Quince Liqueur

It’s my favorite time of year: quince time! I’m starting with about 25 lbs this year. Should be enough to make everything on my list: Jelly Vinegar Liqueur Poached Stuffing for Thanksgiving A friend of mine has a speakeasy party every December where many attendees bring their homemade hooches to share. I always bring quince, [...]

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The Quinces Are Here!

Wooooo! Bit of a tradition around here, getting the quinces. Here are some pics. I’ve already made two batches of quince hooch and I’m working on some vinegar as we speak (recipe coming soon). The hooch on the right is darker because I added the grated quince to an empty jar. That gave the quince [...]

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Limoncello, Limecello

Still recovering this morning from El Puerco. Thought I would take a moment to write up the limoncello and limecello recipes because folks realllllllly seemed to like them and we kept trying to tell everyone how easy the ‘cellos are to make. This recipe is from the AMAZING cookbook, Forgotten Skills of Cooking, by Darina [...]

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Happy New Year!

And I say good riddance to 2009 as well. Here’s what I’ll be doing tonight: My sister is a fellow homemade hoochaholic. Over the holiday we swapped, so now I have–in order of preference: strawberry (hers), quince (mine), pomegranate (hers), and apricot (mine). Yum! And a belated Merry Christmas to all from Mr. Pickle!

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Apricot Moonshine

Okay, okay, okay. WHY have I not posted in a week? I’m blaming it on two things: photographs and my idiotically s-l-o-w laptop. I have now written this very post twice because my laptop keeps crapping out on me. I mean, I think when it’s taken me fifteen minutes just to check my e-mail…Houston, we [...]

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Holiday Cocktails

I need a drink! Dear readers, my apologies for the neglect. This time of year is just so chaotic, it’s ridiculous. Remember way back in another galaxy when I made that quince moonshine? Well, I also made some apple moonshine, aka calvados from a big bushel of apples The Man brought home from the farm [...]

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Quince Moonshine

Home sick from work today. Ate something last night that definitely did not agree with me. I hate being sick because I feel (and am), so unproductive. However, in between abusing my bathroom this afternoon, I did manage to make Ratafia de Coings, aka Quince Moonshine: I’ll leave this as-is for a week, shaking it [...]

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