Ideas for the Put Down 2011
I still have unfinished business from before Christmas in the pickling and preserving sections and as I have the ingredients and don't wish to waste them, primarily pickling onions and shallots and also crab apples and ordinary apples. and a couple of pumpkins for pumpkin marmalade and also a chutney. In the circumstances, the Putdown is being started earlier than before. Needs must and all that. I make no apology for this .but taking into account the rise to come in VAT in the New Year and also taking into account available funds and any providence that may come my way. I wish to make the most of everything that happens serendipitiously. There are still many areas of preserving that I want to get my head around - I just wish my pantry was bigger so that I could better organise it so that I can find things without a major hunt. I am particularly interested in crystallising fruits in pieces (sugar coated) and in syrups in order that I ca...