home made quince jelly

I am not a cook - I make simple, easy, healthy food for everyday living.
I am not a baker - do not bake cake, cookies or pudding -- it's not my forte.
But once in a while I make something out of the orfinary.

Sister in law gave me a basket filled with freshly picked quinces. I made it into quince jelly . . . beautiful colour, delicious taste and lovely to look at.

Hier is my aanwysings vir die mooiste, heerlikste en lieflikste kweperjellie :

Sny kwepers in stukke met skil en al - weeg 2 kg af na gesny
Gooi in groot kastrol saam met 2.5 liter water
Was 1 suurlemoen af en sny middeldeur, druk sap uit in kastrol, en gooi in kastrol saam met kweperstukke
Prut vir 1 uur tot goed sag

Gooi deur vergietes sodat sap en pulp apart is
Hou sap eenkant, skep pulp terug in pot
Voeg 1.25 liter water by en prut vir 30 minute
Gooi weer deur vergietes.
Gooi pulp en suurlemoen weg

Meet die sap af en gooi in groot pot
Gooi vir elke 500 ml sap een en 'n kwart koppie wit suiker by
Verhit tot kookpunt, roer totdat al die suiker opgelos het
Kook nou vinnig (ongeveer 1 uur)
Moenie roer nie
Toets op koue piering - skep sap op piering en wanneer afkoel, moet dit jel

Kwepers / quinces

Ek het 'n mandjie vol om jellie of konfyt van te kook, en net vandag tyd. More is weer kantoor toe om te help om ons brood en botter te verdien. Maar so maak ek die tyd om . . . in plaas van te doen wat gedoen moet word . . .
 

Photo of the day

Visiting a private garden open to the public for viewing.

A vegetable garden provides food for all :

"You often say, 'I would give only to the deserving'. The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture. They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish." -- Khalil Gibran --

First weekend in January I planted the first plants in my veggie patch / potager. It was brinjals, tomatoes, runner beans, squashes, sunflowers, artischoke and marigolds.

In March we had our first harvest.

Glorious coloured brinjals and squashes.

We savoured the veggies and the flowers.

 A heart shaped tomato -- how cool is that ! ! ! !

Late March we expanded the veggie patch and planted cauliflower, brussel sprouts, green peppers, broccoli, peas, camomile and more marigolds.

A week after the planting we had colder weather and rain. The snails came out of hiding and feasted on the Brussels sprouts, marigolds, broccoli, peas and green pepers.

We placed on numerous places between the cauliflower plants cleaned yoghurt buckets filled with a little beer to attract the snails away from the plants. Let's see if that works.

The beauty of flower and brinjal.

I could not resist to try a water colour --

Now, back to watering the veggie patch.