Root Cellars Rock! » Preserving http://rootcellarsrock.ca A Campaign by the Food Security Network of Newfoundland & Labrador Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:03:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Out of the frying pan, into the… jam jar? http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2011/10/out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-jam-jar/ http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2011/10/out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-jam-jar/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:48:40 +0000 Andreae C http://rootcellarsrock.ca/?p=4320 A little while ago, I wrote about my new love of herbed fruit jams. Before that, I told you about the Japanese knotweed jelly I was enjoying.  If you hadn’t figured it out, I really love making jellies and jams.

I’ve said before that preserves make me feel rich. All lined up in my pantry, they’re like luminous jewels, ensuring that, no matter what goes wrong in this world, I have something tasty to spread on my toast.

There was a time when I didn’t consider anything less than an 6-pint batch of jam to be [...]

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FEASt Pippy Park Family Garden

Below is a list of resources to help kids and youth learn how to plant, pick, prepare and preserve their own local food! Some resources are directed towards children and youth, some to parents and others to educators. To share your feedback on these or to let us know about other good resources, leave a comment in the children & youth section of the forum or email info@rootcellarsrock.ca.

 

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Acorn Naturalists : a publishing company retailing an array of materials for discovering the natural world, including plant [...]

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]]> http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2011/08/eclectic-edibles/feed/ 11 What weed? Knotweed! http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2011/06/what-weed-knotweed/ http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2011/06/what-weed-knotweed/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:32:35 +0000 Andreae C http://rootcellarsrock.ca/?p=2469 When Costa wrote his defense of Japanese knotweed last month, I was very excited. So excited that I almost immediately ran to the lot at the top of my street with a paring knife and filled a paper bag with bright, tender knotweed shoots. I turned them into a tasty soup and was most impressed with myself.

The next week, I tried serving plain steamed knotweed spears as a side dish. This time, I am afraid to say, I was not so pleased. Steamed, the knotweed took on this pallid olive-green tone, and deflated into a [...]

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Blogs & Websites with many excellent local food recipes

Bernardine

Bidgood’s

Culinate

Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

FoodManitoba

Get Local BC

Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef

Great Meals for [...]

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]]> http://rootcellarsrock.ca/recipes/feed/ 1 She Certainly Can… Can-Can! http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2009/06/she-certainly-can-can-can/ http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2009/06/she-certainly-can-can-can/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:04:29 +0000 admin http://rootcellarsrock.ca/blog/?p=201 Keynote Blogger: Andreae Prozesky, Food Nerd, The Scope

I’m not a rich woman. I probably never will be. I take my feelings of wealth where I can find them. The gleam of apple jelly through the criss-cross pattern of my favourite canning jars is likely as close as I’ll ever get to a real diamonds. My translucent bottles of berries, cherries, plums, and rhubarb are like rubies and amethysts and garnets and topaz to me. Peering into my pantry, I feel as though I’ve just walked into Tiffany’s.

Jewels and stones might [...]

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]]> http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2009/06/she-certainly-can-can-can/feed/ 1 Cellaring: self-sufficient and food secure http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2009/04/cellaring-self-sufficient-and-food-secure/ http://rootcellarsrock.ca/2009/04/cellaring-self-sufficient-and-food-secure/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 03:26:14 +0000 admin http://rootcellarsrock.ca/blog/?p=97 Keynote Blogger: Alison Dyer, Root Cellar Researcher

Maberly Root Cellar, Trinity Bay, photo copyright: Alison Dyer

They were once to the garden and field what flakes and stages were to the coves: built by hand, located for access, and essential for a family’s sustenance. Root cellars, a place of riches and rich memories, have been called both a folk craft and a forgotten art.

Finding one of these cellars in an overgrown meadow is like coming across the closet to Narnia – a passageway to another world.

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