#Summer bounty

[briargeese]

Straight from the tree, warm from the morning sun, the peaches are ready and the birds and bugs won't beat me to them this time.

#original photography #photographers on tumblr #peaches #fruit harvest #summer bounty

[alex51324]

A Fun, Easy, and Seasonal Recipe: Tomato Pie

If you live in a similar kind of climate to me (northeastern US), then right now (August) is a fantastic time to make a tomato pie. Here's the one I made for tonight's dinner, with the filling all set up and ready for the top "crust":

The filling is tomatoes (I used a mix of red and yellow), scallions, fresh basil (mixed green and purple) and this time I added a bit of sweet corn. All of this is placed in a premade pie shell. (Feel free to use a homemade one, but the frozen crust is what makes it easy.)

Here it is with the top "crust":

The top "crust" is just shredded cheese mixed with mayonnaise to bind it together.

Here it is all done:

Instructions:

You only want to make this if you have access to really good tomatoes--homegrown or locally-grown ones, that smell nice and tomatoey and have a deep color when you cut into them. I used two big ones, each about the size of a baby's head--you want around three cups, after chopping and draining.

A while before you want to bake your pie, chop up your tomatoes and put them in a colander. (Make sure you have a bowl under the colander.) Sprinkle with salt and give them a stir, then let them sit. Stir every now and then. (You my also want to pour the liquid out of the bowl while you're at it, depending on how your colander sits in your bowl.)

I'd say let them sit at least an hour; more is fine too. You want to get as much excess liquid out as you can; otherwise your pie will be too wet.

Meanwhile, slice up your scallions--I used two, but you can adjust according to how much you like scallions. (Regular onion will also work, if you don't have scallions--just chop it up small.)

If your tomato supplier has fresh basil, it's worth it to get a big handful of that. Wash and dry it, then pick the leaves off the stems. Stack the big leaves and cut them into ribbons with (clean!) scissors. (The fresh basil is really nice in this, but dried will work. You could even go with an Italian seasoning mix, if that's what you have--the tomatoes are the star of the show here; they're the only thing you need to be picky about.)

Sweet corn is optional--today was the first time I've tried it in this dish--but it's good! I used 1 largish ear of corn; just shuck it and cut the kernels off with a knife. (If you have leftover corn-on-the-cob that's already cooked, that would probably be fine, too.)

Once the tomatoes have drained, mix in the corn kernels if you're using them. (I stirred mine in right there in the colander.)

Put the tomatoes (and corn, if you're using it) into the pie crust. I used a store-brand frozen one, the kind that comes in its own foil pan, which makes cleanup very easy.

Sprinkle the scallions (or onions) and basil on top. Shake on a little black pepper, too, if you want.

Now for the top crust! You want about two cups of shredded cheese (the pre-shredded in the bag is fine for this recipe) and 3/4 of a cup of mayonnaise. The cookbook I went off of says 1 cup cheddar, 1 cup mozzarella, and 2 tablespoons of parmesan--but you don't have to stick to that; adjust it to what cheeses you like/have on hand. This time I just used a bag of Aldi brand "Italian Blend," which is mozzarella, parmesan, and Provelone.

Just stir together the cheese and mayo in a bowl until the consistency is even, then spread it on top of your pie filling.

Pop it in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 F, and you're done! The pie is fantastic straight out of the oven, but it reheats OK, too.

#cookng #food #recipe #tomatoes #tomato pie #summer bounty

[parveens-kitchen]

A Guide to Freezing Fresh Strawberries

“Preserving Summer’s Bounty: A Guide to Freezing Fresh Strawberries”.Preserving the vibrant taste of fresh strawberries is a delightful way to enjoy the essence of summer all year round. In this guide, we’ll explore a simple method for freezing fresh strawberries to ensure they maintain their individuality and are ready for a variety of delicious recipes. Freezing Process:1. Wash the fresh…

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#Clumping prevention #Freezing #fresh strawberries #Homemade #Individual freezing #Jar storage #Parchment Paper #Preservation #Quick dessert #Recipes #Strawberry jam #Strawberry parfait #Strawberry salad #Strawberry shortcake #Strawberry smoothie #Strawberry sorbet #Summer bounty

[elminx]

When Life Gives You Sour Cherries, 1: Cherry Jam

The summer harvest is in full swing here in Southern New England. It was the very day that I pulled out my books on canning and preserving that my partner surprised me with two quarts of sour cherries that he harvested off of a friend's trees.

I haven't done a lot of work with cherries in the past. A number of years ago, I bought some from a farmer's market and attempted to make my own Maraschino cherries (in infusion in Maraschino liquor) but it turns out that I am of the opinion that Maraschino liquor tastes remarkably like cough syrup and the cherries were less than desirable. They tasted better than the liquor itself but weren't better than the expensive "real" Maraschino cherries that you can buy at specialty stores (better than the corn syrup ones you can source at your average grocer, though).

That said, I've been very into jam-making this year. This spring I made jam from both forsythia and violet and last month my bestie and I made strawberry jam the old-fashioned way (sans pectin). Since I was momentarily feeling sugared out and didn't want dessert - I decided that jam was a great way of preserving the sour cherries.

Jam making is deceptively easy - it's really just fruit, sugar, and sometimes some pectin. If you want to can your concoctions (which I highly recommend - there's nothing better than getting to open a can of summer goodness in the dead of winter) - you need to do slightly more work and have extra supplies (cans, fresh lids, etc.) but well-made jam will keep in the fridge or freezer for a number of months.

The main work of the cherry processing was having to pit and then cut up the cherries. I'm honestly not sure, given the size of the sour cherries, why the recipe called for chopping them further, but I followed through since I like to follow recipes exactly if I am not familiar with the process. Pitting sour cherries is actually pretty easy - if they are ripe, you can simply squeeze the pits out and into a separate container. It's so easy that I did it with one hand while drinking a mango lassi out of the other.

From there, you need to follow your recipe for making jam. I'm not going to give an exact recipe since the method depends on the type of pectin that you have available to you. This is more important than many recipe blogs on the internet let on - YOU NEED TO MATCH YOUR RECIPE TO THE PECTIN THAT YOU ARE USING (or use an alternate source for pectic such as green apples if they are available to you).

In season, I will use apples to pectinate my jams and jellies but since I can't find organic apples at this time of the year (and with my endo, it's very important that I avoid pesticides as much as possible), I tend to go with high-quality pectin that I can buy at stores. Note: not all jam/jellies require pectin - I love making jam that does not but will add pectin when necessary for setting.

That said, following the recipe on this pectin label, it called for a lot of pectin which it definitely didn't need. Now I know, next year I'll halve the amount. And there definitely will be a next year now that I know that my friends have wild sour cherry trees! (Wild now, they must have been planted at some point)

So my "jam" is about the consistency of homemade cranberry sauce - it actually tastes remarkably similar as well due to the sourness of the cherries. Though set beyond my preference, it is very, very tasty.

And we had some cherries left over after I processed them and added in the requisite 4 cups called for in my jam recipe! (More to come next week on what I did with the rest of my cherries.)

#witchblr #words #mine #kitchen witch #kitchen magic #kitchen witchery #plant allies #sour cherry #cherry jam #jam making #summer bounty #summer harvest

[musewrangler]

When you’re making triple berry slab pie for 400. 😅 but look how pretty!

#baking #pie #fruit #berries #beauty #food is art #summer bounty #come get some #mutuals #tumblr friends

[wellsrachael]

Sauces and Condiments - Raspberry Fruit Spread without Pectin This easy raspberry fruit spread only needs 3 ingredients - raspberries, sugar, and lemon juice - and no pectin. Perfect to preserve your summer bounty.

#jars #raspberries #side dish #jam #water #sugar #summer bounty

[landscapesscenerypeopleplaces]

Among the vines In den Reben by Franz Engels

#grapes #grapevine #fruits #fruit #bounty #summer bounty

[viatafrumoasa-lifebeautiful]

Happiest of birthdays to the hubby who loves peppers, and inspires us to find and grow more, both quantity and variety wise! Last year he experimented with pickling peppers with kombucha vinegar. This year we dried and ground the beauties into our own special blend of delectable spiciness. Here's to another year, sweetie!

#Peppers #Summer bounty #Happy Birthday Hubby #Sweet and Spicy #home blend #viata frumoasa #cottage core #garden goodness #benefits of country living #sustainable #sustainablity #eating good #eating local #eating REALLY local #homegrown

[itsthislake]

“The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver.

HAPPY LATE BIRTHDAY ACE!!

Support me on ko-fi! ♥

#happy birthday ace! #portgas d ace #fire fist ace #monkey d luffy #one piece sabo #sabo is here in spirit for the most part #one piece #one piece comic #op fanart #lake's art #something something the duty of an older brother #man i almost got this done in time lmao #i love Mary Oliver's poems so much you've no idea #the summer day is like my third favorite poem ever i think #i finally learned how to draw fire for this lol #love the cowboy hat. hate to draw the cowboy hat #do not repost #lmao i just noticed i put the wrong number in the bounty. it's supposed to be 30.000.000 not 300.000.000

[rrrauschen]

four late stalinist films, four red tinted cuts between scenes; a cinema industry drenched in blood

(1) Boris Barnet, {1950} Щедрое лето (Bountiful Summer) (2) Vladimir Petrov, {1951} Спортивная честь (Sporting Honour) (3) Nikolay Lebedev, {1952} Навстречу жизни (The Encounter of a Lifetime) (4) Vsevolod Pudovkin, {1953} Возвращение Василия Бортникова (The Return of Vasili Bortnikov)

#film #boris barnet #vladimir petrov #nikolay lebedev #vsevolod pudovkin #Щедрое лето #Спортивная честь #Навстречу жизни #Возвращение Василия Бортникова #bountiful summer #sporting honour #the encounter of a lifetime #the return of vasili bortnikov #1950 #1951 #1952 #1953 #red #late stalinist cinema #stalinist cinema #soviet cinema #soviet union #cccp #colour #1950s #feature length #male filmmakers

[yllwcrtns]

pride month celebration week > day 6: character

BISEXUAL CHARACTERS ON TV

#pmcw #druck #love victor #heartstopper #skam españa #élite #ianowt #the fallout #everything sucks #sex education #teenage bounty hunters #brooklyn nine nine #b99 #atypical #crush #13 reasons why #the bold type #rebelde #the summer i turned pretty #* #some of them are technically not canon because there has been no confirmation but i kinda headcanon them as that anyway #view this post on your computer for a better experience because mobile makes the sets not match at all sorry about that

[kalza]

Another entry for the, "Summer Prompt Event," on the Duros Hoes Discord server. I went with a combination of, "A day at the beach," and "Beachside lounging," since they were very similar anyway.

Just Cad taking a little vacation. He deserves it. He's just vibing.

I low-key want his shirt though....

#star wars #star wars: the clone wars #swtcw #cad bane #fan art #star wars fan art #alien #star wars alien #duros #bounty hunter (star wars) #summer vibes #summer prompt event #duros hoes discord server #my art #second time drawing Todo building a sandcastle lol

[idolgirlimmersion]

stede/rhys darby painting study… practice…. thing……. wah! i love you quite a lot, silly man!

#our flag means death #our flag means death s2 #ofmd s2 #ofmd #stede bonnet #a summer’s bountiful harvest #oh! how do you all spell his name by the by? #i keep spelling it as ‘bonnett’! not ‘bonnet’! gahahaha!

[elminx]

Canning Blueberry pie filling

Twice already this summer (when I was faced with too many strawberries and when I had surprise cherries), I have wanted to can pie filling. Nature is all backward in this regard: all of the abundance of summer berries lines up perfectly with hot weather where it is absolutely unbearable to turn on the oven to bake a pie. Canned pie filling is the perfect solution though - sweet berries preserved for the colder months when nothing in the store is good for eating anyway.

Unlike apples which I have made into pie filling and canned before, most canned pie fillings need something extra, something that I have never used before: Clear Jel. Clear Jel takes is a type of canning-safe cornstarch that you add to pre-thicken your pie. Most thickening agents, like store-bought cornstarch, are not safe to can with as they can create lumps that keep the product from being processed properly and can lead to spoilage.

I was intreuged and vowed to look into it further, but promptly went on with my life.

Enter Nan, my friend's girlfriend, and the part owner of the sour cherry trees that I turned into jam and cocktail syrup. She bought 10 pounds of Clear Jel to turn those cherries into pie and offered me a ball jar full. Why not?

If there was a pocket in my life made just for future pie making, this Clear Jel has been burning a hole in that proverbial pocket. Finally, last Thursday, my coven mate and I got some pick-your-own organic blueberries and it was time to can some pie filling!

After sifting through two quarts of blueberries, destemming, and drying them, we had the requisite 14 cups that our recipe required. We par-boiled them for 1 minute, draining them and reserving 4 cups of the liquid. (We drank the rest - would recommend, it was very refreshing - similar to birch water except that it tastes like blueberries)

The water went back onto the stove along with 3 cups of sugar and a cup of clear jel. We whisked away until they were combined and the mixture had set to a consistency that was very similar to pudding. This was a great time to add our intention - we focused on generalized protection which is my go-to for food preparation.

After the clear jel had set up, we added in some lemon juice and our blueberries and the mixture was ready to can. It had taken on this gorgeous dark red-purple hue that I associate with blueberries.

I'm not going to go into the safety and specifics of water canning because that's a story all its own (though I can if you want me to in the future). We ended up with 3 full quart jars or blueberry filling and one 3/4 full. One jar is going to be saved for a blueberry concoction for our annual Friendsgiving celebration in the fall because that is how we witch.

And let me tell you - this filling is THICK. Dora and I made the leftovers into a beautiful blueberry crisp for her partner's birthday last Tuesday and it was absolutely divine. Not too tart, not too sweet, just all of the wonder of peek summer blueberry goodness.

Now I'm on the search for a good supplier of organic Clear Jel because this is a thing that I will need to keep in my house for all future canning projects going forward.

#witchblr #words #mine #kitchen witch #kitchen projects #summer bounty #blueberries #blueberry pie #blueberry pie filling #canning #water canning #clear jel #personal

[bonefall]

Do you have an opinion on the Great Hunger that took place during Goosefeather's Curse? While I have some issues with the book as a whole despite loving Goosefeather (ex: I didn't like the retroactive vilification of Moonflower when she was just exasperated towards him sometimes during BP. Even as someone who really likes Goosefeather as a character, making his sister much worse to him just for symapthy is :/, especially since he was already forced to become a meddie as a literal small child and immediately ostracized which is sympathetic enough already lol. Not to mention...Stormtail.), I gotta admit seeing the clan resort to eating worms was a interesting and honestly refreshing change of pace compared to the usual "oh no we're all infected with (color)cough!!!!!!!" epidemics.

Oh I love it, I love crises that are more than just colorcough outbreaks. Colorcough outbreaks are so overused they're boring, at LEAST give me some other kinds of infection!

Though this is an odd nitpick but....... I feel like the Great Hunger shouldn't have been in Winter lmao. Humans starve in winter because of failed harvests in the autumn before, or ruined foodstores. They adapted that with Goosefeather's botched refrigeration plan, but, based on the cats being hunters, I think it actually should have been in Summer.

Summer with a heatwave that caused a massive fire, killed the meager prey that managed to breed that spring, and left it so hot that the cats couldn't hunt without heatstroke.

Don't get me wrong, frigid winters with a lot of snowfall would make it hard to hunt and find prey, but it's not like British squirrels hibernate. Neither do rats, mice, blackbirds, robins...

#And they wouldn't be expecting that #They'd do winter prep so they don't have to bust their tails dealing with the snow #Since autumn is so bountiful #But they'd have brief peace with Spring and then get caught by a horrible summer #Warrior Cats Analysis #Summer would NORMALLY be fine #But not with a terrible trio of Bad Spring + Fire + Heatwave #Great Hunger

[fullcravings]

4-Ingredient Bounty Bar Vegan Popsicles

#4 ingredient #bounty #bars #vegan #popsicles #food #dessert #no bake #summer #coocnut #dairy free #recipe #chocolate #dark chocolate #sweetsensitivefree