I longed aloud today for a simple carafe. Someone heard me.
Did you read the newsletter? Did you see the announcement? Have you been to the website? What? No? Heath Ceramics has gone Uber-Weck. I think I♥Heath Ceramics, even more hardcore.
The range Heath now carries online is, umm, just stoopid. Seriously, they’ve got Weck sets. Love. Wait, did I say that again? Love. Fine. Umm, silly happy. How about that? Better?
See for yourself.
…Hold on. I just looked at the prices. Why does it feel like it’s cheaper than when I got my first taste of Weck goodness last year? It just might be. I won’t argue.
Nikki♥
*you know, she sung “Where The Boys Are,” the theme song to the 1960 Spring Break comedy. No? I guess that’s what I get for faking sick/ditching school and watching lots of old movies on the telly.
Just a wee bit of housekeeping for a late Sunday night.
I came across another spot to pick up Weck jars. I’ve updated the Weck Resource Guide post with the Canoe link. They carry the asparagus/tall jar!!!
I’ve also updated the Nigella Dense Chocolate Loaf Cake post from earlier this year. I realized that I, umm, hadn’t included the recipe. I, also, made the cake for an office shower/pot-luck thingy. Added ginger and changed the world. Okay. Changed my world. Heaven on, well, you know. It was good.
Whether you decide to use the amazing Weck jars for canning or storage, finding them seems to be a question that keeps popping up. These are the few sites and shops I’ve found, heard of or used to purchase Weck.
Weck Canning – The online home with Weck specific canning info. In the point/click/buy online shopping sphere, the process seems a little complicated, but this is where you can get it all.
Heath Ceramics – I♥Heath Ceramics, hardcore. I bought my Weck from Heath. Selection is limited, but they tend to have good shipping deals.
Lehman’s – Carries “European Glass Canning Jars” made in Germany. They aren’t called Weck on the site, but it looks like them in the product images. Has anyone gotten them from Lehman’s recently? Are they Weck? Update: Kaela confirms Weck on her recent Lehman’s order. Comment below.
New*Canoe – The Portland, Oregon home of wonderfully curated objects carries .25L, .2L, .5L (tall) and the .75L jars individually.
Where did you buy your Weck? Is there a site or store that you go back to to covet the loveliness that is Weck? Let me know where to find more and I’ll update.
It all started with massive performance anxiety. I was feeling a bit intimidated. Before I’d even begun, I was feeling like whatever I was going to do wouldn’t to be good enough or interesting enough. Uggghhhhh!!!!! Where did the giddy go? These self-inflicted wounds are BOOOORRiNnnnggg.
Wallflowers at the Organic Blood Orange DanceSomeone else's trash is my What? Really? Thx!
I took the Just Go approach. Every single cookbook owned and borrowed was perused for tips, tricks and ideas. Why not just go trad with my ’53 edition of The Joy of Cooking? From there it was pretty easy to decide to do plain ol’ Blood Orange Marmalade. Simple. Simple. Wait. Irma and I are going to make this crazy complicated, aren’t we?
I adapted the recipe, scroll all the way down...
Follow directions? I pretty much followed Irma S. Rombaur’s recipe for Orange, Lemon And Grapefruit Marmalade up until the point it said cook the fruit mix in batches. Really, I did the whole soaking fruit thing. Overnight. For Real.
Remember up there I said up til the point… Well, I cooked it. And kept cooking it because there was so much of it and it wouldn’t spoon or saucer test well. At some point, I know it was hours later, I said to heck with it and thought it might set up if I went ahead and processed it.
I’m a bit of a Weck person. I’m a Weck person and this was my first time with the water bath. Oh, bubbles, how you scared me. I did lose a jar midway through. I was kinda wild to see pulp just appear in the water.
Instead of getting weepy, I took out the offending jar and stuck in a spoon and almost cried. It was good. Loose and syrupy, but good.
I finished processing the other jars. Let them cool. I just waited to see what the next day would bring. The next day brought just as much movement in the jar.
I looked around for ways to save my marmalade. There it was on p.85 of Anne V. Nelson’s The New Preserves. For every 2 cups of fruit goo add 1 tablespoon of commercial lemon juice.
I pulled the seal on all the jars. Measured and dumped back in the pot. Added the lemon juice. Cooked until the spoon test looked right. Processed and waited.
Oh, what a good morning can bring. Blood Orange Marmalade and plain yogurt. Bliss. That simple.
It was sweet and tart. Smooth, with hints of texture. The bits of rind really were a candied surprise. I enjoyed the Blood Orange Marmalade with yogurt a bit more than the pita. The fresh, cool tang of the yogurt lifted the marmalade and tempered the sweetness. Twas quite good.
ahhh, exclamation point eating!
So where’s the adapted recipe? I could just say since I didn’t do it right, why would you want it? Well, the truth is… I forgot to write it down. Next month, I promise?
