Final harvest item for canning.

[bigugli]

After having bottled hundreds of jars of pickles, preserves, salsa, etc..., I really look forward to bottling this last item so it is ready for Christmas.

In the summer they look like this.

 

Wee little elderberries that I pick by the bushel. The last pick is set aside for myself, and it was a more abundant pick this year. Tonight they became one of my favourites.. Brandy

 

I still have salsa to bottle, but the brandy marks the end of the harvest season.

Edited November 18, 2011 by bigugli

[Fisherman]

Nice work, and a lot of effort. I did a lady a bit of a favour, picked 5 buckets of chokecherries and 4 small bucket of crabapples for her, she sent me a couple of samples. Very good tasting. Seems like there were bumper crops for everything this year.

[Skipper D]

After having bottled hundreds of jars of pickles, preserves, salsa, etc..., I really look forward to bottling this last item so it is ready for Christmas.

In the summer they look like this.

 

Wee little elderberries that I pick by the bushel. The last pick is set aside for myself, and it was a more abundant pick this year. Tonight they became one of my favourites.. Brandy

 

I still have salsa to bottle, but the brandy marks the end of the harvest season.

 

I' now theres a man after me own heart , now you would'nt be want'en to shares some of her woods ya ...............i can just taste her now .

[lew]

You've had a busy fall with all your preserves Bruce and hopefully you enjoy them all winter long.

 

My neighbor uses elderberries for jams & wines and although I haven't tried the wines, he gave me a couple jars of his jam and it's excellent.

[bigugli]

You've had a busy fall with all your preserves Bruce and hopefully you enjoy them all winter long.

 

My neighbor uses elderberries for jams & wines and although I haven't tried the wines, he gave me a couple jars of his jam and it's excellent.

After a bottle of that I should be, as they say, "pickled"

 

Truth is we would not be eating half as healthy if we were relying on the stoopermarkets.

[Roy]

What did you do to get the brandy? Did you vaporize the alcohol from the elderberry wine? I'm just curious cause I didn't know it got that dark. Sounds like you're right into it.

[bigugli]

From mash there is a fair amount of boiling to do to thicken, plus a liberal amount of sugar to fortify.

[tb4me]

How did you make it, if you dont mind me asking? I thought you had to distill wine to get brandy? Looks awesome either way thou.....

[cl_fishin]

Nice work, I canned my first fish this year (Whitefish) its amazing, so good!