tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post1660980220514569601..comments2024-03-28T13:00:45.457+00:00Comments on An English Homestead: Dried PearsKev Alvitihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-87963132985612225992018-11-04T19:47:51.936+00:002018-11-04T19:47:51.936+00:00Back in the 1940s and 50s my maternal grandmother ...Back in the 1940s and 50s my maternal grandmother used to take dried apple slices on their yacht, then add water to reconstitute the apples for breakfast. Children of a friend liked the apples but not "the toenails in them"!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939791530691311242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-8267664396193212402018-11-03T07:12:39.606+00:002018-11-03T07:12:39.606+00:00The kids are obsessed with dehydrated food, i thin...The kids are obsessed with dehydrated food, i think they'll always be munching on dried apples! Such a favourite of theirs. Maybe one day I'll be sending them in the mail like that! Lovely story! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-80396646604894423052018-11-03T07:11:19.016+00:002018-11-03T07:11:19.016+00:00I agree and to be honest a lot of what I preserve ...I agree and to be honest a lot of what I preserve isn't always grown at home. When I make a Chutney I've never got enough onions to make it. It's great to preserve things I got cheap. Thanks! Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-62532200332961503132018-11-03T04:37:25.828+00:002018-11-03T04:37:25.828+00:00Why not talk about dehydrating garden produce? My ...Why not talk about dehydrating garden produce? My parents previous home had a wonderful plum tree that produced free-stone fruit late in Summer. They would dehydrate sliced plums and send them to me to munch on. A definite fave of mine!<br />Michelle in Wellington, NZ<br />Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02939791530691311242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-19616030111715416292018-11-02T16:59:39.596+00:002018-11-02T16:59:39.596+00:00You should talk to your garden club about exactly ...You should talk to your garden club about exactly what you demonstrated above. That preserving doesn't have to always result from something you have grown or produced at home, but that it can be simply preventing something from going to waste. Like fermenting the extra bag of carrots you got 'buy one free' at the market. Or making and freezing pesto from the basil that was leftover from making your special pizza. Or drying those leftover herbs instead of letting them go moldy in the refrigerator. Somehow that seems a less daunting start to preserving for some.kay saylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07933827877596457772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-45922368547356444742018-11-02T09:26:45.371+00:002018-11-02T09:26:45.371+00:00Glad to know I'm not the only one! I just hate...Glad to know I'm not the only one! I just hate waste! And love pears...Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-10125354418943763892018-11-02T06:53:27.042+00:002018-11-02T06:53:27.042+00:00I love dried pears! And I do the same at school- i...I love dried pears! And I do the same at school- it all just gets composted otherwise (or binned if it's milk) and nobody else wants them...Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05388175819512214533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-26913515397086487842018-11-02T06:44:29.408+00:002018-11-02T06:44:29.408+00:00Haha! Love it! What great memories to share with y...Haha! Love it! What great memories to share with your siblings. I'm sure your neighbour remembers it as well! What did the string taste like 😉Kev Alvitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992625860900617194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3078806588853616263.post-31464097358607977082018-11-01T23:57:14.011+00:002018-11-01T23:57:14.011+00:00When a little girl my canned green beans won Champ...When a little girl my canned green beans won Champion at the county 4H Fair then a blue ribbon at the Indiana State Fair. No one knew there was a long string in them I had covered up with the label on the jar. Didn't effect the taste and got a congratulatory letter from a Senator. It had been a crazy morning (that July almost 60 years ago)older sister had burned the bottom of her crescent rolls and was crying and no time to make more so I was busy scraping the char off the bottom. She won second. Neighbor girl didn't have anything to exhibit so Mom gave her a jar of my sister's applesauce. She won blue and my sister won 2nd. All from the same pot. Just proves we learn, we grow, we overcome and make memories. Peg in FloridaPeg in Floridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07950441324845480837noreply@blogger.com