its Feburary and when ever I drive anywhere I am almost craining my neck looking at laden fruit trees everywhere and blackberry bushes crying for someone to come along and rescue their berries.
I have bottled apples, as stewed and also as chopped. first things are to find the trees which are good enough to eat from the tree. This is rudamentory by stopping and tasting. mnay trees along the sale- heyfield road and from sale to stratford along the princes highway. I found a small tree near the morwell transfer station.
Preperation: Sometimes they can be a bit tart or flowery, I put a little water in a pot and peel, decore and cut up the apple, add sme sugar and cloves in a tied up hankee or cloth. This will falvour and take away the tartness of the apples. Once cooked down to a pulp, I then preserve them using the fowlers vacola method. That way you can have pureed apple for pies, cakes or what ever you need apple for.
Below is a photo of some apple tuenovers I made from the apple puree- each 1 is half sheet puff pastry and apple puree. sprinkle cinamon over the top and freeze- instant puddings.
I have also been busy cooking down tomato and preserving them mostly in old tomatoe puree jars. after putting the puree in them, they go through a water bath ( fowlers method) then you have tomato puree anytime you need it for pasta, pizza, soups, lasagna etc
Below is Chicken cassarole made with Chicken from home, from the vegie garden corn, garlic, onion, potatoe, beans. the only things not was not my own was some pieapple and a packet of 2 chicken noodle soup- This will feed us 4 for a few days -cost next to nothing really.
Next time will be discussing more preserving methods and whats happening i the garden and surrounds
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