"Ross Reid" > wrote in message
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> No, I don't mean preserving in general, we'd hardly survive without
> doing lots of it.
> What I mean is preserving grape vine leaves for making dolmades. We
> really like dolmades and did the grape leaves yesterday.
> Spent hours picking the perfect leaves, snipping off the stems,
> washing, blanching, tying them in rolls, sterilizing jars, packing
> rolls in jars, making brine, pour over rolls, BWB processing jars.
> Most of the afternoon got us a grand total of three jars, about 70
> leaves each.
> We could have gone to the local Mediterranean market and bought a jar
> of 100+ preserved grape leaves, ready to go for CDN $2.89
> Maybe I'm just getting lazy in my old age ;-).
>
> Ross.

Gosh! I'm *very* impressed! I *love* dolmades, and I'll bet your
home-canned leaves will turn out *ever* so much nicer than the store-bought
ones, and that's the bottom line, right?

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So many rocks...so little time
Ann in BC
a lurker in this group, finally had to express something rather than just
learn and copy...lolol....