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| Jams and Jellies |
| So how do you pronounce "kumquats"? Many Cajuns say "ComQuarts" - dats me guilty as charged.
From HowStuffWorks - The kumquat is a member of the citrus family resembling a tiny oval orange. Like other citrus fruits, they are high in fiber and Vitamin C. Kumquats have many uses in both sweet and savory dishes. The entire fruit is edible, with sweet orange skin and tart flesh. Use fresh kumquats as a garnish for salads and beverages or to flavor baked goods, such as breads, pies, and cakes. Kumquats add color and flavor to cooked chicken, pork or fish. They can be candied, pickled and made into chutney, jellies and jams. Not yet rated | | La Poire - French word for pear - are great to make preserves and relishes. My Mom always said, if you have enough sugar you can preserve most anything. This is one of those "anythings". This recipe is "quick" as the pectin provides the jelling action. Pectin is found naturally in fruits and vegetables; Pectin is used as a thickener in jellies and jams and is available in liquid and dry forms. Not yet rated | | From the Hammomd*Star - Several varieties of pears grow well in Louisiana. The harder varieties, such as the Kieffer and Pineapple, or sand pear, are excellent for making preserves, pickles, relishes, marmalade, mincemeat, chutney and for drying. When properly ripened, these pears also become soft and sweet and can be eaten fresh and used for pies and cakes. The large Orient, the LaConte with the reddish color, the Baldwin and similar varieties are dual purpose pears. They are soft, fine-grained, sweet and juicy when ripe. They are good for eating fresh and for canning, preserving and freezing. Not yet rated | |
| | I can remember Momma taking her pickled beet juice and dying our Easter eggs. I even remember the vinegar smell. I always thought they were the prettiest shade of burgunday. What was in your basket? | | Everyone knows Cajuns love their figs. Diabetes is unfortunately a problem in Cajuns therefore regular processed figs should not be eaten by the diabetic. This recipe will allow the Cajun to have his "figs" and eat them too! | | With the high rate of diabetes in the Cajun population, this is a perfect so you don't miss your figs with your fresh bread or cush cush (homemade cornmeat cereal)! | | Figs are plentiful in Louisiana during the end of June and early part of July. When picking figs be sure to cover all exposed skin and wear gloves if possible as the milky juice of a fig can make you real itchy. However you may not have enough for a batch cooking of preserves, but you do not want to not pick them because the rain is coming. You do not want to pick wet figs!
Here is the answer from the California Fig Advisory Board - Freeze them. Not yet rated | | Fig facts: An edible fig is generally purple-brown, pear or onion shaped, and somewhat leathery when mature, succulent. Their size range from 1 to 2 inches depending on the variety. There can be two distinct crops - an early maturing crop that arises from old wood and a late-summer crop that arises from new wood. The Louisiana fig is nearly always ready for picking in late June and early July. When picking, gloves should be worn to prevent damaging the fresh fruit and to prevent the skin irritation caused by the white sap that contains ficin exuding from the broken stem. Since fresh figs ripen irregularly, picking should be done daily or weekly during the long harvest period (4-6 weeks). Your biggest competition to get the picking time right are the birds!
Figs have a variety of uses. This home made fig syrup is so good with pancakes, biscuits and waffles. Ces't Bon!! Not yet rated | | It's watermelon season. I remember as a young girl we were fortunate enough to grow watermelon on our truck farm. When you had a melon fall off the wagon, you were able to dig in with your hand and eat the melon heart that had just been picked off the vine. There was nothing better than to have the juice run all over your chin. The taste was refreshing and incredible. Of course I had to get to it first before my sisters or brothers did.
Mom would also take the rind and cook preserves for us and served it up with fresh homemade bread. | |
| | Home made jam for diabetics. |
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