Fig preserve

Old Fashioned Fig Preserves like Grandma made

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During the Fig Season July 2013 I picked about 20-30 gal figs per week for a 3 week period. I made Strawberry Fig Jam (link to that video below), Old Fashioned Fig Preserves & even froze whole cleaned figs. All of this from that 1 Fig Tree that I have shown in some of my pervious videos.
Strawberry Fig Jam Video
http://youtu.be/EsZGqP2oIH0

I hope seeing this has helped someone but PLEASE refer to Ball Blue Canning book or the Ball Complete Book of Canning (links to these books below). Especially if it is your first time canning. Proceed at your own risk.
The formula/Recipe I use:
1 Part Figs (32 C Figs)
1/2 Part Sugar (16 C sugar)
Mix clean figs & sugar in your pot. Bring up the temp & continue to cook with syrup bubbling slightly for 1-2 hours. Syrup will not appear very thick, this is ok, it will continue to thicken up as it cools & even more so when it is refrigerated (after opening jar).
Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving
By Judi Kingry, Lauren Devine
http://astore.amazon.com/homeshopes-2...

Several Usefuls products for canning such as Water Bath Canner & Canning Kit, Books, jars,etc
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Комментарии:

Lorette Young пишет: EXACTLY HOW I DO IT!! YUMMY, XO, LORETTE

MerAngel12121 пишет: Hey, Red, or anyone else interested, there is a vid called God's Pharmacy, by HerbalLegacy on yt that is really neat. There is one posted w/figs on the pic, from 2009, but you can read the words on the other one with the leeks or whatever it is, on the front, posted in 2008. Short, sweet, vid, w/good info. Check it out. Talks about the clues put into foods that grow, like plants, nuts, etc.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: That is awesome!! I wanted to do some Raspberry this year but could not find any Raspberry Jello? Weird. Maybe I can find some next year?
Yes I also water bath my Jams. Mainly, I think because I feel that the Jam mixtures are not quite a HOT as the large pot of Fig Preserves so am not comfortable that the vacuum will form.
Good for you planting your own tree!! Looking forward to hearing how it does for next year. Thanks for stopping by.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Yes Mam~~I did not Water Bath them at all. My Grandmother never did, My Mom doesn't & I never have. I do Water Bath my jams & Jellies but mostly because I am following recipes (that I am not familar with them with long family history) so I follow what the Recipes says.
Sadly sometimes I think Safety Regulations are put in place for those who have no sense? lol Like Expiration on Eggs? I ignore the expir dates mostly & use my Eyes & Nose to determine because we sure did not grow up with all those

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Wow. I was even older (48) when I tasted fresh cherries for the 1st time last year in Utah! Thanks so much!

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: LOL Thanks Auntie for stopping by.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Ohhh Bread & Butter pickles are so delicious!! Funny, my birds ate way less figs over here also!! Isn't that strange?
Yes that is my breakfast every AM~toast/biscuits with Jam/preserves & Coffee!! Cajuns gotta have their Coffee! LOL

MerAngel12121 пишет: Red, by the way, loved this vid. Figs, &or figs on a biscuit. Sooo Good!. My fav. Live in Nor Cal, but I grew up on family recipes from Oklahoma territory, mixed w/some Scottish and Dutch dishes. I ate much like you have, and my family and I never got sick. I say pay attention to what your body tells you. Doesn't matter if it is natural food or whatever, if I smell it, and don't like the smell that day, I don't eat it. Another day my nose may say yes. On the other, common sense isn't common. : )

Marshinthe Woods пишет: Yummy! Fig preserves and biscuits, I'm salivatin' !
Thanks for sharin', Red.
Best wishes~

nikki mcmains пишет: You just open kettled them? No water bath, or anything? I used to do tomatoes that way in the 1950's and 1960's, and we always did jams and jellies like that. In fact, we just put wax on top. I never did figs, because I had a zillion jars my grandmother and my mom had made. Back then, we didn't know jelly could ever go bad. (Well, I guess it can't. I have some 5 so old it's trying to crystalize.)

Aunt Duddie пишет: Send us a couple of tons please....

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Ok hope I can explain this in text..lol
1 part can mean any amount measured....such as 1 Cup...then your sugar was equal 1/2 Cup. Notice where I said 1 PART Figs to 1/2 PART Sugar. So the actual measured amount can be any amount.
More examples: 12 Cup Figs to 6 cups Sugar. Your sugar amount will always be 50% less or one-half the measured amt of figs.

I have never actually done Pears this exact same way. But I have done them where I don't measure? just by taste?

navajopa31 пишет: RedBerry: I was canning bread and butter pickles yesterday. I did 6 pints. I have some figs to process since the birds have not eaten them all this year like they usually do. I am like you I love toast and biscuits with jam, jelly or preserves.

John Strabismus пишет: I never even tasted a fresh fig until I was about 35. Anyway, your preserves look good.

Allen2045 пишет: I have never treid figs. Except for Fig Newtons. (does that count?) Now Im going to have to try a some fig preserves.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Sorry I did not make myself clear~you did not miss it. I just let them seal on their own (they have lasted a couple years this way). Yayyy for your Grandpa~smart man planting that tree so many years ago!
Yes try a small batch like this & see if you like them. With the ratio you can make as big or small a batch as you desire. Also you can freeze the cleaned (& stem cut off) for cooking later if you choose. Wishing you the best with them & any more ?? just ask away. Let me know how it goes.

SilverStarGazer пишет: I am not sure if I missed it or not but do you water bath these or just let them seal on their own? I know some people do that so I was just wondering. Looks yummy! I have a fig tree behind my shop that my grandpa planted before I was born. I've only eaten them fresh never cooked so I may try this since I always have tons of figs. Thanks! Take care :)

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Thanks so much! Yes I am very fortunate to have my fig trees. I guess that is the Blessings for putting up with this Heat & Humidty! LOL I just love Figs also.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Thanks so much! Sure have been missing you but I saw a vid from you uploaded that I have to catch up on. Glad you are doing ok. Best wishes back to ya.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: You could possibly try a small amount of pears using the Ratio of
3 Parts Fruit to 1 Part Sugar & this will turn into this type equation such as :
6 Cups Fruit
2 Cups sugar

Another way to look at the Math is like this:
3 Parts X 1 cup.....= 3 Cups
1 Part X 1 cup.......= 1 Cup

If you use this equation, then you can always figure your specific amts depending on the Amt of fruit you have available to you. Let me know u need more help understanding this. I really do not mind. Thanks for asking

Catherine Dean пишет: I made raspberry and strawberry fig preserves this summer. I water bath them. I planted my own tree this year so I look forward to home picked next year.

Tammy Jo пишет: I just made some Strawberry fig Jam the other day. I don't like the chunks either so I put them in the Ninja blender and whipped the crap out of them. LOL I have one half of a jelly jar extra. Made homemade biscuits and man was it gooooood!.
TJ

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Awesome!!

Rivet Gardener пишет: I sure do love figs in any way shape or form and you got some mighty fine preserves! I do like the big ones, though I know you don't so no worries, just a matter of taste. So good, thank you for sharing. Sure wish I could grow fig trees here. You are fortunate, and good for you! God bless!

tanyatr34 пишет: I have a question you said 1 part (32 c) figs and 1/2 a part (16 c) sugar. I have a recipe for preserves that calls for 3 parts fruit 1 Part sugar I am new to all of this. does 1 part fruit always mean 32 cups? also can I use this recipe for old timey pear preserves, fig and pears preserves are a lot a like

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Ohhh I just love that stuff too!! Yea that is one way to get them mashed! LOL
I love when I have those lil extras to test!! LOL

Lorette Young пишет: EXACTLY HOW I DO IT!! YUMMY, XO, LORETTE

MerAngel12121 пишет: Hey, Red, or anyone else interested, there is a vid called God's Pharmacy, by HerbalLegacy on yt that is really neat. There is one posted w/figs on the pic, from 2009, but you can read the words on the other one with the leeks or whatever it is, on the front, posted in 2008. Short, sweet, vid, w/good info. Check it out. Talks about the clues put into foods that grow, like plants, nuts, etc.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: That is awesome!! I wanted to do some Raspberry this year but could not find any Raspberry Jello? Weird. Maybe I can find some next year?
Yes I also water bath my Jams. Mainly, I think because I feel that the Jam mixtures are not quite a HOT as the large pot of Fig Preserves so am not comfortable that the vacuum will form.
Good for you planting your own tree!! Looking forward to hearing how it does for next year. Thanks for stopping by.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Yes Mam~~I did not Water Bath them at all. My Grandmother never did, My Mom doesn't & I never have. I do Water Bath my jams & Jellies but mostly because I am following recipes (that I am not familar with them with long family history) so I follow what the Recipes says.
Sadly sometimes I think Safety Regulations are put in place for those who have no sense? lol Like Expiration on Eggs? I ignore the expir dates mostly & use my Eyes & Nose to determine because we sure did not grow up with all those

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Wow. I was even older (48) when I tasted fresh cherries for the 1st time last year in Utah! Thanks so much!

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: LOL Thanks Auntie for stopping by.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Ohhh Bread & Butter pickles are so delicious!! Funny, my birds ate way less figs over here also!! Isn't that strange?
Yes that is my breakfast every AM~toast/biscuits with Jam/preserves & Coffee!! Cajuns gotta have their Coffee! LOL

MerAngel12121 пишет: Red, by the way, loved this vid. Figs, &or figs on a biscuit. Sooo Good!. My fav. Live in Nor Cal, but I grew up on family recipes from Oklahoma territory, mixed w/some Scottish and Dutch dishes. I ate much like you have, and my family and I never got sick. I say pay attention to what your body tells you. Doesn't matter if it is natural food or whatever, if I smell it, and don't like the smell that day, I don't eat it. Another day my nose may say yes. On the other, common sense isn't common. : )

Marshinthe Woods пишет: Yummy! Fig preserves and biscuits, I'm salivatin' !
Thanks for sharin', Red.
Best wishes~

nikki mcmains пишет: You just open kettled them? No water bath, or anything? I used to do tomatoes that way in the 1950's and 1960's, and we always did jams and jellies like that. In fact, we just put wax on top. I never did figs, because I had a zillion jars my grandmother and my mom had made. Back then, we didn't know jelly could ever go bad. (Well, I guess it can't. I have some 5 so old it's trying to crystalize.)

Aunt Duddie пишет: Send us a couple of tons please....

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Ok hope I can explain this in text..lol
1 part can mean any amount measured....such as 1 Cup...then your sugar was equal 1/2 Cup. Notice where I said 1 PART Figs to 1/2 PART Sugar. So the actual measured amount can be any amount.
More examples: 12 Cup Figs to 6 cups Sugar. Your sugar amount will always be 50% less or one-half the measured amt of figs.

I have never actually done Pears this exact same way. But I have done them where I don't measure? just by taste?

navajopa31 пишет: RedBerry: I was canning bread and butter pickles yesterday. I did 6 pints. I have some figs to process since the birds have not eaten them all this year like they usually do. I am like you I love toast and biscuits with jam, jelly or preserves.

John Strabismus пишет: I never even tasted a fresh fig until I was about 35. Anyway, your preserves look good.

Allen2045 пишет: I have never treid figs. Except for Fig Newtons. (does that count?) Now Im going to have to try a some fig preserves.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Sorry I did not make myself clear~you did not miss it. I just let them seal on their own (they have lasted a couple years this way). Yayyy for your Grandpa~smart man planting that tree so many years ago!
Yes try a small batch like this & see if you like them. With the ratio you can make as big or small a batch as you desire. Also you can freeze the cleaned (& stem cut off) for cooking later if you choose. Wishing you the best with them & any more ?? just ask away. Let me know how it goes.

SilverStarGazer пишет: I am not sure if I missed it or not but do you water bath these or just let them seal on their own? I know some people do that so I was just wondering. Looks yummy! I have a fig tree behind my shop that my grandpa planted before I was born. I've only eaten them fresh never cooked so I may try this since I always have tons of figs. Thanks! Take care :)

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Thanks so much! Yes I am very fortunate to have my fig trees. I guess that is the Blessings for putting up with this Heat & Humidty! LOL I just love Figs also.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Thanks so much! Sure have been missing you but I saw a vid from you uploaded that I have to catch up on. Glad you are doing ok. Best wishes back to ya.

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: You could possibly try a small amount of pears using the Ratio of
3 Parts Fruit to 1 Part Sugar & this will turn into this type equation such as :
6 Cups Fruit
2 Cups sugar

Another way to look at the Math is like this:
3 Parts X 1 cup.....= 3 Cups
1 Part X 1 cup.......= 1 Cup

If you use this equation, then you can always figure your specific amts depending on the Amt of fruit you have available to you. Let me know u need more help understanding this. I really do not mind. Thanks for asking

Catherine Dean пишет: I made raspberry and strawberry fig preserves this summer. I water bath them. I planted my own tree this year so I look forward to home picked next year.

Tammy Jo пишет: I just made some Strawberry fig Jam the other day. I don't like the chunks either so I put them in the Ninja blender and whipped the crap out of them. LOL I have one half of a jelly jar extra. Made homemade biscuits and man was it gooooood!.
TJ

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Awesome!!

Rivet Gardener пишет: I sure do love figs in any way shape or form and you got some mighty fine preserves! I do like the big ones, though I know you don't so no worries, just a matter of taste. So good, thank you for sharing. Sure wish I could grow fig trees here. You are fortunate, and good for you! God bless!

tanyatr34 пишет: I have a question you said 1 part (32 c) figs and 1/2 a part (16 c) sugar. I have a recipe for preserves that calls for 3 parts fruit 1 Part sugar I am new to all of this. does 1 part fruit always mean 32 cups? also can I use this recipe for old timey pear preserves, fig and pears preserves are a lot a like

RedBerry at Homestead Hopes пишет: Ohhh I just love that stuff too!! Yea that is one way to get them mashed! LOL
I love when I have those lil extras to test!! LOL
You'll Need:

* 1 kg fresh figs
* 1 kg sugar
* 1 glass water
* Juice of one lemon

Procedures : Put the figs in a pot, boil and drain them. Keep the water and boil it with the sugar for 5 - 10 minutes. Add the figs and remove from fire. Leave the figs in the syrup for one day. Next day simmer the figs until the syrup thickens. Finally add the lemon juice