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I’m going out on a limb here. In answer to the question about canning chocolate sauce: I’m thinking that the addition of so much sugar renders this much like jam and it could be treated as such. I will add that I have not canned it, have not seen a recipe for canning it but have also never heard that it’s dangerous to can it. How’s that for covering my bases???
My post is late today as I got up to find I had a small window between rain drops. A quick trip to the orchard, the green house, the chicken coop and the bees produced enough spinich, mushrooms, leeks, asparagus and eggs for a stellar fritta.
I have pictures! They will have to do today. I have a keynote address to present tonight and I have yet to write it.
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May 16, 2011 at 10:15 am
Great pictures! Pg. 188 in the Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving has a great chocolate sauce recipe for an ice cream topping.
Our bees are here today and the guys have gone to pick them up. The robin that made a nest outside our second story bedroom window had her eggs hatch…hpe they make it, but it sure does make for an interesting series of pictures.
May 16, 2011 at 10:19 am
Why can an item that may or may not work? If you have the ingredients you can make chocolate sauce easily. My grandparents owned a drugstore/soda fountain and this is their recipe that you can make from scratch easily from storage items. 2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup cocoa, pinch salt. Wisk together. Add one cup water and in large saucepan cook until comes to boil. Watch carefully or it will boil over. Simmer two minutes. Stir in 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Cool and put in frig. Thickens as cools. Everyone I’ve given this recipe to has dropped their Hershey’s syrup habit!! And no funny chemical names. Super good with Penzey’s cocoa. I know that if you pour it into very hot jar it will seal but that can’t be considered a long term storage solution. DEE
May 16, 2011 at 10:41 am
Yeah! Saved by Herbal Pagan. I was looking in all of these nifty little specialy books. I should have gone right to the source. I agree with you DEE. I’m not willing to take a chance unless I’m sure of success.
May 16, 2011 at 10:52 am
Thanks for adding pictures- they are lovely!
May 16, 2011 at 11:13 am
I love that honeycomb pic. The texture is just beautiful!
May 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm
Photos, hooray! More please, perhaps especially a shot of your greenhouse. I’m dying for one.
I took a quick course on growing grapes from the Ag Extension guy at our local library this morning. They sound like a tremendous amount of work. Has anyone had great success with cluster grapes in Zone 7? Thanks! Donna
May 17, 2011 at 7:13 am
Hi Kathy, How did the keynote speech go? Where was it? David
May 17, 2011 at 8:07 am
Zone 7! I wish I knew about it. It’s cold here. The keynote was in Framingham and it went very well. A crowd of 90 or so and really good Chinese food.
May 17, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Picture are great! I love pics of gardens, esp veggie gardens. I love to see what people use for vertical supports, what they plant next to what etc.
Dee – Thanks for the recipe. I’ve never heard of Penzey’s, but will look it up too.