About the last week in September, Joe was in the Yakima area, so he was able to stop at a fruit stand. He brought home a box of peaches, a box of cucumbers and 7 pounds of jalapeno peppers. They were huge! I wanted to make Jalapeno Pepper Jelly for teacher's Christmas gifts. Well they were so big that they did not have a very hot flavor. So I ended up almost doubling the amount of peppers, but still had a lot left to do something with. Katie & Chaz came out on a Sunday afternoon, Chaz made pickled Jalapenos, I tried dill pickles for the first time ever and Katie made a salsa recipe from a free mix I got from the Ball Canning facebook page. This was all new territory for all of us. This is the recipe that I used. http://woodridge.wordpress.com/2009/08/09/crispy-dill-pickles-just-like-klaussens/ It has a lot of red peppers in it and it is a little too hot, but the kids and I like them. Joe cannot eat them. Joe & I later tried making whole pickles in a quart jar, they turned out relly mushy. Chaz liked how this recipe turned out for the pckled jalapenos, but they were a little soft. http://www.examiner.com/farmers-market-in-seattle/easy-pickled-jalapeno-recipe-adaptable-to-other-hot-peppers
We thoroughly enjoy the peaches and since then got another box and ate the whole box of peaches with ice cream. So good. With the first box, I used my recipe that I have had for about 22 years, it uses frozen orange juice concentrate and sugar and you toss freshly peeled and sliced peaches. Then freeze them in freezer bags. Here is the recipe.
LIKE
FRESH FROZEN PEACHES
6
oz. can of orange juice, thawed 2
c. sugar peachesInto a large (7-quart) bowl, put in thawed orange juice and sugar. Mix well. Blanch peaches in boiling water, just until skins remove easily, pit, and slice directly in the bowl. When bowl is full, mix well. Fill quart bags and freeze. They will not turn dark unless when thawed they are left sitting for more than 4 hours. So once thawed-make a peach pie or crisp.
Joe & I are really enjoying trying different recipes, not having to can for survivial and being frugal. It has been fun.
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