait until a little later.  The most pressing matters being those where I have the fresh fruits like the pears and the blackberries  and the plums and want to use them at their optimum freshness.   They are not in any specific order, just as they came to me.  Perhaps being a tad over ambitious as usual but there we go thats me a typical Taurean  - a bull in a china shop!

1. Bottle Pears in syrup Done
2. Bottle blackberries and apples in syrup - Done 2 large jars
3. Bottle Whole Clementines in syrup.  - Done 2 large jars
4. Candied Oranges
5. Pickle Red Cabbage. Done
6. Pickle, Pickle Onions 5kg Partially done
7. Make Chilli Jam Done
8. Make Chilli Dipping sauce
9. Pickle some peppers Done
10. Start Cider
11. Start Lager
12. Start Bitter
13. Start Orange Wine
14. Start Lemon Wine
15. Start Ginger Beer.
16. Start Apple Pop.
17. Spiced Apple Curd
18. Blackberry curd
19. More Blackberry and apple jam
20. Blackberry and apple chutney
21. Blackberry relish
22. Make Plum Mincemeat Done
23. Make other Mincemeats
24. Make Apple Chutney
25. Make Ginger and Pear chutney [done]
26. Make Grapefruit Curd.
27. Rub the sage already dried  [done]
28. Dry some more sage [done]
29. Dry some thyme [done]
30. Freeze some of the herbs out of the garden
31. Make Passata
32. Make some Elderberry Rob
33. Make some Blackberry Rob
34. Decant blackberry wine Done
35. Make some elderberry wine
36. Make some spiced elderberry jelly
37. Elderberry vinegar
38. Blackberry vinegar
39. Elderberry and Bramble jelly
40. Preserved Mint
41. Mint Cordial
42. Mint Jelly
43. Herb Jellies
44. Pick and dry rosehips
45. Make rosehip syrup
46. Make rosehip jelly
47. Another batch of dried sage to rub and store done
48. Make Christmas cake - September is the best month to do this as it allows the cake time to mature the same as it is good to make Mincemeat yet again allows the time to mature and make really yuymmy mincemeat
49. Go for a walk and collect fir cones  - then give to a friend with a log fire or burner make the room smell lovely as the cones release their resinous smell - ooh lovely.  Wish I had a real fire - will do one day!
50. Save the peels from the Clementines and the Grapefruit and do something useful with them like:

• Dry the peel for use in casseroles  done
• Make homemade candied peel
• Make cleaning vinegar with the peels and white spirit vinegar done with great success

There's always something you can do, even if it is only one or two things. my lists tend to grow like Topsy, or get re-arranged - will keep updated where I can.