Sally's GF3 thread

[NanaK]

If I have jam that does set up we still use it.
I have put it on oatmeal, eat like honey with toast or bisquits, pancake or waffle syrup and best of all ice cream topping. I have also put fresh or frozen fruit in a blender with a little ice and a shot of unset jam for sweetening. Blend it all up for a nice healthy frozen treat on a hot day.

All very tasty!

 

[Sally PB]

@NanaK, those all sound good! I have one more to add: mix it into yogurt!

I just made yogurt today, and though I sweeten it with honey, sometimes it just ... needs something.

I picked some more berries today, and there are plenty more coming. I would like to figure this out so that I can make some jam.

 

[Sally PB]

Re: making the jam. I smashed the berries in a big bowl with a potato masher, and then put them through my food mill. It removed a lot of seeds, but a lot of seeds were in the jam too.

I had a thought today: I have a juicer! I could use that to make juice for jelly. I really prefer jam to jelly. I like the texture better.

 

[saysfaa]

I vote for mixing it in yogurt. Yum.

Or dehydrate it and get fruit leather.

 

[Sally PB]

Or dehydrate it and get fruit leather.

OOOOO! Fruit leather...!

 

[Sally PB]

I'm finally able to transfer some pics from my phone to my computer.

This is what the deer did to our car. Sorry, car. I hope parts of you live on in other cars.

 

[Sally PB]

Pictures of extracting honey. First thing: Cover the floor with paper (less slippery) and the face of the cabinets with plastic.

The frames are in the extractor, and hubby is cranking.

Looking down into the extractor. Two frames (removed) sit, facing out. The honey splatters out due to centrifugal force, and runs down the side to the bottom. Hubby thinks he can hook up a cordless drill to run it, instead of the hand crank.

When honey comes out of the frames, it has bits of wax and maybe bits of bees in it. It needs to be strained.

It's a lot cleaner after it's been strained. However, it still has pollen bits in it. It's not filtered, just strained. We just took out the big stuff.

Well, isn't that pretty.

 

[cavemanrich]

Hubby thinks he can hook up a cordless drill to run it, instead of the hand crank.

Just my opinion.
Use a heavy duty corded drill.
Reason: That process does take a segment of time. A cordless, or even a lite duty electric ,,, the workload is too much for that small motor.
You may be replacing your drill sooner than expected.
Here is the idea.
Imagine hooking this pony to wagon in second picture

 

[NanaK]

Just my opinion.
Use a heavy duty corded drill.
Reason: That process does take a segment of time. A cordless, or even a lite duty electric ,,, the workload is too much for that small motor.
You may be replacing your drill sooner than expected.

Good advice!
I almost killed a nice variable speed drill once.
I had a buffing pad attachment. Used it to buff out the boat after I waxed it. Boat looked great but I came close to destroying the drill. Thankfully I noticed it heating up and stopped! Live and learn.

 

[NanaK]

Thanks for the pictures. Interesting process and beautiful honey.