Author(s): John Harrison (Author), Val Harrison (Author)
Publisher: Robinson
Publication Date: 30 July 2009
Language: English
Print length: 208 pages
ISBN-10: 0716022257
ISBN-13: 9780716022251
Book Description
This book explains all you need to know to make your own delicious jams, jellies, marmalades, fruit butters, fruit cheeses, chutneys and pickles, including details of all the necessary equipment, how to choose the best fruit and vegetables to use, and how to make sure the jam sets properly to produce the best results.
In these straitened times, more and more people are keen to save money by making jams, jellies and chutneys from the surplus of their own homegrown fruit and vegetables or from free fruit, such as blackberries, available in nearby hedgerows. Val and John Harrison show how easy it is to collect together the required ingredients and start making your own produce.
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A wonderful collection of simple wholesome recipes from the bestselling author of Vegetable Growing Month by Month and his wife.
About the Author
John Harrison has been following a frugal lifestyle for over 30 years. A long-term member of Garden Organic, he runs two popular websites which are visited by hundreds of thousands of people each month.
He has been growing vegetables on his own allotment for many years. He uses many organic methods, working with nature rather than against it. He is passionate about the quality of our food and the ecology that supports us all on this planet.
John joined Garden Organic (previously the Henry Doubleday Research Association) in 1976 and is a Fellow of the National Vegetable Society, serving on the National Executive.
Val and John Harrison have been making jams and preserves from their homegrown fruit and vegetables for over 30 years. Some of their recipes have appeared on their popular allotment website, www.allotment.org.uk, to great acclaim from the site’s thousands of visitors. Val’s husband John is the author of the bestselling Vegetable Growing Month by Month.
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