The FSC Book Club is rocking! We’ve got 92 members signed up on Goodreads and are diving into homemade cookery and pantry staples as an awesome virtual group. For this assignment, we looked at Chapter 3 (Canned Fruits, Vegetables & Beans) and Chapter 4 (Condiment, Spices & Spreads) of The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying & Start Making.
One of my food goals for 2012 was to make more of my own condiments so I was glad to have a little kick in the pants from the FSC Book Club to get some condiment-making in before the year ends. We asked people what their favorite condiment is and the big winners were sriracha, tomato jam, hummus, peanut butter, ketchup, pesto & mustard, among others. I am of the high-brow culinary tradition that a squirt of ketchup is good on almost anything. As a youngster, I was known to top my macaroni and cheese with ketchup. Confession: I’ve never made it myself! I have a bottle of Heinz in my refrigerator at all times. Until now…
Awesomely, the conversation thread for the 2nd assignment turned into a sauerkraut lovefest. People were fermenting all over the place, and it’s no wonder since my fridge has exactly three heads of cabbage from our CSA. Time to make sauerkraut or kimchi, methinks.
Don’t forget to follow the book club on Twitter, tag us (@FSCBookClub) and use the #FSCBookClub hashtag when you post. Same hashtag on Instagram too.
Other great check-ins from assignment 2:
“Another view of my growing pantry. I have lots of great jams from the food swaps!” -Lauren V.
“Here’s Alana’s delicious lasagne made with homemade ricotta, mozzarella and sauce! The kitchen was a wreck, but I’ll certainly do it again.” -Robin-Lucie K with FOUR recipes in one!
“I made Alana’s awesomely easy buttermilk ranch dressing (and used it in a Brussels sprout slaw) — I’ll never hit the bottle again!” – Julianne of Kitchen Ninja. (Full post here.)
“Oh, man. Homemade ketchup. Can you tell I liked it?” -Jackie of Auburn Meadow Farm
A great hybrid recipe for applesauce from Meg at Small World Supper Club.
I need a recipe for pickling habanero peppers, or a salsa recipe. I have four bushes still producing in Oct. I live in north east Georgia and still have jalapeno’s producing also along with green chilli’s. Is there some way to combine all three and pickle them? Thanks Ellen from Georgia