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[GreenSalsa]

Blueberry Rum Jam

[cbtengr]

Originally Posted by GreenSalsa

Blueberry Rum Jam

Very Nice !

[echoes]

Originally Posted by GreenSalsa

Blueberry Rum Jam

Amazing color Sir!

Great job! Please let me know if you are ever sending them to various locals?

Holly

[GreenSalsa]

Originally Posted by echoes

Amazing color Sir!

Great job! Please let me know if you are ever sending them to various locals?

Holly

Thanks--lets see how the color holds in 4-6-8 months! My goal is next year to be doing this with honey instead of sugar. I have two hives I have been growing this year and will be expanding to four hives next spring. Over the last 3 years I have been steadily landscaping with edibles, blueberries, blackberries, plumbs, peaches, and now apple trees.

Next spring I am going to experiment with a box herb garden and in 4-5 years terrace off a large steep slope for a dedicated series of gardens and put in a fairly good sized workshop into the hillside.

My goal is to pass on these kind of crafts and skills to my daughters. I really believe every American needs to know how to perform these kind of basic skills.

[Pete]

Were they your Blueberry bushes? You've said you planted some but it takes a few years for them to take off.

My grouping of three will produce a small bowl a day for a couple of weeks. Took a few years to get them established though.

From a distance with a quick glance you could mistake them for a group of Azaleas. Plant them in clumps of three or more around the yard where you would have put Azaleas. You'll never get flowers but you'll get something better.

Now all you'll need is a fig tree to go with the peach and apple trees. D3 went over to Grammie's house a few days ago, shook the apple tree and got enough apples to bake two apple pies. Tart little apples so you need extra sugar.

[GreenSalsa]

Originally Posted by Pete

Were they your Blueberry bushes? You've said you planted some but it takes a few years for them to take off.

I am using my Blueberries as a hedge (2 each 60 ft hedges) between myself and my neighbor. When I had my yard landscaped, I had the entire yard slope very gently towards this side of the yard and then had a ditch dug to drain out all excess water towards the river. I have been planting on both sides of this ditch I created. My blueberries have been going about 3 years now and I am getting about 4-8 cups every two days. This year I have made 36 pints of blueberry jam and frozen another 12 pints for later use. I am adopting a slow but steady approach to this planting.

That same border has two 20 foot sections of blackberries and I separated the blackberries and the blueberries by eight plum trees. The long term intent is to place my expanding honey bee hives into that ditch. See attached.

[Pete]

Man, you are going to have a ton of Blueberries in a couple more years.

[GreenSalsa]

Originally Posted by Pete

Man, you are going to have a ton of Blueberries in a couple more years.

Oh yea! Next year I will be able to start bottling my own blueberry syrup and in a couple more years I am thinking of blueberry wine...thoughts?

[(1VB)compforce]

OK, first time making gumbo. turned out pretty good...

Chicken and Andouille Gumbo w/ Jasmati Rice

[Requiem]

Anyone have a suggestion for quail eggs? My 14 y/o is pet-sitting for a family with quail. All eggs are ours for the next 12 days or so. That's about half-dozen eggs a day. (Maybe in 12 days I'll have enough to make an omelet!)

Will post a photo of whatever I make.

Susan

[mark46th]

Hatch them, feed them, grow them, release them. Buy a good bird dog, a 20 gauge side by side and hunt them. I like quail baked on a bed of wild rice and sautéed cremini mushrooms accompanied by a glass of Pinot Griggio...

[Requiem]

Originally Posted by mark46th

Hatch them, feed them, grow them, release them. Buy a good bird dog, a 20 gauge side by side and hunt them. I like quail baked on a bed of wild rice and sautéed cremini mushrooms accompanied by a glass of Pinot Griggio...

LOL. I suspected one of you would suggest I just eat the birds. You've gone a few steps more creative - which I love. Thanks!

S.

[LarryW]

You can use O'Douls beer and it'll work fine. What you're looking for is the yeast. Not sure how it'd work with a Guinness. This is easy enough for a dumb sailor to do without screwing it up.

Ingredients:
3 cups flour (sifted)
3 teaspoons baking powder (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
1 teaspoon salt (omit if using Self-Rising Flour)
1/4 cup sugar
1 (12 ounce) can beer
1/2 cup melted butter (1/4 cup will do just fine)
¼ cup chopped walnuts/pecans
½ cup blueberries

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Fold the stuff together until it's all blended good, and pour into a greased loaf pan.
Pour melted butter over the top
Bake 1 hour until a knife inserted comes out clean, remove from pan and cool for at least 15 minutes.

You can also add raspberries along with the blueberries for a nice patriotic thing. Kind of neat. Make sure the baking powder is fairly new. Old ingredients will be a let down every time. Sift the flour.

Enjoy!

[Guymullins]

Actually just finishing the left overs of a very fine Casoulet I made three nights ago.
Duck breast, cubed smoked bacon and Italian sausage all fried in a bit of olive oil. Red wine, diced onion, tomato paste and whole-grain mustard stirred in together with two cans of Canelli beans, covered with bread crumbs and grilled until gold.

[Gypsy]

Originally Posted by LarryW

You can use O'Douls beer and it'll work fine. What you're looking for is the yeast. Not sure how it'd work with a Guinness. This is easy enough for a dumb sailor to do without screwing it up.

Enjoy!

Interesting. I make beer bread often, usually with savory ingredients (various spices and or cheeses) for variation. Never thought about adding blueberries...I will have to try this, maybe with a Sam Adams Pale Ale. I don't think that Guinness would be a good choice...