don't compost or throw away those scraps you can make...

[bornthrifty]

vinegar, and or flavor vinegar with scraps from your fruit (peels and seeds and cores and such)
and flavor liquor also





now, as I have now stumbled upon a new recipie for me, that uses peels and pits of peaches to make jelly (basically looks like they soak in water over night and the water is used as the juice as it is now flavored for jelly making)


this got me wondering what else I may be overlooking...

does anyone else have ideas or have made anything interesting out of food scraps, the left over peels and seeds and such that most people take for granted

I think we all know to keep the ends of carrots and onions and skin of garlic, and bones for soup,

but I have a feeling that there are some more clever things that can made from what most people would consider "scrap",

do you know of any?


thanks

 

[freemotion]

Watermelon rind pickles and candied citris rind! My mom used to make these and they were my favorites.

 

[dipence71]

Do you have recipes??

I have peach skins and pits soaking in vodka

 

[MsPony]

Today I grabbed something out of my car for my coworker to take out to the trash with his stuff, and he and SO decided to open it and smell it.

It was Monday nights "chicken bag" which was comprised of EVERYTHING at the table that night.

They smelled it and went "oh geez, thats some vinegar!" I guess I made some vinegar in my car on accident? I dont know what to call it though, seafood/pear & walnut salad/bruschetta vinegar?

 

[Rebecka]

apple cores produce a large amount of pectin. I dont even buy it anymore. If you happen to have an apple tree, there are recipes all over the web that produce a far more stable pectin than what can be purchased.

 

[ORChick]

When cleaning mushrooms there are always bits that get cut off - the stem end for example. I dehydrate these bits, and use them later to make a tasty mushroom broth for use in soups or sauces. I just rehydrate a handful in hot water for 15-20 minutes, and strain out the solids, which then go in the compost.

 

[Kim_NC]

I make peach jelly from pits/peelings every Summer.Usually they're the scraps from canning peaches and making peach jam. I cover the pits/peels with water, boil gently for about 20 min. Cover and let stand overnight, then strain and make jelly the next day. Works like a charm. I just made 25 jelly jars on Thursday...all when into our CSA customers' share boxes.

I also make jellies from corn cobs, beet juice, and pea hulls.

 

[urban dreamer]

I make peach jelly from pits/peelings every Summer.Usually they're the scraps from canning peaches and making peach jam. I cover the pits/peels with water, boil gently for about 20 min. Cover and let stand overnight, then strain and make jelly the next day. Works like a charm. I just made 25 jelly jars on Thursday...all when into our CSA customers' share boxes.

I also make jellies from corn cobs, beet juice, and pea hulls.

Pea Jelly? Recipe please??? (sorry for the post hyjacking!)

 

[i_am2bz]

apple cores produce a large amount of pectin.

I give all my apple cores to my chickens. They LOOOVE them.

 

[Kim_NC]

I make peach jelly from pits/peelings every Summer.Usually they're the scraps from canning peaches and making peach jam. I cover the pits/peels with water, boil gently for about 20 min. Cover and let stand overnight, then strain and make jelly the next day. Works like a charm. I just made 25 jelly jars on Thursday...all when into our CSA customers' share boxes.

I also make jellies from corn cobs, beet juice, and pea hulls.

Pea Jelly? Recipe please??? (sorry for the post hyjacking!)

Here it is :

Pea Hull Jelly

1 gallon pea hulls
2 pkgs. pectin
8 c. sugar

Wash pea hulls thoroughly, at least twice, then bring to boil in a heavy pan with enough water to cover hulls. Boil over low heat 8 to 10 minutes. Strain the juice, approximately 8 cups, and discard hulls.

Combine juice and pectin in heavy saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes.

Add sugar, bring to full rolling boil, and boil an additional minute. Pour mixture into glass jars and seal. Process in WB cannr for 10 minutes.

Purple hull peas produce grape flavored jelly.
White crowder peas produce honey flavored jelly.
Lady peas make apple flavored jelly.