Posted on 08/20/2004 1:39:00 AM PDT by BritishBulldog
I've had the same experience with tomatoes but as of late I've been getting some good ones. I have had luck with the vine ripened variety with some of the vine still attached.
Hell, my Iowa grandfather used to eat pickled pigs' feet. UGH.
"Jelly" is preserved fruit juice: juice, sugar, pectin. It is clear, all traces of fruit solids have been strained.
"Jam" is unfiltered jelly. Small particles of fruit remain; the whole is cloudy rather than clear.
"Preserves" contains nearly whole fruit, in an otherwise jelly-like or jam-like substance.
"Marmalade" is made from citrus fruits, and contains pieces of both fruit and rind in a jelly-like substance.
In the USA. Other English speaking countries no doubt use the terms differently.
One of my Texas buddies who went to Britain in the '90s theorized that "room temperature" seemed cooler there, so having a RT beer wouldn't be as hideous an imposition as it would here, with our 100-degree heat and 98% humidity.
What IS lemon curd, anyhow? You're not the first to note that it lacks something by way of delectation.
Wow you guys are reminding me of all sorts of things my mom used to eat. I think she put the mint sauce on her brussel sprouts. I don't know why she quit being so British the last 20 years or so--seems like she kept up a lot of her traditions for a long time.
I remember those sitting in the fridge in a jar. My dad was always getting those. His other big thing was eating corn bread soaked in buttermilk. Now he just lives on Banquet TV dinners--one of the worst prepared meals out there.
Probably because for the past month or so they have been "in season" in much of the country.
I've been overrun with them from my garden. I have quarts and quarts of them canned and frozen too.
On another subject: I drink milk but my wife does not. Many times I have to throw away some when I buy a gallon, so I thought why not buy it by the half gallon? I went to the dairy section only to discover that a half gallon was exactly one cent less than the gallon, same brand.
What's that all about?
Milk has really gone up. I'm not sure why the half-gallon would be so close in price to the gallon. I have to buy the a couple of gallons at a time the way we go through it. Even that's not enough. We've been getting it delivered. The price is $4.99/per gal--kind of expensive but the convenience of having it delivered is nice. We got two gallons on Tuesday and it was gone by Thursday. I have to admit, I'm a big milk drinker too.
I always let my dad cook it. But he died a few months ago. I'll have to try and remember how he did it, and it was a slow cooking method is all I know... I'll wrack my brains
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