tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post1365070738195329073..comments2024-01-30T13:26:43.887+02:00Comments on The Journey: RIP Hoppy!Joannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08013060781688432165noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-56515677389768735202012-09-14T21:32:06.138+03:002012-09-14T21:32:06.138+03:00It sure saves hours. Let me know how you get on, i...It sure saves hours. Let me know how you get on, it will be nice to know what recipes you use too.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013060781688432165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-86400958082764157852012-09-14T21:26:11.310+03:002012-09-14T21:26:11.310+03:00Joanna, thanks for the tip. I should definitely tr...Joanna, thanks for the tip. I should definitely try something like this next year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-596851288562836162012-09-14T19:38:59.711+03:002012-09-14T19:38:59.711+03:00Hi Petra I recommend you get a steamer, it makes d...Hi Petra I recommend you get a steamer, it makes dealing with berries very easy. This year I put layers of blackcurrants and strawberries with sugar and black pepper and let it steam for an hour. The juice that comes out was then syphoned off straight into sterilised bottles. The great thing about the steamer is that you don't have to worry about stalks and that sort of thing, just pick out any bad berries and that is all. After I have steamed it, I then put the steamed pulp through a vegetable strainer that takes out the stalks and seeds and I make jam with it. The recipe for the blackcurrant, strawberry and black pepper cordial is on this page http://thejourneytosomewhere.blogspot.com/2012/07/happy-discoveries_23.html (you have to scroll down a bit)<br />I also have just made juice with no sugar with the steamer too and that works wellJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013060781688432165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-90933587892487122092012-09-14T18:36:51.116+03:002012-09-14T18:36:51.116+03:00Hello Joanna,
What do you do with the blackcurrant...Hello Joanna,<br />What do you do with the blackcurrant you pick from all those plants? Sell it or perhaps preserve? I have just two plants and it already seems too much! :) I freeze the berries which aren't consumed right from the plant and use them later for baking cakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-24256154147225664752012-09-11T12:31:07.885+03:002012-09-11T12:31:07.885+03:00Oh yes water is not a problem. I guess it does loo...Oh yes water is not a problem. I guess it does look rather different to the drier areas of EuropeJoannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013060781688432165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3667528135627300426.post-72579348021184804402012-09-11T12:28:36.543+03:002012-09-11T12:28:36.543+03:00sorry about hoppy. everything looks sooooo green. ...sorry about hoppy. everything looks sooooo green. the rain may be a problem in some ways but it all looks so lush !Liz Ephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083623085161503380noreply@blogger.com