Ep. 676: Where My Sproing At? | Chapters 50-51 / Volume 3, Chapters 14-15

Book talk begins at 22:17.

Frank’s letter. Frank has NOT behaved beautifully, but do us a favor – take his letter at face value. Tune in and hear us out as we go over yarn, a vintage chinois, and other updates.

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• My sock darns—inside

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• Chinois

• Branston Pickle

• Hot crab apple and chili jelly recipe

• Hot crabapple chili cheese

Notes: Omg, I found the recipe!!! Here’s the recipe for Crabapple Chili ‘cheese’—like a chutney but fewer bits—and the recipe for Crabapple Chili jelly—which Thing 2 said tastes like better than real honey…which means I think I needed to cook it longer/higher, but 🤷🏻‍♀️

Either way, make the jelly first then save the pulp after straining to make the cheese.

I didn’t have access to crabapples so instead I went to our local cidery and asked for the tartest/driest apples they had. She did not steer me wrong.

I added a booster step this time:  I have an apple peeler so I saved peels and cores, put them in a cheesecloth bundle, and cooked those down separately to get all the good pectin-y bits out. I reduced it by half then added that to the strained jelly.

I also made this in an instant pot. I can’t always guarantee I’ll be able to get to the kitchen when a timer goes off, so I used our trusty InstaPot on ‘Manual’ for boiling (takes 1-1/2 to 2 one hour cycles to get a good boil on a vat of Fruit pulp) then I used its “slow cook” for simmering.

Worked a dream. I did the cheese in a regular heavy-bottomed saucepan—much less of it to work with.

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