Wild Jams and Jellies: Delicious Recipes Using 75 Wild Edibles

By Joe Freitus

Book Overview

Contains countless recipes for jams, jellies, pickles, preserves, sauces, and butters, including: - Blueberry Jam - Strawberry Jelly - Cocoplum-Amaretto Sauce - Sapphireberry Preserves - Prickly Pear Jam - Spicy Black Gum Jelly - and many more Jam lovers looking for an alternative to preservatives, synthetic sweeteners, and artificial flavors have long turned to wild edibles as a source for their own spreads and condiments. Wild Jams and Jellies is an excellent primer on the art and science of creating these delectables, covering all the equipment you'll need as well as essential techniques for selecting plants, adding sugar and pectin, cooking on a stove or microwave, choosing containers, and creating a firm seal. It also includes hundreds of time-tested recipes, from familiar favorites such as cranberry sauce and grape jelly to more exotic selections like passion flower rum sauce and manzanita chow chow. Each one is a delicious treat, more flavorful, nutritious, and satisfying than anything you'll find in a supermarket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811732479
• ISBN13: 9780811732475
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Good Addition

I usually wait to review a book in this genre until after I've tried recipes, but since I'm not confident in my wild berry collecting skills (yet) and the season's past for this year, I'll review it based on just reading it. I think this book was very good, most of the various wild foods had 4-6 recipes each, excpet some of the nuts. The directions seem to be very well written and clear; I don't think I'll have a problem using them. This book, because it is focused on wild foods, would have greatly bennefited from colored pictures particularly for those individuals who are new to collecting wild edibles. Typically, I don't need pictures in a cook book but I think with the potential danger of collecting a wild plant that is toxic would boost my confidence. The other thing that I really would have liked to see in this book was a better description of what the fruit tasted like and perhaps what the recipe would go with (besides toast). Overall, I'm glad I purchased it.