"Gregory Morrow" wrote:
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>I like some of the compotes and relishes and stuff...I'm going to can some
>for gift giving this holiday and this article gives some new ideas.

I would gift the dried fruit as is and let the recipients decide how
to use them... more often than not folks end up tossing someone elses
home canned attempts into the trash. I love compote but I wouldn't
eat someone elses except that made by my mother... in fact I don't
think compote cans well, I've never seen it sold in stores except as
diy kits; bags of mixed dried fruits... and specialty stores sell
weird versions (extremely sweet) in fancy schmancy baby food sized
jars at rich folk prices. You can save a lot of money by buying dried
fruit in bulk and arranging it yourself in tins/boxes from your local
99¢ Store... I know I would appreciate that but not *used/mystery*
dried fruit.

This is the source I use, highest quality at lowest prices:
http://www.altapacific.com/secure/su....asp?dept_id=1