Well, one thing Acorn has a lot of in the fall are autumn olives. No, they don't taste like olives - more like cranberries. They make yer mouth pucker if you eat 'em raw (that didn't stop our local fox from eating a bushel), but they're great if you heap sugar on 'em and boil it up into jam. Ryan and I found some recipes online, made what sense of them we could, and got down to business. Here are a few snapshots of what happened as a result.
Autumn Olives rinsed and picked through
Workin the food mill - it separates the skin and seed from the pulp (the good stuff)
These are the leftovers. Blech! Looks like dog food
Berries get soupy when you cook 'em
The picture-perfect result!
It didn't stay in the jar long - we had to conduct taste trials.
Autumn Olives rinsed and picked through
Workin the food mill - it separates the skin and seed from the pulp (the good stuff)
These are the leftovers. Blech! Looks like dog food
Berries get soupy when you cook 'em
The picture-perfect result!
It didn't stay in the jar long - we had to conduct taste trials.
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