Produce & Pantry

Apricots are small pale orange fruits with a slight outer covering of fuzz. If you have an excessive amount of apricots that you cannot eat before they spoil, you can preserve them for another...

Concord grapes are typically used to make commercial grape jelly, but they can also be eaten whole after their seeds have been removed. Although seedless grapes are easier to freeze because they...

If you have ever glanced through the ingredients list on the packaging of various kinds of foods and beverages, you may have noticed some list one or both of two similar sounding ingredients: corn...

Golden syrup is a type of inverted sugar syrup, a byproduct of refining sugar cane juice that was created in the 1800s. It is commonly found in certain parts of Europe and Africa, and to a lesser...

Corn syrup and its commercial version, high fructose corn syrup, sweeten many common food items, soda, cookies, yogurt and even canned fruit. It is a man-made caloric sweetener. Corn syrup is made...

Karo syrup is a brand of corn syrup popular in the United States. Corn syrup is used primarily as a sweetening agent in candies and baked goods. Karo brand corn syrup is readily available in most...

Log Cabin Syrup has been a popular pancake topping in the United States for 120 years. Both the original syrup and Lite Log Cabin Syrup are now manufactured using natural sugar instead of...

Corn syrup is made from corn starch and glucose. It is used in many dessert recipes and as a cost effective substitute for cane sugar in mass produced foods, sodas and candies.

Juice from the sorghum plant is boiled down to make sorghum molasses, or sweet sorghum. During the fall of each year, people used to get together and make sorghum. It was usually a community...

Corn syrup is used in a variety of products made and sold today. High-fructose corn syrup is a primary ingredient in soft drinks and other beverages and has generated much attention in recent...

It's clear, sticky and sweet. It's an indispensable ingredient in some of your favorite treats. But exactly what is in corn syrup, and how does it get there? It all starts with corn starch, which...

Making maple syrup used to be done on farms and in backyards all around the country. It takes approximately 40 gallons of maple sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup and the process is time...

Agave syrup comes from the heart of the agave plant, the same plant that tequila comes from. Sugar is either derived from sugarcane or sugar beets. Agave syrup is preferred by many because it has...

Nestle and Hershey both make chocolate chips, syrup and unsweetened cocoa powder. Hershey is a company dedicated to chocolate, while Nestle makes many other products as well. So, which brand is...

You have probably heard that cooking destroys some of the nutrients in foods. One of the best ways to preserve foods without destroying it's nutritional benefits is to freeze the food. You can...

Ever wonder what to do with cucumbers that are very large or starting to turn yellow? Make Spiced Cucumber Rings!!!!

Almost nothing is as gratifying as preserving your own vegetables from the garden. Sweet pickles are one of the easiest and tastiest things you can make. It's very satisfying to serve them to...

High-fructose corn syrup, often abbreviated HFCS, is a processed food additive that became common starting in the early 1980s. Food companies like using HFCS because it is inexpensive and it...

Lime juice can be bought in the supermarket in bottles. It's often sold in the produce or juice aisles. Another option is to buy fresh limes and squeeze the juice yourself. Lime juice can be...

There are several types of sorghum. Most are grown for the grains they produce, which are eaten by humans and fed to livestock. But one type, known as sweet sorghum, produces small, bitter grains....

Sorghum is a member of the grass family of plants. Although many people in the United States are not familiar with this grain, it is a major staple in large parts of the world It is the fifth most...

Glucose is a simple sugar and natural sweetener that is found naturally in many foods and added to processed foods and other goods. Glucose is the main source of energy used by the human body. In...

Sweet sorghum is a thick syrup made from juice extracted from sorghum cane. Many years ago, sweet sorghum was a popular sweetener used extensively in baking and cooking. With the popularity of...

When I was a kid growing up, we used to make small batches of maple syrup from the sugar maple trees in the neighborhood. The experience was fun to learn and didn't cost much to do. It also gave...

Corn is a renewable, earth-friendly resource. The production of corn syrup is one of the many 3700 uses of corn today. Extracting sweeteners from corn is more economical than cane sugar...

Peaches are tasty and a great source of energy and antioxidants. Canning peaches during summer months preserves them for use in winter months without relying on an energy using appliance for storage.

One of the worse things that can go wrong for a jam maker is to get all done, and find out that your jam is just not thick enough! It's more like a syrup than a jam. In fact, more syrup has been...

We are all bombarded with sugary treats every day. Isle after isle at every major store is designed to dazzle and allure consumers with pretty packages containing high-fructose corn syrup or...

Canning your own fruit can put a taste of summer on your table all year long. Although canning is not as common as in years past, those who try it often find the time it takes worth it for the...

Learn how to make a syrup for your fruit preserves with this simple recipe - free video.

Pickled beets are an old-time food that are perfect a perfect treat for backyard gatherings or summer picnics. Easy to make, pickled beets can be kept in the refrigerator for up to a month or...

During the final purification process, cane sugar (but not beet sugar) is filtered through activated carbon (charcoal) which may be of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin. Over half of the cane...

The little blueberry packs an impressive nutritional wallop. Compared with 42 other common fruits and vegetables, blueberries rank first in antioxidants. One serving helps fight cancer, heart...

Peaches should be peeled, pitted and properly sterilized before they are canned. A good canned peach is firm, not soft. Follow these steps to properly prepare your peaches for canning and you'll...

Years ago, when sugar was an expensive commodity, many people of lesser means made their own sugar from sugar beets. Every farm and every home garden had a spot reserved for beets, and a day was...

Agave Nectar is the newest, low glycemic sweetener, available organic in your local whole foods store. It is absorbed more slowly into your body than sugar, preventing blood sugar spikes. You...

With everyone more conscious of what's going into their bodies, buying non-GMO baking supplies is getting easier to do. You can find non-GMO supplies in most natural food stores, in some larger...

Apples are probably one of the easiest things to can. They are a high-acid fruit so you can process them in a water bath canner, which is less intimidating to a beginning home canner than a...

An over-abundance of fruit, from spring rhubarb to June strawberries to fall apples, provides many opportunities to preserve fruit in one of the many ways available. With a little effort, the...

Fresh-picked fruits, such as apricots, can go bad quickly. You can prevent this from occurring if can them after they have been picked. You can store them for long periods of time, give them to...