Links: Grape Jelly, Asian Pears, and a Winner

I am so enjoying the change of season this year. We’ve had a glorious stretch of sunny, crisp days here in Philadelphia, and I’m feeling awfully grateful for the beauty of this particular autumn.

A dear friend sent me two boxes containing apples and quince from her trees. I dashed through the farmers market this morning and came home with apples, asian pears, sea scallops, and a giant bundle of white turnips, which are destined for this soup. Life is good. Now, links!

Martha makes grape jelly (and with a swoon-worthy jelly bag, to boot).
Roasted tomato butter (not safe for canning, but delicious sounding nonetheless).
Ground cherry salsa fresca (sadly, I’ve seen relatively few ground cherries this year).
What do you do with your apples?
An interview with Erica Strauss, about fermentation, homesteading and her new book.
Smoked garlic scape salt (bookmarking this one for spring).
The last big canning session before packing it away for the season.
Spicy pickled red onions.
Honey sweetened quick dill pickles (just the thing if you’ve got any end of season cukes).
Fighting germs with an asian pear remedy.
Alana’s new book came out this week and Leite’s Culinaria has a little excerpt.

The winner of the Masontops Fermentation Set is #277/Camellia El-Antably. Congratulations! And did you see the announcement about the Masontops Pickle Pipe Kickstarter campaign? They’re doing incredibly well!

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