Anny Middon wrote:

> "Sindir" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> >I think I've made a batch of grape jelly successfully. What other
> > recipes are out there using commercial fruit juices? Also, being new
> > to canning, what else could I can? I've made pickles and some
> > jams/jellies. Unfortunately, the pickles aren't ready to be tasted yet
> > and the jams/jellies haven't turned out (with the possible exception of
> > this batch). Please help!
> >
> I'm big on making salsa, but then we eat a lot of salsa here. It's getting
> a bit late in the season to get reasonably priced good tomatoes, though.
> However if you live in an area with ethnic groceries you can usually get
> reasonably priced tomatillos. (I suspect if you live in the right parts of
> the world you can get reasonably priced tomatillos about anywhere, but
> that's not true in my neck of the woods.)
>
> The BBB recipe for tomatillo salsa is very good. I'm holding a few jars of
> what I made in the summer for the Christmas season -- put some tomato-based
> salsa in one side of a dish and salsa verde in the other side and it's an
> instant holiday appetizer.
> I've also been thinking I need to put up some more applesauce -- and of
> course in the northern hemisphere this is the time to get good apples.
> Anny

Did you know tomatillos are rated as weeds in the fields of some farmers I
know? They apparently reseed themselves like crazy. They are particularly hardy
and usually produce well for me. Have you tried to grow them?
Edrena