Poor Man's Honey -- MESQUITE BEAN Jelly Recipe & Taste Test
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- All right, what do you do with a big bag of honey mesquite beans that lands on your doorstep? Make some jelly, of course! Watch me tackle this sweet smelling bean that comes from a totally different environment -- and see how my jelly compares to the one I was sent. 🍯
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Thank you Emmy for the shout out! I'm so glad you enjoyed them. Yes, I did use a lot of beans and I boiled them for some time. Mine did not set the way they should have the first attempt and I had to put them all back in a pot and use the Ball brand pectin instructions for re setting thin jellies. I made it I a large batch and doing so can cause setting issues. The consistency changed a bit but the flavor was great.
I wonder if the bees foraging from my blossoms before the beans sprout make their honey taste like the beans themselves. The taste of the honey is very reminiscent of those flowers scent. I find the jelly to be very floral.
You were spot on though with the oatmeal, cinnamon, biscuit flavor …. now that you say it, YES it does!! The Moapa Valley is known for their Pomegranates and the Pomegranate Festival is fast approaching. Vendor after vendor have Pomegranate jelly, Pom Fudge, Pom syrups.... you name it! I was thinking I'd introduce my Honey Mesquite Jelly, however, I don't think I'm prepared to make the quantity I would need to sell it this year. Next year I will get my ducks in a row and have a booth featuring.. I'll be making the Pom jelly when My Pomegranates are ready for harvest and send you some and a bag of Poms as well.
By the way, the boiled down mesquite pods... I freeze them instead of composting them. I give my horse and goats that as a treat in the cooler months. They are a good source of protein for them and helps them stay warm. I give my ducks and chickens them even in summer and they love them too. They are nice and sticky and sweet, kind of like a sweet oat farm feed.
Again, Thank you and glad you enjoyed it! The video was wonderful and I am enjoying sharing it. I have a lot of friends who are also avid Emmymade in Japan fans and they were tickled to see you do this one. I've had a lot of jelly requests out of it! LOL! Good thing I froze a bunch of juice for later jelly making. I may have to make more sooner than later. With 5 Huge Honey Mesquite Bean Trees, I have to do something with all those pods. I hate to see them go to waste!!
Thanks for sharing, Shelly!
I'm in Arizona right below you and I've made Pom jelly 30 years or so ago as a coworker had paper bags full from her bushes and gave me the whole lot. I decided I was going to make jelly! Not knowing how to "juice" the poms I opened them and used an electric orange juicer! LOL What a mess! Stained everything but the jelly came out fantastic and such a beautiful color! I gave out little jars of the jelly out for Christmas gifts and people loved it!
Another Emmy watcher from Moapa Valley!!
Been eatin them raw here in Moapa Valley (Logandale) since I can remember!
Wow emmy teaches so much thank you sharing your wisdom with her so we can see this. Wow!
Let me tell you, Mesquite Honey is literally the best honey I've ever had. Because mesquite flowers, bees can obviously harvest from it and that honey is SO GOOD.
I love the flavor of Mesquite- I have never heard of these beans! I’m a gardener, LOVE my food garden! Sitting, literally surrounded by my seeds right now! I was immediately interested in this idea!
Is it just me or is her voice so calming.
Like anxiety who?
I love her voice/voices very easy to listen to
Yes!! Emmy has the loveliest voice!! 🥰❤️
Hyacinthus 1 that’s why it’s hilarious when she says an almost naughty word lol!! 😂
So calming, sometimes I'll have her videos playing in the background to my nap 😆
jack taylor agreed!! I wish she did ASMR videos about bug eating 😂🥰 who knows, we might wake up curious about entomology 😂
Emmy: itadakimasu
Captions: “Eat the vacuum all”
ate the lucky mass 😌
black hole emmy
I got "Meat the vacuum all"
The mas at the end really sounded like mos, i felt like she's now on purpose saying "eat the ducky moss" XD
MrMyopinionsmatter mmmm ducky moss
So cute seeing someone's reaction to Mesquite tree beans. I am from Tucson Az and grew up on the reservation. As kids we would take the dryed beans off the trees and chew on them like gum. They were are candy. And going out with our elders to pick the beans so you could grind them up and make all kinds of wonderful things. Thank you for bringing back that beloved memorie.
What other things could you make?
It's sort of like flow. You can make all kinds of cakes, cookies, bread. With the ground up beans.
@@samanthamcfadden2022 thanks!!
That’s so lovely and amazing to learn!
Thank you.
Omg! I use to eat those beans when I was a kid with my grandpa. I've been missing him recently and this brought back good memories. I never knew what they were called and have been searching for them for a while. Thanks you! 😍
Since your are a beekeeper you should try making mead it's really simple and quite good
Oh that’s a great idea!
What's mead ?
@@chuckychuck8318 honey wine 🐝🍷
@@bodyofhope It's probably more apt to say that wine is grape mead.
Grape mead is actually called a pyment strictly speaking mead is a fermented honey beverage often what's called honey wine is honey flavored white wine real mead has honey for at least 51% of its fermentable sugars
I had these in my backyard for ten years in Arizona and never knew you could eat them. Let alone that they were sweet! 🤯
You can make flower out of them as well
I remember thinking the same thing! I had read online that the beans were great food for wildlife such as deer and coyotes when there’s not other food around but I had no idea that so much could be done with these beans! I have been making Mesquite being jelly now for about five or six years. I did learn however you do not want to make a batch and freeze it and then try to make it later because it does something really weird the taste and it is not good lol
Use left over or rings from your canning to place on the bottom of your pan. My mom used this in her canner because she didn't like the rack the canner came with.
If you were to press the foil with a heavy duty plate or cutting board, that would make it flat. But using extra rings is a great idea!
I've used extra rings in a pinch. Just don't leave them in the water very long when you're done, they'll rust. Oh, and place them topside up.
Or just a clean tea towel on the pot bottom. That's what my Nana used. Doesn't have to be metal.
Emmy' ability to descbribe taste, flavor and aroma is really amazing.
My mom likes to run over mesquite beans cuz it makes the best crunching sound ever it’s honestly so funny.
Francisco Gallego she sounds crazy XD
@@ksoundkaiju9256 i mean, crunching sounds are so satisfying to hear. It's kinda like playing with a bubble wrap.
lol my mom does that too!
It's like intentionally walking over fallen leaves so you can hear the crunch😂
This year, you could be getting cool trades by sending packages out to would-be Tuber canners(always being mindful of agricultural regulations, though)!
My horse loooove mezquite beans, and i wanted to know why so one day i tried them, and they are reaaaaally sweet and quite delicious
I could see it now Auntie Emmys, Poor mans honey. That's a million-dollar production.
marqus pinnock I would buy it in a heartbeat
Auntie Emmys, Vegan Honey 🌱🍯
Auntie? I think aunt emmy sounds better
Auntie? Aunt? Is your target group 5 year olds? Though on second thought yes. Vegans are no smarter than calling Emmy Aunt, so..
@@latiolaisgradnigo auntie emmys [ insert any product here ]. I like it!
I just made 8 jars of cotton candy grape jelly. So good 😍
Those grapes are wonderful!!!!!
Scott Moxie You must have spent a lot of money. They’re very expensive. My sisters boyfriend sells produce wholesale. He brought us a bunch of them. They’re like 9 dollars per bag. Personally, I thought they were too sweet. But, everyone else loved them. My niece, especially.
@@Appaddict01 not really. The are only 4 dollars a pound here.
@@Appaddict01 there are a lot of grape varieties that claim to be cotton candy grapes which are cheaper, kinda like you used to be able to call any bubbly wine champagne, or any fatty beef wagyu
Cotton candy grapes? What rock have I been under.!😲 Lol. Rhetorical😜🤣but iv never heard of em!!
Wow did anyone else notice how perfect those can lid sounds she made were?
bean juice jelly sounds gross, but trust me its delicious!
Coffee is bean juice too I guess!
Mellifex Farm I would definitely try!! My father in law lives in Vegas, I’m going to check this out! In September we’re going to Mount Charleston to collect pine nuts (pignons) from stone pine trees. I’m interested in trying a new pesto recipe 😃 using Native American pignon 😃
Roxas in Japan Not really my family in Dominican Republic makes this.
@@lankytor6396 I did that. It was one of the most exausting day in my life. Take giant bags and prepare to be covered in pine sap!
Honey mesquite has up to 2 inch thorns that are sharp as hell!
I live in Arizona, my house is in middle of desert. There is mesquite trees everywhere in my area and when it rains they release the most delicious smell😤🙌
H0NEYMOURN I’m in AZ too, but two hours north of Phoenix
Born and raised in Tucson, love Mesquite trees!
H0NEYMOURN That sounds magical!!!!
One very important note when canning, don’t tighten the rings after the jars have cooled. You run the risk of breaking the seal without realizing it. Thanks for sharing this information! Going to have to find some of that the next I’m out west. ❤️ from Wisconsin
Tysm I was gonna do that but u prevented it. Have a nice night!!
I’m in Vegas, people toss these things out by the bagful
Thanks for this, gonna try it out
Grind them up in a blender and use some in your baked goods!
According to Ball you no longer need to preheat the lids to soften the seal, "Preheating lids is not required. After extensive testing by our Quality Assurance Team, we found that it is no longer necessary to pre-warm lids before use." Canners I know are having more seal failures when they are overheating them before using the new "suretight" lids.
My aunt used to spray them down with vodka and "flambé" hers😂
Leaving the rings on can lead to false seals being mentained after the original seal fails.
Good to know! Thank you.
I always thought you boiled the rings and lids to sterilize them! At least I think thats what my grandmother told me.
@@Birdbike719
It also used to be necessary to soften the rubber of the seal, like you had to boil the rubber bands of the glass jar (with glass lid) variety my grandparents had their fruit preserves in.
@@Birdbike719 my mom always took the rings off one they popped and cooled.
In Mexico we chew on tender mesquite beans. They're delicious and so sweet!!!!
Oh wow! I live in Chicago, so no mesquite bushes around here and thus no beans...but I will have to remember that if I am every in the Southwest or in Mexico.👍
Dionicio Baca - very true ! I just remembered that . Fam is from Aguascalientes :) for summer break we used to hangout at my grandfathers farm where he had tons of these trees :)
@@freshlove7926 I bet you have a lot of great memories!
Parnell The Chef - i do !!! If you go to Mexico you can find Mequites everywhere . I found a tree in Northern CA but they were kinda weird lol and probably a different type of Mesquites
@@freshlove7926 Interesting. I think I've seen barbecue sauces with "mesquite" flavoring, so it appears to be popular!
I live in New Mexico, there's so many mesquite's around here. This jelly and cactus apple jelly are both popular around here.
@@osakarose5612 yesssss that's what I meant, but for some reason we called it cactus apple. I remember going to Carlsbad Caverns, and going to White City, they had prickly pear jelly snd prickly pear lemonade
I love making prickly pear cactus jam. Its amazing!
Will be on the lookout for those when I get back to NM!
That sounds delicious. Don’t have anything like those on the east coast. We just have peaches, lots of em.
Back when I lived on my grandparent's ranch I would just chew on them when walkin' around.
Cows also love them.
I wonder what it would be like to use the beans to make a syrup rather than jelly?
I think you'd just leave out the pectin.
@@longyarn4288 or use very little. Simple syrup is pretty runny on its own 🍻
I did it, and added vodka and cured in the refrigerator. Mesquite bean liqueur! Mix with gin, lemon soda and rhubarb bitters. AMAZING
@@longyarn4288 I know you'd leave out the pectin I was talking more about if it would be a better end product than jelly since you could do a lot more with it.
@@soldierofmisfortune6284 - Ah, I see. 🤷♀️
Try mesquite flour! Make skillet bread with it! It's so good! I grew up with mesquite foods. XD
*bruh sound effect* i would never imagine dio, an edgy 150 year old vampire, watching these videos. this is so epic
I had no idea you could make bread from this
When I was little we were really poor and always kinda hungry my dad worked construction near parks and we live in the south so he would pick us beans and we would eat the shell and the pulp but not the seeds I can assure you they are delicious and surprisingly sweet
Sounds delicious!!!!!
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Here's a caption from left field. " meet the vacuum all". Again thank you. You have the brightest and bubbliest personality of anyone I have ever seen. Simply contagious. Greetings from North Carolina.
You can put a kitchen towel at the bottom of the pot (in the water) if you don't have a rack
Like a white towel? That way no dyes soak out? It sounds weird but if the towel is soaked it not in any danger of burning
That’s what I learned to do
That what I learn to do in culinary school to use a towel and it really doesnt mater about the dye there is a glass jar in lid in between the water and product and unless you have some poorly made towels and the bleed dye why are you using them I your kitchen
I watched a cook's country segment on canning and for canning they
reccomend using bottled lemon juice because you get the exact same amount of acid in each batch. It's the one instance where bottled lemon juice is preferable.
I used Italian Volcano Lemon Juice in mine ( the one I sent her). In non acidic foods you definitely need to make sure you have enough acidity to preserve and can.
@@cowgirlagogo101 I always find canning so interesting because my grandama did it for years so I loved this particular recipe.
@@karenwichmann7986 it's just so unique tasting! I hated to see all those beautiful beans onto waste. I give my horse and goats them but thought out side of mesquite bean flour there must be something I can do with it. I make Pomegranate jelly every fall from our own trees and thought I could do the same with the beans. I did a Google search and found some recipes for mesquite bean jelly and was so pleased with how yummy it actually was!
@@cowgirlagogo101 I'd never heard of it until Emmy's video . My grandma used to make a red currant jelly that people fought over. I live hearing about people's regional food.
Ohhh my god. I grew up in northern Mexico and we would just snack on these as kids.
When the beans were still fresh or dried?
@@KeishaPlnt Dried!! When fresh, they're really nasty and bitter. Dried mesquite pods are just dang tasty.
@@sunshineLEMONAID Thank you. Wonder if I can find some online. No trees I know of in South Florida.
Really? What's the bean's name in spanish? I want to try them myself!
@@bultaeroune2797 Spanish: Mezquite, English: Mesquite. The English word was borrowed from the Spanish word mezquite, which in turn was borrowed from the Nāhuatl term mizquitl (Nāhuatl is a Prehispanic Mexican language, still spoken in some regions of Mexico).
Absolutely fabulous that you gave thanks to your subscribers....what a great gift from her
My five year old LOVES LOVES LOVES your channel, especially fruity fruits. He sings the intro song all the time. He also loves that you are a bee keeper. 😂💛💛 He think's you are the coolest. We love you!
Before you store the jars, remove the rings. That way if a seal fails you will know it! If you leave the rings on it can keep the lid compressed down and disguise a failed (loose )seal, putting you at risk for consuming spoiled food. Love your content so much, thanks for making such a fun and informative channel!
you could make dandelion honey in spring :)
This is tedious to do
@@rowenn1729 Its not the first time @EmmyMadeInJapan does something tedious!
I am curious as to how the jelly she made here compares to dandelion jelly. I make dandelion jelly every spring, and it is so delicious!
@@queenally2873 when can I invite to your home to taste your jelly ?
Queenally dandelion honey is actually not jellied, it is made into a sirup by reduction so it has the same consistency as honey 🍯 i think we might talking different things 😄🤔
Rubber bands on the tongs. Emmy your tips and resourcefulness are a blessing! So many things to learn. You are a teacher leader guider! Your vids bring me peace.
Please do mayhaw jelly. I grew up eating my uncle Edgar’s mayhaw jelly and I miss it so much since I moved up north.
Your canning lid-popping noise imitation was perfect!
Love your channel. I can't wait to tell my vegan friends about this! (They can omit the butter easily).
My hubby is interested in beekeeping and taken a few classes on it. We may begin next year.
BTW, Your "popping" noise is on point!
Corn cob jelly tastes very much like honey as well and would be a great vegan substitute!
I was about to comment , her popping noise is perfect lol
A tsp. of any low flavor or complimentary flavor fat can be used for that step. It really is just to knock down the foam so it can be ignored during cooking and then skimmed more easily at the end.
I had no idea. What a great way to get rid of the pods. Mesquites are an invasive species so I’m glad there are even more ways to eat them. This way the pods won’t grow and make more trees. Sweet!
Nothing quite like mesquite beans. As a kid in the southwest, we'd suck and munch on pods (dry with rattly beans) freshly plucked from the tree. Great snack.
My mom does that also
Emmy I’m happy you’re a bee keeper because you are one of the few people keeping the bees alive still thank you for being one to save our earth in one way I want to be a bee keeper but I can’t because I don’t know if I’m allergic but I know my dad is allergic to bees which is sad because they are really lovely creatures
So... I'm in Portland, OR, not the SW. I used to live there, and I miss those! But I do have lilacs, and lots of rosemary that blooms. For years, I have been making lilac syrup, and rosemary blossom syrup to give to friends. I am going to try them as jelly this spring. Why didn't I think of this before???
Awesome! The flowers of the Pac NW are a marvel!
Ok. Where is your website and how can I buy some lilac and/or rosemary syrup? Do you do rose or lavender honey/syrup/jelly?
I swear I go to all the farmers markets and can never find these particular ones. I’m going to make my own lavender jelly next year (the lavender has taken two years to mature enough so I can harvest it for jelly) but I would much rather buy them from someone who makes them regularly then have the I-only-do-this-once-and-it’s-just-meh ones that I will produce. 😂
@@x0thorn0x I don't actually make it to sell, but I am going to start a youtube channel soon, and will teach you how!
I can fully imagine how sweet lilac jelly would be!
I have honey mesquite all over my property in the high desert in Texas! My trees have flowers now so, beans are sure to follow! So glad I saw this ❤️
Use a round cake cooling rack. Store without the rings.
The world is definitely a better place with u and people like you in it Emmy!!
I've been a subscriber for almost from the beginning and am so happy that I stumbled onto your page.
You and your content are exactly what the creaters of RUclips were aiming for when creating it.
Canning food preserving, jams, jellies and the craft of food storage is what differentiates those that starve and those household that feed others
Of all the foods you've tried in videos I'm the most intrigued by the mesquite bean jelly
i used to play with these when i was small... and i am from west india...
i am glad they are spread all over the world
i used to have a mesquite tree in my backyard, and when i was seven i hit my head on it while i was on my swing 😳✌️
Oop 😳
Awww! Does it still hurt? 😉
Thank you for sharing your story. You are so brave. ❤️
anyibsdungeon ouch! Did the thorns get you?
LOL
Hello Emmy, I doubt you'll see this but try this trick I use. Instead of butter use a light shot of nonstick cooking spray which will also help with foaming. It is also neutral in flavor.
coming home to put my feet up and Emmy is waiting with a canning video. yyaassss
Emmy is such an ICON🦋
Used to pick them near LV. Thought only the critters ate them until recently.
We is critters!
This lady is just so resplendent... I love how open she is to experimenting with other cultures.
For some reason seeing those, I have the strangest urge to eat some funyuns.
Al Rodriguez X I thought they were onion rings.
I live in south Texas and as kids we’d pick them before they were completely dry and chew them! Super fun sweet treat while playing outside. Plus there were always plenty to have
8:24pm Central Florida. Pray the hurricane shifts waaaayyyyy to the right.
I'm in SC and we're suppose to get hit head on! Comparative to Hugo! We were without power for almost 3 weeks with Hugo and a lot of people lost their lives!
I’m in Jacksonville. Happy enough with the shift so far today. Good luck, everyone!
Praying for you all. I have family in Florida.
@@FayeBush381 Thank you! Prayers for your family! I have family in Florida too!
Sending good vibes your way. I have family in the St Pete and Orlando areas.
Growing up, I have always seen those trees and beans everywhere! Never knew this could be done, let alone putting them to any use. Amazing! You learn something new everyday! Thank you for this 😊
I love your videos Emmy thank you so much for everything you do ❤️
How does she stay so thin eating all these good things and I’ve never heard her say she down right don’t like something she’s always so positive
You can also make flour from the beans Emmy!
THAT’S why Alyssa Edwards make that noise!
alyssa edwards is a jar of HUNNY
*dumbfounded af from realization*
I made some dandelion jelly this year. Now that tastes like honey! so yummy!
When I make jam, I just use dishwasher clean jars, fill them with jam, seal, then invert them onto a cloth and leave to cool. The jam is so hot that it kills any mould or bacteria. inverting them sterilises the lid area as well.
Emmy, this is a great video and I can't wait to try mesquite bean jelly. A couple of tips, if you don't have a rack for your large pot, you can use extra rings from canning. Just place them down and put the jars on top. Also you can use a tea towel. Next, according to Ball (the manufacturer of jars and lids for home canning) you should no longer boil the lids or simmer them. The formulation for the red "ring" no longer needs to be heated to seal. Thanks again for the video.
wow I LOVE that you did this!!!!! I have grown up in southern Arizona and grew up sucking on these and making tea out of them LOL.
I would love a recipe of this! Lol
I lived in Arizona from 2-26 and never heard of this! I feel gypped! Lol
You're such a lovely person to watch dear Emmy! Your videos always calm me down.
I've lived in south Texas for 2 decades, and mesquite is all around. So when I saw this, I had to click!
I as well..... Southern Texas bred and I know I've seen these before lol but they were always dried up and we're just fun to step on to her a crunch lol I had no idea you could use them lol yes learn something new everyday 😉😂
@@osakarose5612 - Moms always think the stuff they are not familiar with is poisonous! 😂😂😂
@@osakarose5612 same here lol no idea they were editable hahaha
@@osakarose5612 I always heard they were poisonous as well...And that mulberries always had worms! I still ate them though, but always looked twice! Do you just eat the beans inside the pod, or can you chew on the pods as well?
If you're ever in Arizona, there's a brand of honey you can get where the bees were fed on Mesquite blossoms. You can get beginning of season and end of season honey, with the end of season honey having an almost spicy taste to it.
The process reminds me of how Corn Cob Jelly is made.
I would love to try this. Someone else might have mentioned this already, but you can use a silicone trivet or a folded tea towel in the bottom of the pot or, if you have extra bands from your jars, zip tie a few together in a daisy shape (or a triangle/ square/ whatever fits in your pot).
Love the foraging episode! Probably not going to get to harvest Mesquite beans in Missouri. But, loved the instruction. Btw: No need to boil the lids or seals anymore for canning. Just hot water will do. Also, I’ve been canning for over 40 years without a temper between the pot bottom and jars. Not a single lost jar.
Taste Dandelion Jelly, it more simular to honey
Her voice is sooooo soothing omg 😴👍🏻
I was always taught that if you don't have a rack you should put a folded tea towel in the bottom of the pot. also if you don't have enough jars to fill the pot add additional jars of water to fill the empty space and keep your jars from rattling. I toast my mesquite beans before steeping for jelly it darkens the liquid and enhances the flavor.
Hmm..poor man's Honey is North Georgia is "Shine w/t Sing added".
It's been over 40 yrs, and I remember making raspberry jam with my aunt's. They used wax to seal the jars., And Certo to firm up the cooked berries. We have 1 jar left, it's kinda discolored, but we'll try it anyhow. My mom and her older sisters learned how to can during the depression.
i grew up in arizona and as a (weird) kid i took a bite out out of one of these and my mind was BLOWN when it was sweet. great time
Took me 2 times to read the title to realize that there’s no such thing as ‘mosquito’ beans 😄
AdamDrawsStuff omg yeah that’s what I read it as too lmao I was expecting her to bring out sum bugs
idkhello bugmas came early 🐜🦗🕷
Thank you!!! I am an herbalist and I wildcrafting as much of my medicinal as possible. And in an area of SW NEW Mexico where I wildcrafting other herbs, there are the mesquite trees. And I have always wanted to learn how to make the mesquite pod jelly. Now I know how!! Thank you!! This year for sure, that will be included with my wildcrafting harvest
Emmy, I love your videos!!! Things have changed with canning through the years and many things once thought to be safe are no longer. Or things your grandmother etc. may have passed down to family members etc. are not safe. I highly recommend only using tested recipes, a good place to start is the National Center for Home Food Preservation. My grandmother taught me how to can and then years ago I went to school for home preservation. Things are just safer now. Love your videos!!!
Thank you for pointing this out! People think just because “grandma always did it that way” then it must be safe. Back in great grandma’s days, she had 10 kids and a few probably didn’t make it to adulthood.
I am so excited about this recipe! My family is from Northern Nevada, and ate Nevada honey (and loved it) for years😂. We moved to Oregon and do miss some of the gifts of Nevada. I am going to reach-out to friends to get these beans. I love creating in my kitchen. Thank you!
Great video, love your hair Emmy. Blessings from San Antonio, Texas! 🙏🏼♥️🤠
A tip for pasterisation of preserves - no need for a rack, just pop a folded rag/tea towel on the bottom, it does the job, is fairly even and soft so it helps to avoid shattering the jars
Emmy why don’t you use your electric pressure cooker to can your stuff?! It’s SOOOOOOO MUCH EASIER!
It increases the likelihood of seals not forming when cooled which increases risks for illness from canning mostly botulism
Emmy just a note from an old canner - get those rings off after the jars seal - that is a safety measure. If the lids pop open at some time you will not realize it because the rings will allow them to reseal, if you take the rings off while they are on the shelf you will know right away and not expose yourself or family to deadly botulism - you can always reuse the rings later after you have opened it and the jar is in the fridge.... I'd love to try that jelly, I've never heard of those beans, they sound good!
I’ve made dandelion “honey” before. Basically the same process but with the bright yellow petals from dandelions. Great to make in the spring.
Anybody else here play Happy Acres on FB? I had no idea this was a real thing! I learn so much from you Emmy!
The bag at the beginning made me think i clicked on ASMR by mistake.
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I love to eat these! I live in Sonora, it is very common to just pick them off the ground and munch on them. I think they taste like green tea.
Thank you for this video Emmy, and digress all you want.. ☺
Ken Taylor Half the fun of her digressions is waiting to hear her say “but I digress...” 😉
Hey, I have that book! Definitely motivation for me to give it a closer look!
I love Mesquite being jelly! In fact this recipe from edible Austin is the exact one that I used when I started making jelly! A friend of mine had told me about about mesquite mean jelly about 10 years ago and I had never heard about it before and we have a field passed our property where tons of Velvet mesquite trees grow here in Fort Worth Texas so every year I make a small batch! ♥️👍🏼 My advice is not to have more beans but let it simmer longer than 10 minutes and let it steep longer than 30 minutes.
I have a hard times honey recipe I've been meaning to try. Comes out of the Australian Early Settlers Household Lore, from the historical village of Sovereign Hill, in Ballarat VIC Australia. It contains a beautiful range on hard times recipes.
Lemon Parsley Honey
2 Cups Parsley, 2 Lemons
3 Pints Water, 1 1/2 lbs. Sugar
Wash parsley, do not remove stalks. Slice lemons and remove pips. Cover parsley and lemons with water and boil gently until parsley is yellow and liquid reduced to half the quantity. Strain through scalded jelly bag. Add sugar and boil until mixture jells slightly, when tested on a cold saucer.
There's also a delightful recipe for a Deviled Sandwich Bake, which I found absolutely delicious. If you want to know more I'd be happy to send you any information or recipes contained :)
Lookin' great! Yummy honey.
You do the lid noises SO well.
Mesquite bean tea, is one of my favorites!
This just reminded me of maple tree samaras, or 'helicopters' or 'whirlybirds'. They are a late spring treat, most people hate cleaning them out of gutters & yards, but they are totally edible! You can eat them raw or roasted, you just have to peel/squish them out of the pod! I usually have to fight my husky for them when they are falling, he loves jumping at them so I always share a few by tossing him a handful and watching him have a blast!
I remember these from going to Tucson as a kid with my dad. We would take these off of the tree and chew on them for the sweet flavor. They called them Mequitas. I never made the connection to mesquite wood and trees. Very cool.