Pickles! Post-discussion we had a double-header of pickling: Sarah Rodigari doing her mother’s pickled cucumbers, and Susie Pritchard with pickled okra. Both vegetables were picked up at the Kemps Creek Farm stall in the market, and soused in combinations of… Read more ›
Text by Abby Mellick Lopes [Presented at Making Time in Sydney, 23 Feb 2013] 1. Object Time Typically we understand time as clock time, as a measure of duration. The clock is an organisational tool and it has been organising… Read more ›
Happily, our first preserving session of the season was led by the esteemed Aunty Beryl from Yaama Dhiyaan. Despite torrential rain, Aunty Beryl showed a keen bunch of preservers how to make a munthari berry and apple sauce. We filled… Read more ›
Between munthari berries and pickled okra, Abby Mellick Lopes delivered a beautiful talk, ‘Seeing Things in/as Time’. A text version will be published on this blog soon.
Some useful guidelines for jar sterilisation posted on the 6 Jars blog (a related project that also involves jars with good things inside), posted by Anita – who ALSO happens to be doing pickled carrots for us lucky folk at Making… Read more ›
ON THIS WEEK: 8am – 9:30am | Aunty Beryl (Yaama Dhiyaan) makes munthari berry & apple sauce AND finger lime & orange marmalade 10am – 11am | Discussion: ‘Seeing Things in/as Time’ led by Abby Mellick Lopes 11:30am – 1pm |… Read more ›
Some fascinating history on the Fowler method. We’re using Fowlers Vacola jars for Making Time in Sydney – Any tips on where to track down some extras would be much appreciated!
Last week at Eveleigh Farmers’ Market we picked up some end-of-the-day produce perfect for preserving. Organic tomatoes, zucchini and cauliflower.. and a box of peaches. Anyone have a good pickle or peach jam recipe for Saturday?
Plan of action for the next 3 Saturdays.. remember to book in here for anything you’d like to attend. Note: Each preserving session will cover 2 or 3 recipes – no need to stick around for them all, just come along to… Read more ›
Our Sydney foray kicks off in just over a week. We’re looking for people to share recipes or techniques for preserving ANYTHING, particularly for the first day, Saturday 23 Feb. If you have any time between 8am-1pm and you would… Read more ›
