Homemade apple pectin from apples for canning season
A reader asks if apple juice can replace commercial pectin in jelly. The article cites The Complete Book of Year Round Small Batch Preserving advising to simmer tart apples with water and lemon juice, strain, and press to extract liquid for pectin, yielding about four cups. Tips note harvest timing and cheesecloth clarification.
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Elaine Stallman
Walford
Ellie Topp
Margaret Howard
Firefly
Elaine
Susan G. Purdy
Morel Mushroom Fever Sparks Spring Menu in Cedar Rapids
Local chef David Meyer seizes a promising growing season to feature morels at Vino's Italian Ristorante. Fresh harvests cost about 25 dollars per pound and inspire two new dishes, Roasted Asparagus with Morels and Herb-Crusted Beef Medallions with Wild Mushrooms, with three weeks of specials ahead.
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Anne Rutter
David Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Meyer
Florida
Marshall Godwin
Vine’s
Marion
Godwin
Gazette
Jim Slosiarek
Vino
Organic Valley Promotes Cheese Pairings and Free Guides
A multi item brief reports Organic Valley has a cheese pairings brochure plus a free poster and offers a copy by mail or phone or online. It also notes the California Grape Commission free brochure Whole Health with grape recipes and contact options. Tombstone Pizza unveils a new Mexican style frozen pizza line with four flavors and a suggested retail price of 4.59 dollars.
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Organic Valley
Cheese Guide
Consumer Services
Organic
California Grape Commission
West Fallbrook
Suite
Fresno
Jim
Tablegrape
Tombstone Pizza
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Gretchen Grout
Marengo
Gretchen
Betty Rosbottom
Jo Ann Ahrendsen
Mechanicsville
Bette Harper
Sigourney
Jennifer Shanda
West Des Moines
Leann Payne
Hopkinton
Payne
Dragon
the Gazette
P.O. Box
Anner
Fylowa
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