Fire Cracker Red Oriental Lilies and Flowering Parsley

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Cutting season has begun here at Dandelion House and I'm thrilled to be able to share these exotic firecracker red Oriental Lilies with a pinch of flowering parsley added for greenery with you today. 

These giant blooms are a stand alone flower if you ask me... They don't need much accessorizing or fuss added to the mix but I love the delicate parsley flower in contrast to the bold blossoms of the lily. 

Lilies are a summer flowering bulb easily found at your local garden center. They'll add a touch of drama to your flower beds and your house flower arrangements and they come in wide range of colors to suit every gardener! 

Tasty Tuesday~ Homemade Sour Cherry Pie Filling

Homemade Sour Cherry Pie Filling

Welcome to Tasty Tuesday at Dandelion House! Your go- to spot for trying something new, healthy, and frugal ( with a pinch of pretty) each week in your homestead kitchen. 

Today's the day I get to go rummaging through your Farmgirl Friday entries to find something delicious to share and I must say, I am never disappointed. To the contrary, you make it hard! I always have a tough time deciding so I just let my taste buds do the choosing for me! 

This week's featured recipe comes from The Chick n' Coop  Homestead Kitchen.

Farmlife Chick shared her Homemade Sour Cherry Pie Filling with a secret ingredient for adding color. 

Take it away Farmlife Chick!

Canning season has begun around here! We canned our strawberry jam last week. This week sour cherries were ready! They were delicious!! I have never canned cherries before, but I was very excited.It was so easy. I couldn't believe it. Why have I never done this before?

 You will notice that the coloring is not that dark, deep red that you typically will see in canned filling. That's because I did not add cherry kool-aid or red food coloring to it. I added strawberry puree! About 5 tablespoons to be exact. There is no strawberry flavor what so ever. It just gave it a nice pinky look to it instead of it being in a whitish clear gel.

I made enough for 6 and 3/4 quarts. Almost 7, but not quite. I'm sure if you add another cup of cherries to the pot you could top off the 7th quart.

Sour Cherry Pie Filling

5-6 quarts of fresh sour cherries
7 cups of sugar
1 3/4 cups of cornstarch
1/4-1/2 cup of lemon juice
2 tsp. of almond extract
5 Tbs. of strawberry puree for coloring
6-7 sterilized quart canning jars with lids

Rinse and pit cherries. Combine sugar and cornstarch in a large sauce pan. Then, add your water and almond extract. Stir and cook over medium high heat till it thickens and bubbles. Then, add lemon juice and stir continuously for 1 minute while it boils. Remove from heat, fold in cherries and strawberry puree. Fill quart jars. Hot water bath for 30 minutes.

  This was so delicious. My neighbor gave me this recipe with out the puree added. She leaves hers clear. I had to have some color in there and I had puree on hand, so we experimented and it worked!

I was a little reluctant to use the almond flavoring, but what a difference. I can't imagine it without it!

I believe this recipe would work with sweet cherries as well. It may not have the tartness to it, but I think it would be delicious. I am so thankful for my neighbor as it was her cherries and recipe!

Thank you all for the wonderful bounty you share each week on the Farmgirl Friday Blog Hop! 

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Farmgirl Friday Blog Hop # 115 ( better late than never )

 Welcome friends! We are back from our travels and I decided I just couldn't miss this weeks Farmgirl Friday Blog Hop so I'm jumping in this Saturday evening in hopes of gathering more of your fabulous posts. 

Record high temps are being recorded in many parts the US and good old New England is right in the mix! We went from a very wet June to hot and humid weather  overnight. We spend the fourth at the cottage which was great despite the attack mosquitoes. After three days of non- stop sweating unless I was submerged in the water or standing still  I was anxious to get home to the " girls" and my garden to see how ' droopy' things were. 

 

My hens were fine and enjoyed all the good scraps I brought home for them and the garden seems to be thriving in this heat. These photos were taken before the heat came on on an over cast day which really allows the colors and the blooms and foliage to shine through!

Right now, the Hydrangea are steeling the show in the garden!

Endless Summer

Bridal White Hydrangea

Oak Leaf Hydrangea

That's it for this garden show! More blooms coming soon! 

 Join us for another fabulous week of farmgirl fun! 

Your Farmgirl Friday Hostesses~  

Heidi of My Simple Country Living 
and White Wolf Summit Farmgirl Blog
Dolly of Hibiscus House and Dolly is Cooking and me of course!

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