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  • From: "clanSkeen" <sgian AT planetc.com>
  • To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Favorite homemade gifts
  • Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 09:56:46 -0500

Ray wrote:


Sorry I took so long to reply to your request. Several years ago, I
developed a variant on a Raspberry Jelly recipe I found. During the processing, I
use an amount of Asti Spumante champagne, which adds a wonderful "zing" to
the taste.

This reminds me of my favorite "variation". We put up tons of blackberry jam. If you go ahead and mash the berries then let them begin to ferment in the fridge (overnight often long enough) and then make the jam, mmmm, delicious!

Some of my favorite gifts to give are things like scented body butters and bath salts and the like. Not exactly made off the farm but home made. And I generally wing it as I go so I can't give you a "recipe" but base is usually an oil like coconut. You can do it with any oil and harden it with bees wax (which we do produce on our farm) but I like the way coconut oil melts on the skin.

Denise






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