here are my notes for the two batches. . . garden mix is everything i grow in the garden through out the year. . I throw in freezer bags. . at the end of the season it all gets mashed and fermented.
9/28/16 - habs & Meyer lemon
385 g habs
532 meyer lemon (3 lemons quartered peel on)
Half an onion
2 cloves og garlic
2 " ginger
Added 6% canning salt by weight of everything
Mixed 1 caldwells packet with 1 cup of water, added 1/2 half cup
10/26: it rose and fell a couple weeks ago. It's patiently waiting, prob could use more liquid but no mold on top
12/10 - habs & Lemon Mix
A little less than 1/2 gal. Smells fantastic. Tons of citrus. Simmered 25 mins. Med food mill. 1000 ml yield.
Let cool to under 50 c for PH reading: 3.5
Add juice from 2 oranges and blended in a raw ripe mango, ph hung in there
also blended in 1/4 t xanthum
9/28/16 - garden mix
750 grams of mixed peppers
250 of onion and 2 cloves of garlic
6% canning salt by weight of all tht
Added 1/2 cup of that caldwells mix above
10/26: it rose and fell a couple weeks ago. It's patiently waiting, prob could use more liquid but no mold on top
garden mix - 12/10
1/2 gal jar. Simmered 25 mins. Med food mill. 1/3 cup ACV. Yield 1300 ML.
Let cool to under 50 c for Taking ph reading: 3.7
[SIZE=14.6667px]also blended in 1/4 t xanthum[/SIZE]
9/28/16 - habs & Meyer lemon
385 g habs
532 meyer lemon (3 lemons quartered peel on)
Half an onion
2 cloves og garlic
2 " ginger
Added 6% canning salt by weight of everything
Mixed 1 caldwells packet with 1 cup of water, added 1/2 half cup
10/26: it rose and fell a couple weeks ago. It's patiently waiting, prob could use more liquid but no mold on top
12/10 - habs & Lemon Mix
A little less than 1/2 gal. Smells fantastic. Tons of citrus. Simmered 25 mins. Med food mill. 1000 ml yield.
Let cool to under 50 c for PH reading: 3.5
Add juice from 2 oranges and blended in a raw ripe mango, ph hung in there
also blended in 1/4 t xanthum
9/28/16 - garden mix
750 grams of mixed peppers
250 of onion and 2 cloves of garlic
6% canning salt by weight of all tht
Added 1/2 cup of that caldwells mix above
10/26: it rose and fell a couple weeks ago. It's patiently waiting, prob could use more liquid but no mold on top
garden mix - 12/10
1/2 gal jar. Simmered 25 mins. Med food mill. 1/3 cup ACV. Yield 1300 ML.
Let cool to under 50 c for Taking ph reading: 3.7
[SIZE=14.6667px]also blended in 1/4 t xanthum[/SIZE]