Interesting, I’ve had no such issues so far. The few batches I’ve made, I loosely followed the recipe but mostly eyeballed the amount, and it’s always come out tasty. I’ve yet to try this round, though

Just brine, and some peppercorn and mustard seed

PSA for everyone canning at home: Apparently, pickled garlic can still develop botulism after being water-bath canned, so it’s recommended to keep it in the fridge and eat it quickly. I learned this from several recipes after making it, and probably wouldn’t try it again for that reason

I did a mixture of these 3 recipes,

• https://curlygirlkitchen.com/lemon-marmalade/#recipe

• https://www.alphafoodie.com/simple-ginger-marmalade-ginger-jam/#wprm-recipe-container-33888

• https://untoldrecipesbynosheen.com/spiced-citrus-ginger-marmalade/#recipe

I’ll try to do a write-up, but was mostly flying by the seat of my pants…

5 large (about the size of my hand) pieces of ginger 2 lemons 1/2 navel orange 2.5 cups sugar 1 packet gelatin Cloves, star anise, turmeric

Cut ginger into slices and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain, but save the cooking water as ginger tea, with a bit of sugar added. The last 10 minutes, I added some cloves and star anise to the simmering pot, but the flavour wasn’t really noticeable in the final product, so may want to try adding them sooner. Then puree the boiled ginger in a blender - could probably skip this step if chopped small enough, but I don’t really like chewy pieces in my jam

Cut 1/4" off the ends of the lemons, then quarter them, and slice as thinly as possible, removing seeds as you go (I used the lemons whole, pith and all, surprisingly it wasn’t too bitter at all).

Peel 1/2 orange with a peeler and cut the peel into small pieces. Remove the pith, quarter and slice the orange thinly (I didn’t use the pith this time because it is so much thicker)

Simmer the lemons, orange, ginger, sugar and a pinch of turmeric for 45 minutes. I started with 2 cups of sugar and 30 minutes cooking time, but it just wasn’t thickening up, so I added another 1/2 cup of sugar, gelatin, and cooked for another 15 mins and it turned out nice and thick.

Made 3.5 jars total

Good luck!

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That’s great, thank you!