2/12/2024 0 Comments Strawberries golden earthworm farm![]() ![]() Anderson Farms - PYO strawberries (in June)ġ890 Roanoke Avenue, Riverhead, NY 11901.I ended up just wiping the lid, re-closing, cooling, and putting it in the fridge. My jar boiled over during processing (I guess I didn’t have the full 1/2 inch headspace), and didn’t have time to re-process. Process in boiling water bath canner for 10 minutes.Wipe rim, center lid on jar, and twist screw band on. Ladle hot strawberries into jar with 1/2 inch headspace.Transfer pot with strawberries to stove, and heat over medium low until berries are heated through.Cover and set aside in a cool place for 5 – 6 hours. In a large pot, combine strawberries and sugar and toss to coat.4 cups hulled strawberries, large ones halved.Recipe makes one 12 oz jelly jar with a few generous tablespoons left over to eat directly from the pot The recipe was adapted (for batch size) from Ball’s Complete Book of Home Preserving. With strawberries this good looking (and good tasting), I really didn’t want to do that much to them, so I decided to just can them in a simple syrup. ![]() What a privilege to have the opportunity to thank the farmer that grows one’s food! ![]() We actually ran into one of the farmers, Matthew, as we walked around the farm. In addition to the fields, and green houses, Golden Earthworm also keeps heritage breed sheep, pigs and goats. Located on a windy road just past Riverhead, on the North Fork of Long Island, it is picturesque. I mean, when does anyone in central queens have the opportunity to PICK then PRESERVE anything? Umm….never. How fortuitous when I found out that this month’s Can Jam ingredient was _berries! It didn’t take long for me to fill in that blank. This year, we were determined and we made the trek out to Jamesport on an early June weekend to go Strawberry picking. This is our second year with the CSA, but last year, due to a couple of rain-outs, we never made it out to the farm. So it has been pretty unbelievable to join up with the Forest Hills Tuv Ha’aretz CSA, and get delicious, fresh, organic vegetables 6-months out of the year straight from Golden Earthworm Organic Farm. It’s pretty urban here - while not as industrial as Western Queens (like Long Island City), or as suburban as Eastern Queens (like Douglaston), we straddle the line between the city and the suburbs, and there’s nothing that resembles a farmer’s market nearby. ![]()
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