unusual strawberry jams

Hi all,

I started this thread but am only just looking at it now... Urgh. Forgive me! I moved this year and didn't have time to do ANY jams.

The strawberry-tarragon jam was super easy. I didn't follow a recipe, except for a basic strawberry jam and then threw in some tarragon from the herb garden (very, very finely chopped). The taste combinations are perfect.

Strawberry-cardamom is on the list for next June, for sure!!!

writerspice in Home Cooking

seeking cider press

I would like to rescue the abundant harvest going to waste on the apple tree around the corner from my house.

Barring a refusal to pick from the owners (doubtful), I'd like to make some cider and am seeking a cider press.

Does anyone know where they can be rented or purchased in the central Ontario area (I'm in Orillia, just north of Barrie) or even in Toronto?

Thanks!

writerspice in Ontario (including Toronto)

unusual strawberry jams

i've thought of the strawberry-balsamic-blackpepper combo, but does the balsamic have to be super-expensive (i'm about to start grad school in sept so, um, p-o-o-r)? does anyone have a brand they'd recommend (i'm in canada)?

writerspice in Home Cooking