Wash& scrape freshly dug potatoes and then rinse again thoroughly.
Use small potatoes that will fit inside wide mouth canning jars (DO NOT USE MAYO JARS).
Boil them 10 minutes, drain.
Add 1 teaspoon salt to each quart jar.
Cover with boiling water and leave 1\" head space.
Adjust caps.
Process pints 30 minutes, quarts 40 minutes at 10 lbs pressure.
Recipe on page 40 of the Ball Blue Book canning& freezing guide.
Never double canning recipe!
Combine plums, water, lemon juice, and pectin in a large sauce pot. Bring to a rolling boil over high heat, stirring constantly.
Add sugar; return to a rolling boil. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Pour hot into hot jars, leaving 1/4\" head space. Adjust caps.
Process 10 minutes in boiling water bath.
Brandied Plum Jam: add 1 cup brandy to fruit mixture.
Plum Orange Spice Jam: add zest from 1 orange, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and 1/2 tsp nutmeg to fruit mixture.
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Soak pitted cherries overnight in heated brine.
The next morning, drain cherries. Rinse them in cold water. Combine cherries, water, sugar, lemon juice, and red food coloring. Heat to the boiling point.
Let stand about 24 hours. Again, boil juices, pour over cherries and let stand 24 hours. Bring to boil again. Add almond extract and cherries. Pack in hot sterilized jars and seal.
The Ball Blue book says boil this in a water bath-pints-20 minutes, quarts-25 minutes.
Combine fruit, sugar and lemon juice in a large saucepan. Bring slowly to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
Stir in liquid pectin. Return to a rolling boil. Boil hard 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat. Skim foam if necessary.
Ladle hot jam into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Adjust two-piece caps.
Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. (Note: Add appropriate additional processing time for high altitudes).
Recipe variation:
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Softening Beans: NEVER add
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Make sure your canning equipment is scrupulously clean, and
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NOTE: the Ball Blue Book calls for 9 cups of
Open the halves (like a book), laying pork flat.
Place
In a small mixer bowl at low speed, beat cheeses for 2 minutes.
Add green onion, optional wine or vermouth and mustard.
Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes or until fluffy.
Cover and chill for 2 hours.
With wet hands shape into a 3-inch ball and roll in nuts.
Place on a cheese plate; garnish with parsley.
Serve with crackers.
minute into a tight ball. Set dough balls on an
lastic wrap. Form into a ball; using a rubber spatula. Wrap
Combine Blue cheese, cream cheese and pineapple in bowl; mix well.
Form into ball.
Roll cheese ball in crushed pecans.
Chill until serving time.
Have all cheese at room temperature. Grate the Cheddar cheese and the sharp cheese. Add the soft cream cheese, Blue cheese and the horseradish. Mix well with hands or a big mixer. Roll into large ball. Use wax paper or counter top. Spread pecans (chopped fine) and roll the cheese ball until well covered. Use your thumb and make dent in top of the cheese ball. Put a red cherry in it.
Press a cavity in each ball with your thumb pressing halfway
In a medium bowl, stir together the cream cheese, blue cheese, Cheddar cheese, onion and Worcestershire sauce. Transfer to a separate bowl that has been lined with plastic wrap. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
The next day, gather the cream cheese mixture into a ball. Spread the walnuts out on a dinner plate. Roll the cheese ball in nuts until coated. Refrigerate or serve immediately.
In a medium bowl, thoroughly mix cream cheese, blue cheese, black olives, butter and chives. Form into a ball shape.
On a piece of plastic wrap large enough to wrap the ball, pour the chopped pecans. Roll the ball in the pecans to cover. Wrap with the plastic. Chill in the refrigerator at least 1 hour before serving.
fresh ground pepper, paprika, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and water.
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