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Homemade applewood smoked bacon is easy to make with simple ingredients and techniques. You have to wonder who thought it was a good idea to take a chunk of pork belly, rub it with sugar, salt and spices and, after allowing it to rest for a few days decided it needed a nice layer of…
This Smoked Maple Canned Salmon preserves this incredible catch to enjoy for many months. Preserving Your Catch It has been a summer of food, gardening, renos and photography. Fresh fish from Pacific Ocean, live lobster and scallops flown in from Eastern Canada, herbs, berries and veggies from the garden, a few cool updates to my…
Raspberry Curd features the best of the season and is a great way use fresh raspberry juice. As mentioned in the Raspberry Jelly post, 2020 was an incredible growing season in the Nutmeg Disrupted gardens. This is the first property I have lived on that has raspberry canes. It has been a wonderful experience learning…
This Grapefruit Curd features the best of the season. Citrus Season There is nothing better in your local produce section right now then the citrus fruit that is available. The selection of oranges is vast, from regular navals, mandarins, tangelos, to Seville and blood oranges you can’t go wrong. Though no matter how fabulous that…
This Crabapple Jelly is steeped in family tradition and features the best of the season. Childhood Memories Crabapple jelly takes me instantly back to my childhood. Crabapples have been part of my existence since I was little. One of my earliest crab apple memories were of my Gido taking us apple picking. Though we never…